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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SWEDEN WINNING EUROVISION IN 1974 WITH WATERLOO BY ABBA – song 7 – Undo
SWEDEN has won the 2023 Eurovision song contest and will host in 2024. That co-inside with the 50th anniversary of them winning in 1974 with ABBA. Continue reading CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SWEDEN WINNING EUROVISION IN 1974 WITH WATERLOO BY ABBA – song 7 – Undo
AFRI MUSIC AWARD – Song most likely to be covered in another language
Roy van der Merwe of ESC Covers website was responsible for one of the 4 side awards during the second Afri music song contest – that for SONG MOST LIKELY TO BE COVERED IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE. As ESC Covers is a website that concentrates on songs of Eurovision being covered by other people in other languages it fell into the scope of the website to introduce this also in the Afri music song contest. Three songs were considered – South Africa, Zambia and Ghana and in the end the award went to the song composed by Ylva and Linda Persson and sung by Linda Kilian from South Africa.
EUROVISION COVER – UNDO (Afrikaans)
Linda Kilian covered the 2014 Swedish Eurovision entry UNDO in Afrikaans as HOOR JY MY.
EUROVISION COVER – SOLDIERS OF LOVE (English)
The 2016 Eurovision entry from Denmark SOLDIERS OF LOVE was covered in English by Linda Kilian & Lufuno M Singo.
AFR MUSIC SONG CONTEST – LINDA KILIAN
Next up in our series of South African artists who registered for the first Afri music song contest and have done Eurovision covers is LINDA KILIAN. Linda covered the 2014 Eurovision entry from Sweden – UNDO of Sanna Nielsen as Hoor jy my. he also covered several other Sanna songs, mostly Swedish selection songs. Other euro covers were done in duets with different partners and all in English. 2016 Denmark – Soldiers of love with Lufuno, Lithuania 2015 – I feel love with Rian Swanepoel and Sweden 2003 – Give me your love with Ruhan du Toit. Not sure what Linda will enter into Afri music song contest – but hopefully some more Euro covers, both solo and with duet partners.
ENGLISH COVER OF DENMARK 2016 -SOLDIERS OF LOVE
You can buy the English cover of Lighthouse X’s SOLDIERS OF LOVE, the Danish 2016 Eurovision entry on Itunes
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1231598400?ls=1&app=itunes
62 COVERS UNTIL KIEV – DAY 4 (SWEDEN 2014)
SWEDEN 2014
Hoor my stem – Linda Kilian
Undo – Sanna Nielsen
SANNA NIELSEN MUSIC COMPETITION
Linda Kilian’s new CD HOOR JY MY (Do you hear me) contains no less than 6 Sanna Nielsen covers, two in English and four in Afrikaans. Mad events has kindly donated two CD’s to us and one will be given to Sanna herself and the other one is up for grabs in a competition. Before we get to the competition, here is information on the six covers
01 – HEART OF MINE – same title as it is covered in English
02 – I’M IN LOVE, Sanna’s 2011 selection song – same title as it is covered in English
03 – VAGAR DU, VAGAR JAG, Sanna’s 2007 selection song – SAL JY WAAG (Will you take a risk)
04 – IF YOU WERE MINE – EK DINK AAN JOU (I think about you)
05 – EMPTY ROOM, Sanna’s 2008 selection song – SO ALLEEN (So alone)
06 – UNDO, Sanna’s 2014 Eurovision entry – HOOR JY MY (Do you hear me)
Now how to win this CD? Do a comment on this post and tell us your favourite of the 6 Sanna songs and why. One lucky fan will win this CD. If that person is in Stockholm, he or she will get it there, otherwise we will post it to you once Eurovision is over
R O W TOP 12 SONGS – UNDO
This is the first of several Swedish entries that reached the final 12 – UNDO by SANNA NIELSEN.
The song is from 2014 and composed by Fredrik Kempe. It has been covered in Afrikaans by Linda Kilian and she won an OGAE award for for as best new comer in 2015.
