For six posts we will compare the promo singles obtained in Kyiv to the ones we made in Johannesburg and see which ones look the nicest. First up is the promo single of FINLAND – Blackbird by Norma John.
The 2017 promo single from Finland is one of the most rare ones and a copy or two of it is selling on E-bay for over 500 euro. It is also a very ordinary one, but a black cover with the name of the song and the artists. ESCCovers do have it but it does not look good in the collection and so a new one has been designed and it looks stunning.
The 20 year old Maryna Booysen is a new upcoming artist from a small town, Randfontein in South-Africa.Her home language is Afrikaans. She has been taking vocal training since the age of 14 at a local Music School in her home town by the name of F.J.L Wells Musicschool. She has a rich alto voice which moves her audience and takes them on a journey afar. Her greatest inspiration is the famous female artist Adele Adkins. Maryna lives by the quotation of her idol Adele : ” I don’t make music for eyes, I make music for ears.”
Singing has always been Maryna Booysen’s greatest passion and she writes poetry in her free time. Maryna is a Psychology student at the University of South-Africa.
Her genre can be described as contemporary with an twist of rock music. Maryna sung at several events and venues of which she is still proceeding to do. She participated in local singing competitions with success. She released her first Eurovision related single “Black & White” in September 2016 of which Mad Entertainment was the company that promoted her single. Maryna is currently working on a demo album which will we finished in 2018. Maryna Booysen is also working on an Eurovision song by the name of ‘Volmaan’ which was originally sung by Norma John by the name of ‘Blackbird’. She hopes for great success with her cover.
Focus your ears on the upcoming star Maryna Booysen in the future!
The weekend also saw the final of the 2017 UMK national selection in Finland. The duo of Norma John were the winners of the competition with their haunting ballad Blackbird.
Norma John are Leena and Lasse and normally perform indi pop type music.