I have not forgotten but with load shedding – 5 hours last night, it is difficult to get to everything. The latest question is quite simple – name one of the two countries who have TWO artists in the 60th anniversary show hosted by the BBC on 31 March.
GOOD LUCK MESSAGE – CYPRUS 2015
King Of The World – the new single from Blue
Blue represented the United Kingdom at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf with the anthemic I Can. Now the boyband return with their brand new single from their forthcoming album, Colours. It is entitled King Of The World.
King Of The World is a retro sounding song with a Motown feel. The album will be released on 2 March. Blue consisting of Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe will embark on a 16 date tour of the United Kingdom from 21 March in Portsmouth and will conclude on 9 April in Leicester.
Blue are also currently featuring in a reality tv show on ITV2 in the UK called Blue Go Mad In Ibiza.
The boys are famous worldwide for popular hits such as All Rise, One Love, Guilty and Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word with Elton John. They have sold over 15 million records around the world.
You can see the video for King Of The World below.
Source: Official Blue/Facebook
NEW BLOOD AT ESC COVERS
As of today, Fred Medeiros joins us as an editor and he will concentrate on Melodifestivalen which starts this Saturday. He will report jointly for us and for ESC UNITED. During the semi finals he will report from home, but he and camera man Liam will be physically present at Andra chancen and the Stockholm final. We look forward to a lot of news. I have also more or less finished the library index for the SA covers of the Swedish selection songs and should have it 100% finished by Saturday.
GOOD LUCK MESSAGE – FRANCE 2015
GOOD LUCK MESSAGE – SWITZERLAND 2015
Au nom de OGAE RoW, nous vous souhaitons la meilleure des chances a Vienne!
Ronny Addamo
Melbourne, Australia
ONE MORE TIME – HIGHLAND
New version of Fairytale by Mørland feat. Debrah Scarlett
A new version of Fairytale by Alexander Rybak has appeared in Norway. The winning song from Norway from 2009 has been covered by Mørland & Debrah Scarlett.
The song was recorded live at Cantus Studio and features Debrah Scarlett who Mørland will be performing with at the with at this year’s Melodi Grand Prix in Oslo, Norway. Together they will perform A Monster Like Me.
Source: Morten Thomassen, www.esccovers.com
Jo releases new song and video – Soapte
Jo from Romania has released her brand new single. It is called Soapte (Whispers). Jo is actually Ioana Anuţa who represented Romania at the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with her song, Ai Puterea în Mâna Ta (You Have The Power In Your Hand).
Jo has since gone to great success in her homeland and beyond. She was also a finalist in the 2012 edition of X Factor Romania.
Soapte is by Music by Famous Production and Ropcea Andrei and mix and mastered by Sandor Biro. The song is released through Cat Music.
You can see the video for Soapte below.
Eurovision Song Contest 60th Anniversary concert in London
2015 sees the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest and to celebrate the event the BBC in the United Kingdom will host a special concert in London on 31 March at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith theatre. The event is called Eurovision Song Contest’s Greatest Hits.
There will be lots of special guests to celebrate this unique event. The show will be broadcast in many countries including Australia on SBS.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
