Pedro from Colombia has just informed us they have found a fantastic place to watch the Eurovision 2015 final – the biggest and best gay club in Bogota. Pedro will do a lot of P R for the event to make sure tons of Colombian fans will be there to watch and enjoy it and maybe see one or two of our members in the audience in Vienna.
Here is the cover of HARTKLOP, the Afrikaans version of Norway 2014.
Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila will represent Lithuania at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest with their song This Time and they will perform as the opening act of semi-final 2.
Now Monika and Vaidas have recorded the Lithuanian version of their song and it is entitled Dabar. You can here this version below.
A few days ago the starting order for the Second Chance Contest 2015 was drawn. The starting order was chosen by lot and will be as follow:
1. Finland
2. Moldova
3. Slovenia
4. Lithuania
5. Ireland
6. Portugal
7. Serbia
8. Albania
9. Sweden
10. Denmark
11. Greece
12. Rest of the World (represented by Belarus)
13. Latvia
14. Norway
15. Italy
16. Malta
17. Germany
18. Austria
Two former participants at the Croatian Dora festival have released a duet together. Lana Jurčević and Luka Nižetić have released Od najgorih najbolji (From the best of the worst).
Lana is a very popular singer in Croatia and the Balkans and has had many hits. She participated in the Dora selection in 2004 with her song Prava istina.
Luka has also had much success in his homeland and he also participated at the Dora selection including his song Proljeće in 2005.
Od najgorih najbolji is a classy Croatian pop rock ballad with a passionate video to accompany. You can see the video below.
Source: Lana – Facebook official; www.esccovers.com
Domenique Azzopardi has already had much success at the age of 20 years old. She has participated in the Malta Eurosong on three occasions (2011 I’ll Follow The Sunshine – composed by Ralph Siegel; 2013 Too Little Too Late and in November 2014 Take Me As I Am). She also had much success festival in Italy, Tunisia, Romania and Bulgaria as well as local popular festivals like Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza and the Summer Hit Song Contest that she won in 2014 with Back To …
Domenique is a regular musical guest on the popular Maltese entertainment show, Sibtek. She sings many different styles of songs and hits. She has covered several Eurovision songs including Die For You (Antique – Greece 2001); Birds (Anouk – The Netherlands 2013), and Solayoh (Alyona Lanskaya – Belarus 2013).
Domenique has just performed the 1999 winning Eurovision song for Sweden by Charlotte Nilsson – Take Me To Your Heaven. She gives a great interpretation of the catchy song. You can see her perform the song below.
Source: www.esccovers.com; PBS
In Vienna we will have a compilation ICELAND IDOLS and we will hand over a copy of it to HERA BJORK who will be there as backing singer for Iceland. On the compilation is an Afrikaans cover of her Euro entry. But also in Vienna will be Sveinn from Iceland who composed the 2004 Iceland entry, HEAVEN of JONSI. There is also a cover on the compilation of his sing. So he will also receive a copy. Now 2 fans can each win a copy as well, one by someone who is NOT in Vienna and one by someone who is in Vienna. The person in Vienna also will have the chance to hand the copy to Hera personally. Now what to do to be a winner? Go to the CONTACT US page and answer the question – HEAVEN is covered in Afrikaans and the title is that of a big city in South Africa – name that city. Then also indicate whether you will be in Vienna or not. On 1 May we will announce the two winners.
The Summer Hit Song Contest was revived in Malta in 2014. It proved a big hit with viewers and artists. The 2015 finalists have been announced on The Celebrity Night tv show on F Living channel hosted by Deo Grech. A lot of acts and writers will be familiar to those who follow the Malta Eurosong finals and local festivals.
The 21 acts and song and writers are –
Danica Muscat – Amour (Philip Vella)
Maria Cassar – Astronaut (Marco Debono / Rita Pace)
Sarah Bonnici – Bandwagon (Pamela Bezzina / Emil Calleja Bayliss)
Michela Galea – Bounce Back (Renato Briffa / Emil Calleja Bayliss)
Jillianne Camilleri – Dangerous (Elton Zarb / Matt ‘Muxu’ Mercieca)
Rita Pace & Audrey Marie – Do It Better (Rita Pace)
Ana-Maria Grima – Eclipse (Andrew Zammit / Rita Pace)
Stefan Galea – Escape (Carlo Gerada / Matt ‘Muxu’ Mercieca)
Odessa – Feel (Joe George Micallef)
Simaria Galea – Freedom (Elton Zarb / Matt ‘Muxu’ Mercieca)
Christian Arding – Guess What? (Chan Vella / Alexia Schembri)
Marilena Gauci – Hurricane (Elton Zarb / Matt ‘Muxu’ Mercieca)
Sarah Crystal – If I Only Knew (Pamela Bezzina / Sarah Crystal)
Dario Mifsud Bonnici – Lessons in Love (Ray Agius / Rita Pace)
Graziella Vella – Lucky Me (Kaya / Rita Pace)
Michela Dalli – One of a Kind (Andrew Zahra / Rita Pace)
Marie Claire – Remember (Yann Charpentier / Emilio Martinez Verdejo / Emil Calleja Bayliss)
Annalise Psaila – Shattered Dreams (Chan Vella / Alexia Schembri)
Kurt Cassar – Summer Time (Marco Debono / Doris Chetcuti) – Kurt Cassar
Julie Pomorski – Tabula Rasa (Augusto Cardinali / Giovann Attard) – Julie Pomorski
Cherylis – Unbreakable (Marco Debono / Rita Pace)
The current champion is Domenique Azzopardi who won last year’s title with Back To …
Source: www.escflashmalta.com; www.esccovers.com
Yes, we are really into the groove of showcasing just how many songs have been covered in South Africa and this compilation has been done on the request of some SWEDISH composers – this is to once again remind Eurovision fans that it is a SONG CONTEST and a good song can be sung by any artist in any language. This compilation also highlight just how success Swedish composers are as it feature Eurovision songs they have written for countries other than Sweden. Gerry from the USA once again created a special cover design.
We have another special CD for Vienna. It is called ICELAND IDOLS and it feature Icelandic euro songs covered in South Africa. The CD was a once off copy in Copenhagen but I had requests for more so a limited amount have been done and will be available in Vienna. Thanks again to R O W member Gerry of the USA for doing such a beautiful cover.
