It is time for a classic and what better than ERES TU, the 1973 entry from SPAIN, originally sung by MOCEDADES. We are using the Afrikaans cover of RINA HUGO.
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Now it is the turn of RUSSIA. We are using their 2013 song WHAT IF sung by DINA GARIPOVA and in Afrikaans is it being covered by JASMYN who has over 10 euro covers under her belt.
WORLD SONG FESTIVAL 2015
The entry for South Africa for this song contest will be
BRING DIE LIEFDE TERUG – GERRIE PRETORIUS
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Now we change to ROMANIA and their 2011 entry, CHANCE sung by HOTEL FM. The Afrikaans cover is by PIETER JORDAAN.
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Onto a fairly tale and what better than NORWAY’s 2009 entry FAIRY TALE sung by ALEXANDER RYBAK. The Afrikaans cover is done by LEE SCOTT who himself attended Eurovision 2010 in Oslo.
THOMAS Gson BIRTHDAY
One of our members MATT KELLY from AUSTRALIA made this on behalf of the entire fanclub. Have a great birthday
Onanta Spahiu releases her new song – Te dua
Onanta Spahiu was a popular contestant in the Festivali i Këngës competition in 2009 and 2010 in Albania. She has since gone on to release several successful songs and compete in the Top Fest show. She has released music videos including the 2012 dance hit, Touch Me.
Now Onanta releases her new song called Te dua (I love). The song was showcased on the Top Fest 12 competition. It is an upbeat pop/rock sound that showcases Onanta’s powerful vocals.
You can see Onanta perform Te dua below.
Source: www.esccovers.com
Elhaida Dani will now sing I’m Alive in Vienna for Albania
Elhaida Dani won the Festivali i Këngës in December 2014 and therefore earned the right to represent Albania at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Her song was entitled Diell and this was expected to be the song she would perform at Eurovision.
However, the author of the song has decided to withdraw Diell from the competition. Now Elhaida will sing a new song called I’m Alive composed by Zzap & Chris who are Kosovo-Albanian writers.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
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Next up is a real South African classic with around 15 people having covered it. It is the 1984 song IK HOU VAN JOU of Netherlands, originally sung by Maribelle. The song was introduced to South Africa 10 years after its Eurovision duet when Dana Winner covered it. We have picked the first Afrikaans cover done by boy band EDEN in 2001.
RUSSIAN COVERS OF EUROVISION SONGS
Andy has just send a list to RUSSIAN covers of EUROVISION.
Unfortunately I have last updated it in 2006
http://esckaz.com/russia/covers.htm
It is however great to have this available for fellow lovers of COVER versions