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Monthly Archives: December 2016
Nikoletta Antoniou is having success on DanSing Junior in Cyprus
photos courtesy of Marios Michaelides and Mega One
Nikoletta Antoniou was part of the awesome dance team on stage with George Michaelides representing Cyprus at the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Now Nikoletta is having success in the DanSing Junior tv show in Cyprus on MegaOne tv channel
Originally Nikoletta auditioned in June of this year and won a Golden Ticket that put her straight through the live finals. Every week there is a live dance routine and is judged by three expert jury members. A combination of jury votes and public votes will determine the eventual winner. The final is to be held on 17 December and so far Nikoletta has showed her versatility by dancing Hip Hop, Lyrical, Acrobatic Jazz, Latin/Samba, Modern, Fossey and Tap. She is also in the spotlight such being on the cover of a popular magazine and been on radio and tv for interviews. Last week Nikoletta danced with George in the show where they did a routine from the Grease musical.
Nikoletta is also trying her hand at singing where she takes lessons at the Young Stars Theatre and Performing Arts school in Paphos in Cyprus.
You can see a couple of video clips of Nikoletta performing on DanSing below and details of how to vote for her, for those readers in Cyprus, are below also.
Source: ESC Covers
Tahmina Niyazova releases brand new single and video in English and Russian versions
The beautiful and talented Tahmina Niyazova from Tajikistan has released her brand new single and she has recorded both English and Russian language versions. The English version is titled You Don’t Own Me Anymore and the Russian title is Ty ne dostoin menya (You’re not worthy of me). The song has an r’n’b pop feel with a strong production.
The music and the arrangement of the song is by Zoran Aleksić, who is a well known producer from FYR Macedonia. He has had some songs participating in the Skopje Fest and other popular festivals in FYR Macedonia. The English lyrics are by Danijel Stojadinović and the Russian lyrics are by Kirill Kombarov.
Two official video clips have been released for the respective versions. The video was shot in Skopje, FYR Macedonia and in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The outside scenery is in Skopje and is courtesy of Dario Janković. The studio filming was done in Bishkek and the video director and producer is Baha Djo of Media Sky in Kyrgyzstan.
You can follow Tahmina at www.facebook.com/niyazovatahmina and you can see the English and Russian video clips below.
Source: ESC Covers
Dihaj to represent Azerbaijan at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
The local broadcaster ITV have confirmed that Dihaj (or Diana Hajieva) will represent Azerbaijan at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Kiev in May.
Dihaj is a versatile artist who is at ease performing jazz, funk and soul and alternative pop music.
You can see a video of a song by Dihaj released in 2015 entitled Gecələr Keçir (Try it at night) below.
Source: wiwibloggs; ESC Covers
62 COVERS UNTIL KIEV – DAY 3 – GERMANY 2009
GERMANY 2009
Miss kiss kiss bang – David Hasselhoff & Patricia Lewis
Miss kiss kiss bang – Alex Swings, Oscar sings
62 COVERS UNTIL KIEV – DAY 2 – CYPRUS 2012
CYPRUS 2012
La la la – Cortina
Ek kan nie wag (vir die la la la) – Chrizaan
La la love – Ivi Adamou
Elené Mikiashvili releases short photoshoot video
Elené Mikiashvili is not only a promising and talented singer from Georgia but she is also pretty impressive as a model. She has just done a photoshoot and released a short video using the recent release she recorded, With Me, with top DJ Giga Papaskiri.
Elené had success in the 2015 The Voice of Georgia contest where she was mentored by Anri Jokhadze (2012 ESC Georgia). She is very versatile as a singer and is comfortable singing pop or dance or rock style music.
Maybe we will see Elené participate in future Georgian Eurovision selections. She has the talent and capability to go far.
The video was made possible, with thanks, to Shotie Blackmore (Photographer), Check Point Hostel (Tbilisi) and My Favorite Lingerie (womens clothes shop, Tbilisi).
You can see the short video clip below.
Source: ESC Covers
Presiyana Dimitrova wins top prize at Diamonds Voices competition in Prague
The very talented Presiyana Dimitrova has won a top prize at the Diamonds Voices festival in Prague, Czech Republic. Presiyana performed two songs. I Surrender by Celine Dion and Vyra (Faith) by Vyara Panteleeva.
Presiyana’s equally talented sister, Mirella Dimitrova, was a special guest at the festival in Prague. Mirella performed the 2014 Eurovision winner by Conchita Wurst, Rise Like A Phoenix.
Presiyana & Mirella together were finalists in the 2016 Balgariya tarsi talent (Bulgaria’s Got Talent) competition.
Expect to see a lot more of Presiyana & Mirella in the future.
Unfortunately, there is no video of either Presiyana or Mirella’s performance in Prague but you can see Presiyana perform I Surrender on Balgariya tarsi talent below. You can also see Mirella performing at the Shining Star festival with a song by Tolga Gürdil in Turkey.
Source: ESC Covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS3cHS8Dj3A
62 COVERS UNTIL KIEV – DAY 1 – GEORGIA 2013
GEORGIA 2013
Uitklophou – Karlien van Jaarsveld & Eden
Waterfall – Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani
Waterval – Romanz
Saara Alto is through to the X Factor final in UK
Saara Alto has stormed straight through to the UK X Factor final after wowing viewers again this weekend. This weekend she performed two songs – All I Want For Christmas (by Mariah Carey) and then Chandelier (by Sia).
In the results show she went direct to the final with the public vote along with the male group 5 After Midnight. The third finalist is Matt Terry who won the sing off against Emily Middlemas.
Saara will now have a busy week where she will be campaigning for more votes for the final next week. She will start with a visit to Helsinki tomorrow.
Saara was twice a runner up in the UMK Eurovision selection shows in Finland in 2011 and 2016.
You can see Saara’s X Factor semi-final performances below.
Source: ITV; ESC Covers