Erika Selin will perform her song Break Me Up in the 2015 Ireland Eurosong final to be held on 27 February. Erika is from Sweden and her upbeat song is composed by Gustav Eurén, Niclas Arn and Danne Attlerud.
Two of the composers, Niclas and Gustav, wrote Kom for Timoteij in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 2010. Infact, Erika made the original demo version of that song.
Erika has appeared in top talent shows in Sweden – Idols and Talang. She is looking forward to taking part in the Irish final and would be proud to represent Ireland at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.
You can see the video for Break Me Up below and the song is also available on iTunes and other digital platforms.
1. Earlier this year Roy published on the ESC Covers website the cover images of two compilation CDs he had made for Ralph Siegel of Ralph Siegel’s songs in Afrikaans. Name one of Ralph Siegel’s Eurovision entries that have been covered in Afrikaans.
2. A Czech singer sang for Austria in 1968 with a song composed by Udo Jurgens called Tausend Fenster. What was the name of the singer?
3. Tor Endresen is one of the contestants in this year’s Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. Name the title of the song that Tor performed at an earlier Eurovision Song Contest. It is a famous city in the USA.
4. Name the title of the only song composed by Ralph Siegel that has been performed at Eurovision by Montenegro.
5. San Marino was represented by Valentina Monetta three times at Eurovision. Which of these three songs took San Marino into the Final?
6. What is the first name of one of the three Herrey brothers.
7. Jonsi represented Iceland in a duet at Eurovision in 2012. Name the song he sang.
8. How many entries in 2014 had just one word in their song title?
9. Name one of the two countries that have two artists in the 60th anniversary show hosted by the BBC on 31 March.
10. Who sang ‘High’ for Norway in 2004?
11. Switzerland hosted the first contest. Peter, Sue & Marc have represented them 4 times, each time in a different language. Name one of the 4 Eurovision songs by Peter, Sue & Marc.
12. In what year did Croatia debut as an independent country at Eurovision?
Its time for the final question and in a few days I will re-cap all 12 questions in one post.
Of the countries missing at Eurovision 2015, I am the saddest about CROATIA. They provided three time my favourite of the year – 1995, 2004 and 2013. So the question is about Croatia. What year did they debut as an independent country at Eurovision?
The selection CD of Iceland 2015 is now available on Itunes
1. Aldrei of seint – Regína Ósk 2. Augnablik – Stefanía Svavarsdóttir 3. Brotið gler – Bjarni Hall 4. Fjaðrir – Sunday 5. Fyrir alla – Cadem 6. Í kvöld – Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir 7. Í síðasta skipti – Friðrik Dór 8. Lítil skref – María Ólafsdóttir 9. Milljón augnablik – Haukur Heiðar Hauksson 10. Myrkrið hljótt – Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir 11. Piltur og stúlka – Björn og félagar 12. Þú leitar líka að mér – Hinemoa 13.–24. Karaoke versions of all songs
In reaction to AUSTRALIA being allowed into EUROVISION 2015, I have now come up with an idea for 2016.
I have just written to RALPH SIEGEL to ask him to compose a song for NAMIBIA for 2016 and fund their entry into Eurovision 2016. After all, Namibia was a German protectorate and German is still widely spoken there. In the 70’s German singers like Heino and Tony Marshall had number one hits in their charts. Heino even sang a song about SOUTHWEST AFRICA as it was called before independence.
Finland began their process of selecting their Eurovision act and singer for Vienna last weekend. Six acts competed in the UMK and three made it through to the final.
Australia will participate in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. This is a ‘one off’ event as part of the the 60th anniversary celebrations of the contest. It also fits in to the Eurovision theme this year of Building Bridges.
The broadcaster will be SBS and Australia will go straight to the final on 23 May in Vienna and will also be eligible to vote in both of the semi-finals. For many years now there has much much excitement and support from Australia for Eurovision. It will be a great occasion for them to join Europe in this massive event.
It has yet to be decided how Australia will select their song. SBS will provide more information soon.
In 2014 Australia played a significant part in one of the Eurovision semi-final interval act with an Oz theme. Jessica Mauboy performed Sea Of Flags to an excited audience.
Australia’s participation brings the amount of countries taking part to 40 in 2015.
We are almost at the end. For the 11th question, lets go back to SWITZERLAND who hosted the first contest. Over the years they sang in all 4 their national languages. Peter, Sue & Marc represented them 4 times, each with a different language. The question is simple – name of our those 4 songs.
Neringa Šiaudikytė was a recent participant in the 2015 Lithuanian Eurovision selection. Despite leaving the show she is already involved in some exciting new projects.
Last weekend saw the premier of the Back To 90s show at the Macao club in Kaunas in Lithuania. Neringa performed with a group that also included Skaistė Steikūnaitė, Oksana Pikul and Vita Jakutienė. The girls performed retro songs to produce a happy and good feel for all taking part and watching the show. Neringa performed two solo songs. They were Alone and Ain’t Gonna Lie. There was a lot of media attention for this unique concert.
Besides the Back to 90s concert, Neringa is also performing solo concerts with her band. So things are looking great for Neringa and we also await more song releases from her in the near future.
The second round of the 2015 Supernova competition has taken place in Latvia. 10 more acts participated and a combination of televoting and expert jury decided what four songs would make it to the next phase.
The 10 songs and acts were –
The Stones – Free Your Mind
Signe – Sweet Girl
Mārtiņš Ruskis & Ginta Krievkalna – Debesis
Ornella – Angel
Rihards Bērziņš – Your Eyes
Euphony – Home
Riga Metro – High Heels
Katrīna Bindere – Run To You
Markus Riva – Take Me Down
Aminata – Love Injected
The four acts to qualify were Rihards Bērziņš and Euphony via the jury and Markus Riva and Aminita by televoting.
