Joe & Jake have finally released a follow up to their 2016 Eurovision song for United Kingdom, You’re Not Alone. The song is entitled Tongue Tied and it is a catchy guitar driven track with a strong beat and production.
Tongue Tied is available through most digital platforms.
Source: ESC United; ESC Covers; amazon.co.uk
The six acts and songs that will compete in Eurovision: You Decide 2017 to see who will represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine in May have been revealed –
Olivia Garcia – Freedom Hearts (Written by Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Linnea Nelson, Laurell Barker)
Holly Brewer – I Wish I Loved You More (Written by Kevin Fisher, Courtney Harrell, Laurell Barker, Mattias Frändå, Johan Åsgärde, Oliver Lundström)
Lucie Jones – Never Give Up On You (Written by The Treatment, Emmelie de Forest, Lawrie Martin)
Danyl Johnson – Light Up The World (Written by Dan McAlister, Rick Blaskey, Greg Walker, Chris Sutherland, Ameerah Roelants)
Salena Mastroianni – I Don’t Wanna Fight (Written by The Treatment, Nicole Blair, Marli Harwood)
Nate Simpson – What Are We Made Of Written (Written by Jon Hällgren, Eric Lumiere, DWB)
Never Give Up On You has been partly composed by the 2013 Eurovision winner from Denmark, Emmelie de Forest.
All the acts have a history from the UK X Factor – Lucie Jones and Danyl Johnson were in the live shows in 2009. Olivia Garcia and Nate Simpson went to judges houses in 2016 but were subsequently overlooked for the live shows. The other two made it to the Boot Camp stage.
The Eurovision: You Decide 2017 show is broadcast on Friday 27 January.
You can listen to the songs at this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eurovision
Source: www.eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
Alex Larke, the male half of Electro Velvet is back with a new single, which is exclusively guest reviewed for ESCCovers by Mike Duncan of ESCKAZ:
“Debut single, a new haircut and a video filmed in part in some sun kissed location in Greece. His little sister Anna has a cameo at the start of the video with a delightful little bundle who I think is Alex’s and Tamara’s little peanut….cute, very cute….
Anyway onto the music. Well first a confession, I am a sucker for big strings and old style retro electronic organ so was kinda hooked right from the start. Then up pops Alex, sporting aforementioned new hair do, filling the screen with his big muff and grabbing attention. Then he sings. At first I did a bit of a double take, who is this? Where is the deep crooner from Electro Velvet, who is this (almost) falsetto geezer giving it large into the camera?? Yep, it’s him. This is a completely different style from those that know Alex from Eurovision but I kinda like it. Like I said always a sucker for big strings and a organ or two thrown in…..
I am reminded of Ocean Colour Scene from back in the 90’s and Alex’s putting on the “I’m Noel Gallagher and you better believe it” act simply adds to the whole 90’s Britpop vibe. Like I said I’m a sucker for all that….just add some more drums and a guitar riff here and there and I’m back in 1996 trying to style out a Paul Weller look and not succeeding.
Alex has moved on from his Eurovision foray a few years back, I hope he continues in this vein, much more suited to his style and voice than the flippy-flappy EV single….just needs to add in some edgy drums please and keep doing this…..well done (7.5/10)”
Alex Larke releases his debut single, ‘Shine On’ of EP ‘Disposable Love’, on February 3rd 2017. Available from all good digital retailers and streaming sites like Amazon
Alex Larke represented the UK at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, as part of Electro Velvet. More on his official site: larkemusic.com
31 of the 42 Eurovision entries have made the ESC top 250 which was revealed on New Year’s eve.
lets look at them
204 – Malta
203 – Belarus
171 – Serbia
168 – Slovenia
166 – Ireland
148 – San Marino
146 – Italy
143 – Lithuania
142 – Germany
140 – Israel
135 – Azerbaijan
099 – Belgium
094 – Hungary
078 – Czech republic
076 – Croatia
058 – United Kingdom
056 – Latvia
053 – Netherlands
050 – Sweden
049 – Austria
048 – Iceland
045 – Denmark
043 – Estonia
033 – Spain
031 – Armenia
027 – Poland
015 – Australia
012 – France
006 – Bulgaria
004 – Ukraine
003 – Russia
Saara Aalto finished as runner up in the UK X Factor final. Matt Terry took the top prize in Sunday’s grand final.
After the first stage of the final on Saturday, Saara was in the lead on the public vote and she also won the public vote in the previous two weeks. But Matt Terry won over the viewers with his performances in the second part of the final on Sunday evening.
Maybe we will see Saara in the Eurovision in the future either for Finland or United Kingdom.
You can see Saara perform the Queen classic rock song, Bohemian Rhapsody with Adam Lambert in the final below.
Source: ESC Covers
1992 – ONE STEP OUT OF TIME – MICHAEL BALL = 1 CD
1993 – BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW – SONIA = 1 CD
1994 – LONELY SYMPHONY – FRANCES RUFFELLE = 1 CD
1995 – LOVE CITY GROOVE – LOVE CITY GROOVE = 1 CD
1996 – OOH AAH … JUST A LITTLE BIT – GINA G = 1 CD
1997 – LOVE SHINE A LIGHT – KATRINA AND THE WAVES = 2 CD’S
1998 – WHERE ARE YOU – IMAANI = 1 CD
1999 – SAY IT AGAIN – PRECIOUS = 1 CD
2000 – DON’T PLAY THAT SONG AGAIN – NICKI FRENCH = 1 CD
2001 – NO DREAM IMPOSSIBLE – LINDSAY = 1 CD
2002 – COME BACK – JESSICA GARLICK = 1 CD
2003 – CRY BABY – JEMINI = 1 CD
2004 – HOLD ONTO OUR LOVE – JAMES FOX = 1 CD
2005 – TOUCH MY FIRE – JAVINE = 1 CD
2006 – TEENAGE LIFE – DAZ SAMPSON = 1 CD
2007 – FLYING THE FLAG (FOR YOU) – SCOOCH = 1 CD
2008 – EVEN IF – ANDY ABRAHAM = 1 CD
2009 – IT’S MY TIME – JADE EWEN = 1 CD
2010 – THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME – JOSH DUBOVIE = 1 CD
2011 – I CAN – BLUE = 2 CD’S
2012 – LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE – ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK = 1 CD
2013 – BELIEVE IN ME – BONNIE TYLER = 1 CD
2014 – MISSING
2015 – STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU – ELECTRO VELVET = 1 CD
2016 – MISSING
Song 41 : UNITED KINGDOM
(24th in the grand final : 62 points)
Artists: Joe and Jake
Song: You’re Not Alone
Music and Lyric: Schwartz, Justin J. Benson, S. Kanes
26 – Germany = 11 points
25 – The Czech republic = 41 points
24 – United Kingdom = 62 points
23 – Croatia = 73 points
22 – Spain = 77 points
21 – Cyprus = 96 points
20 – Georgia = 104 points
19 – Hungary = 108 points
18 – Serbia = 115 points
17 – Azerbaijan = 117 points
16 – Italy = 124 points
15 – Latvia = 132 points
14 – Israel = 135 points
13 – Austria = 151 points
12 – Malta = 153 points
11 – The Netherlands = 153 points
10 – Belgium = 181 points
09 – Lithuania = 200 points
08 – Poland = 229 points
07 – Armenia = 249 points
06 – France = 257 points
05 – Sweden = 261 points
04 – Bulgaria = 307 points
03 – Russia = 491 points
02 – Australia = 511 points
01 – Ukraine = 543 points
Joe & Jake gave their first rehearsals for the United Kingdom in Stockholm for their song You’re Not Alone. The guys seemed confident and gave a good performance. However, speaking at the meet and greet, Jake was taken by surprise a little with the pyrotechnics in the final run through. He said his eyebrows were almost singed.
The song has an anthemic feel with a strong production. It would be nice if the UK made it to the left side of the scoreboard in 2016.