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2021 Eurovision Song Contest

Elena Tsagrinou to represent Cyprus at the 2021 Eurovision with ‘El Diablo’

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Elena Tsagrinou has been chosen to represent Cyprus at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The song she will perform will be El Diablo (The Devil) which will be revealed at a later date.

Elena is a very popular and much respected singer in the Greek music scene. She is 26 years old and first came in to the spotlight in 2008, at 14 years, when she was a popular contestant in ‘Greece Got Talent’, where she got to the semi-finals.

In 2013 Elene joined the OtherView group, and they had many hit songs. Then in 2018 she began her solo recording career and has had many hit songs and music videos and performed in concerts and shows in Greece and Cyprus.

Elena is also a successful personality where she has been a coach on the ‘Just The 2 Of Us’ music show, she has been a presenter on ‘The Voice of Greece’ and recently has been presenting her own show ‘K-Pop Stars’ on MAD TV in Greece and Cyprus.

The song that Elena will sing at Eurovision 2021 is El Diablo. It is composed by successful songwriters, Jimmy “Joker” Thornfeldt (Swedish music producer and writer for worldwide artists like Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Usher and Nicki Minaj), Laurell Barker (Canadian songwriter who composed the 2019 ESC Swiss entry She Got Me by Luca Hänni and had KPop success with Twice, Oh My Girl and Girls Generation and Swedish hits including for Hanna Ferm), Oxa (Brazilian born singer, songwriter and dancer and took part in many musicals as well as The Voice of Germany in 2019)  and Thomas Stengaard (Award winning Danish songwriter/producer who wrote the Denmark ESC winning song for Emmelie de Forrest, Only Teardrops, in 2013. He was also one of the writers of the German 2018 ESC song by You Let Me Walk Alone by Michael Schulte).

You can see the music videos of Lógia (from 2019) and Amore (2020) by Elena Tsagrinou below.

Source: Panik Records; RIK, ESC Covers

 

 

 

2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Junior Eurovision Day 2 Serbia-Russia-Poland

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As the countdown to this years contest continues, a further 3 teaser clips were released today on the Junior Eurovision channel.

First up this morning was Serbia‘s entry by Petar Aničić.

Sporting a striking striped suit that could see him in contention for the Barbara Dex award for Junior Eurovision, the teaser suggests that Petar’s staging has him alone on stage with a piano.

The teaser for Russia‘s entry ‘My new day’ by Sofia Feskova made a brief appearance, but for reasons unknown, was taken down and re-appeared the following day.

Alone on stage wearing a beautiful sky blue dress, the teaser suggests that viewers can expect pitch perfect vocal performance on Sunday.

 

The final teaser clip of the day was for Poland‘s entry I’m still standing by Ala Tracz.

Lots of dancers on stage here – both real and virtual!  and a miraculous change of dress mid song: Hint: Expect a Bucks Fizz type moment during her final performance.

Common Song Junior Eurovision 2020

Viki Gabor showcases ‘Move The World’ | Common Song Junior Eurovision 2020

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Viki Gabor gave a live performance of Move The World | Common Song Junior Eurovision 2020 at the Opening Ceremony of the contest today based in Warsaw, Poland.

Viki won the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Superhero.

Check out Viki’s performance of Move The World below.

Source: ESC Covers

https://youtu.be/jdBVQvgNURU

New cover/North Macedonia

Watch: Ljupka Arsovska perform ‘Smej mi se smej’ on ‘My Favourite Song’ show

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Ljupka Arsovska gave a beautiful performance on the ‘My Favorite Song’ show from North Macedonia. Ljupka performed a charming cover of the song Smej mi se smej by Karolina Gočeva, who represented North Macedonia at the 2002 and 2007 Eurovision Song Contests.

The mix and mastering for the Smej mi se smej track are by Aleksandar Spasencovski. The piano playing is by Robert Spasencovski. The recording took place at the MusicStudioSpasencovski.

Ljupka is a talented young singer from North Macedonia, who also sings with the Dacapo Band.

You can see Ljupka perform Smej mi se smej below.

Source: ESC Covers

New cover/North Macedonia

Mina Blažev and her cover of ‘Nocturno’ on ‘My Favorite Song’ show

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Mina Blažev has made a welcome return by performing on the ‘My Favorite Song’ show from North Macedonia. Mina performed a beautiful cover of the song Nocturno by Oliver Dragojević.

The mix and mastering and piano playing for the Nocturno track are by Aleksandar Spasencovski. The recording took place at the MusicStudioSpasencovski.

Mina represented North Macedonia at the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Dancing Through Life.

You can see Mina sing Nocturno below.

Source: ESC Covers

2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Isea Çili performs her JESC 2019 song ‘Mikja ime fëmijëri’ on Top Channel in Albania

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Isea Çili made a welcome return with a strong performance of her 2019 JESC song Mikja ime fëmijëri for the Dream Team on the tv show E Diell on Top Channel in Albania.

Thanks to the author, Jetmira Agalliu. The show was presented by Edi Manushi, Alesia Bami and Skyla Fezollari. The choreographer is Graciano Tagani. The vocal coach is Gigliola Haveriku.

Besides representing Albania at Junior Eurovision in Poland in 2019, Isea, had success by winning 2019 Junior Fest Junior Eurovision national selection and she was a popular contestant on The Voice Kids 3 Albania.

You can see Isea sing on E Diell below.

Source: ESC Covers; Top Channel; @isea_cili

 

New videos/Russia

Check out ‘Bella Ciao’ by Sofia Fisenko & Ranel Bogdanov with FloMaster dance studio

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Sofia Fisenko & Ranel Bogdanov together with FloMaster dance studio have made a unique version of the Bella Ciao song in Russian. The video is spectacular with great singing and dancing and is filmed in a theatre and on an a warship.

The video Bella Ciao was directed by Nikita Zhorichev who also was the cameraman and responsible for the post-production.

Sofia also recently made a charming performance in Russia with the Tula National Guard Orchestra of Flag moyego Gosudarstva (Flag Of My State) by Denis Maydanov.

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Sofia was part of the Water Of Life Project who represented Russia at the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Water Of Life.

You can see Sofia and the videos of Bella Ciao and Flag moyego Gosudarstva below.

Source: ESC Covers

New cover/Belarus 2012

Vasya Boykova and her support for Belarus with ‘My Hieroi’

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Vasya Boykova has recorded My Hieroi (We Are The Heroes) in support and solidarity of the people with the current situation of protests in Belarus. The song is a cover of the Litesound anthemic Eurovision hit, We Are The Heroes, from 2012.

Vasya is from Ukraine and she took part with many people in a day of action in Kiev support of their Belarussian neighbours.

Vasya has a nice and clear vocal and she has recorded several quality covers of songs including covers of three songs from the 2020 Eurovision – Fall From The Sky (Albania), Empires (Poland) and Fai rumore (Italy).

Italian songs are also a speciality for Vasya. She recently recorded Meraviglioso amore mio by Arisa and the evergreen Ti Amo by Umberto Tozzi.

You can listen to more of Vasya’s songs at her YouTube channel – (1) Vasya & Nina Boykova – YouTube

Check out My Hieroi, Ti Amo and Meraviglioso amore mio below.

Source: ESC Covers

2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Junior Eurovision week events roundup

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Junior Eurovision week kicked off today with a watch-a-long of last years contest with the addition of  comments and reactions from this year’s contestants:

Despite the participants not being in Poland, the now traditional opening ceremony will once again take place this year and will be live streamed.

Tune in at 4pm local time Monday 23rd:

Also on Monday, In lieu of would have been first rehearsal clips being published, short previews of the artists final performances will be released.

The usual mix of interviews and fun clips will also be published regularly on the JESC.TV channels and the main press conference with all the artists will take place on Saturday 28 November 14:30 CET.

Finally the official full colour 21 page souvenir programme for the event, featuring Photo’s,Bio’sand lyrics to each song, is now available to download here:

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https://cdn.accredion.com/91efd669-134b-4ac3-acf7-7157914848ac.pdf