Because we celebrate the 60th Eurovision in Austria, the special compilation starts with a song from AUSTRIA, in fact my own personal favourite from Austria, their 1994 song FUR DEN FRIEDEN DER WELT of PETRA FREY. The cover is by RIAAN GROBLER
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EUROVISION – 60 YEARS CELEBRATION
Today is the official launch of the big project OGAE Rest of the world has undertaken to celebrate 60 years of Eurovision. A 3 CD set will be made and will be available in Vienna during the Eurovision period. Celebrating 60 years, so the 3 CD set will contain 60 COVERS of EUROVISION songs by artists from South Africa. Each CD will contain 20 songs. Only 60 copies will be printed and handed out in VIENNA during promotions and competitions.
Deciding on which 60 songs took a lot of effort since there were over 400 to consider and only 60 could be chosen.
I have tried to take into account several factors
– countries of the original song (trying to give each country at least one song) but it was not always possible as some like Czech republic has no cover done and others, notable Sweden and Iceland could almost fill 33% of such a project.
– SA artists – trying to use as big a variety as possible, making sure no-one is there twice as solo artist. Some do appear twice but then in duet with someone else.
– New and old songs, classics and hidden gems
– Big hits at EUROVISION but also big hits in South Africa (this does not always correlate)
After selecting the 60 songs, I also consulted with about 10 people who each could add one song and now the final 60 is there.
In the next 6 weeks, I will introduce these 60 songs ONE by ONE in the order they will appear on the compilation set.
Once all 60 songs have been unveiled, I will do a post as to how people can get a copy – keeping in mind there are just 60 copies. Because it is a promotion, the CD’s are not for sale.
I hope by the time we do the cover around beginning APRIL, we will have a logo for the club which will be on the compilation.
The original idea was to hand the first set to UDO JURGENS in VIENNA, but unfortunately that is no longer possible since his death in December.
NINTH QUESTION – of 12
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.
EUROVISION QUIZ TO CELEBRATE 60 YEARS OF EUROVISION
Ogae Rest of the world, in conjunction with its member/fan website ESC Covers is introducing a quiz to celebrate 60 years of Eurovision.
Over a period of 20 days, there will be 12 questions posted on the website.
You need to answer all 12 questions but do not fear if you have some incorrect. Any entry with less than 6 correct answers will be discarded.
There are 4 prizes to win (Eurovision hampers) and the prizes are in categories
CATEGORY 1 – one winner out of the entries with all 12 questions correct
CATEGORY 2 – one winner out of the entries with 10 or 11 questions correct
CATEGORY 3 – one winner out of the entries with 8 or 9 questions correct
CATEGORY 4 – one winner out of the entries with 6 or 7 questions correct
There will be one question per day for 12 days over a period of 20 days.
Once all 12 questions have been presented, you e-mail your answers to roy@esccovers.com I also need your name and postal address. If you are coming to Vienna, also indicate that, as winners who are coming, will receive their hampers there. If you are not coming to Vienna, your hamper will be posted after Eurovision 2015.
The whole idea it to raise awareness of the website and get you to visit it regularly because all 12 questions will appear on different days. I would like us to reach 30 000 visitors before the start of Eurovision in May.