Ukraine announce the start of their 2015 Junior Eurovision plans

Flag of Ukraine
Flag of Ukraine

The national broadcaster of Ukraine, NTU, has announced their plans for the 2015 Junior Eurovision selection. Applications are now being accepted between 10 July to 24  July for young singers aged between 10 to 15 years old.

The semi-final will take place in the tv studios of NTU on 25 July. The date of the final will be announced at a later date.

Ukraine were missed a lot by fans at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Hopefully they will be back to participate in 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. Meanwhile it is the juniors who will take the spotlight and hope to emulate the win by Anastasiya Petryk in 2012 with Nebo.

Source: NTU; www.esccovers.com

Nicki French – ‘This Love’ – see official video now for limited period

Nicki French - This Love {copyright: Modal Production Group}
Nicki French – This Love {copyright: Modal Production Group}

Nicki French has just released her brand new single for the summer of 2015. It is called This Love and it is a very catchy and feelgood upbeat song. Nicki is working once again with the legendary Mike Stock on the single.

The official video is available to view on AMBRO tv for a limited period. You can see it below. The single is available through Modal Production Group’s official website. The song is composed by Stock and Kalel.

Nicki represented United Kingdom at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest with the anthemic Don’t Play That Song Again.

Source: Modal Production Group, www.esccovers.com

 

Kristina releases new single and video – ‘Ta ne’

Kristina - Ta ne (official videoclip}
Kristina – Ta ne (official videoclip}

Kristina represented Slovakia at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Horehronie. The song became a number one hit in Slovakia and a firm Eurovison fan favourite.

Kristina returns with her new single and video entitled Ta ne. The song is a happy and upbeat song that is ideal for the summer days and nights. It is produced by Martin Kavulič, Marián Kavulič and Kristína Peláková and the video directed by Matej Pichler, camera by Vladimír Matoušek and edited by Tomáš Klímek. Costumes by Petra Řežábková, the scene is by Mariana Kuchařová with choreography by Petr Smolík. The production clip is by Zuzana Zmítková.

You can see the video for Ta ne below.

Source: www.facebook.com/kristinapelakova

Lariss returns with her new hit – ‘Epana’

Lariss {copyright: Fonogram Records/lobal Records}
Lariss {copyright: Fonogram Records/Global Records}

Lariss follows up her massive hit song, Dale Papi, with her new r’nb flavoured song entitled Epana. The music and lyrics are by Shift, Lariss and David Ciente. It is produced by Midiots@ Midiots Production and mix and mastered by Sergiu Musteata.

Lariss was on the Eurovision stage in 2010 in Oslo as part of the Romanian team with Paula Seling and Ovi and the third placed song Playing With Fire.

You can see the video for Epana by Lariss below.

Source: www.facebook.com/LarissOfficial; www.esccovers.com

VOICES FOR CHARITY

OGAE Rest of the world has launched an event called VOICES FOR CHARITY.

Towards the end of the year a glittering event will happen somewhere in the province of Gauteng with artists singing EUROVISION covers and donate all their time for this show to a variety of charities.

Michael de Lange, the CEO of DE LANGE PRODUCTIONS and vice president of EUROVISION SOUTH AFRICA handles all the arrangements for this event.

The theme song is taken from the 2015 Russian Eurovision entry A MILLION VOICES but as been covered in Afrikaans as EEN MILJOEN STEMME by Jasmyn. We hope to help one million people through this event.

Artists who want to be part of this must apply at roy@esccovers.com and a panel will decide who will sing at the event. Only EURO covers will be allowed, so if you want to sing other songs, do not even apply.

We will also a CHARITY HERO for the event and will bring more details of this in due course.

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Euro acts appear at Sunčane Skale festival in Montenegro

suncane skale

The 21st edition of the popular music festival Sunčane Skale took place earlier this week in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Many Euro acts guessed in the festival that was held over two days. The first part of the festival was a competition for lots of up and coming acts. The second night was a festival where acts performed their latest hits.

Former Eurovision acts performed at the festival including Magazin (Croatia 1995), Pamela Ramljak from Feminnem (Bosnia-Herzegovina 2005 and Croatia 2011), Jelena Tomašević (Serbia 2008), Bojana Stamenov (Serbia 2015) and Knez (Montenegro 2015).

The competition part of the festival was won by Karin Soiref from Gibraltar with Sing My Song. Karin got to perform this again as part of the festival on the second evening. Karin was later interviewed and she said she “would like to represent Gibraltar at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest”.

Source: www.esccovers.com; Balkanika tv

 

Eldar Gasimov is getting ‘Closer’ with his new single

Eldar Gasimov {copyright:    BMF Records}
Eldar Gasimov {copyright: BMF Records}

Eldar Gasimov was part of the successful duo with Nigar  Jamal (Ell & Nikki) that won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest for Azerbaijan with Running Scared.

Now Eldar returns with his latest solo release. The song is called Closer. It is a mid tempo soulful pop song with a classic arrangement. You can see the official video for Closer below.

Source: www.eldar-music.com; www.esccovers.com