Franka will represent Croatia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Crazy. The track has been officially released accompanied by the official video clip.
Crazy is composed by Branimir Mihaljević.
You can see the video for Crazy below.
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
Shkodran Tolaj has just released a new song and video clip for the song Hero i zemrës sime (Hero of my heart). The song is full of emotion and it pays tribute to the 20th anniversary of the Jashari family, who died in the battle over Kosovo.
Shkodran Tolaj has an operatic tenor voice and infact he was in the Festivali i Këngës 52 national selection in Albania in 2014. He performed a duet with Besiana Mehmeti entitled Jam larg.
A special mention should be made for the beautiful orchestration by the talented students of the University of Art in Tetovo and the University of Art in Skopje in FYR Macedonia.
You can see the official video for Hero i zemrës sime below.
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ESC Covers reported recently that Ana Kodra had impressed the judges in the blind auditions of The Voice Kids Albania. Now Ana has done it again and won through the Battles round of the competition.
Ana gave another strong performance as she battled against two other quality singers. The battles was Ana vs Klaudia vs Aulona. One of the girls had previously gone far on The Voice Kids Germany. The song the girls performed was the classic Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey duet When You Believe.
Ana represented Albania at the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with her song Mos ma prekni pemën (Do not touch my tree). She touched many peoples hearts with her cute and charming performance and stage presence.
We will continue to monitor Ana’s journey on The Voice Kids Albania here at ESC Covers.
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Artemisa Mithi has released a new song entitled Lulja e dashtun. In the version released today it is a laid back vocal and piano track. It is not clear yet if there will be other versions released soon.
Lulja e dashtun is composed by Enis Mullaj and Eriona Rushiti.
Artemisa took part in the Festivali i Këngës national selection in Albania in December last year with her popular song E dua botën.
You can hear the vocal and piano arrangement of Lulja e dashtun below.
Source: ESC Covers
Sennek has revealed the song that will represent Belgium at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal in May. It is entitled A Matter Of Time and is composed by Sennek with Alex Callier and Maxime Tribeche.
You can see the official video for A Matter Of Time below.
Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv
Cláudia Pascoal has won the Festival da Canção national selection with the song O Jardim (The garden) and will therefore represent the host nation Portugal at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon in May.
The following acts took part in the final –
Voting was a combination of jury and public voting.
You can see Cláudia perform her winning song below.
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
ESC Covers recently told you about the exciting pop/opera singing talents of Nicole Hammett from Malta. She has recently enjoyed success in various festivals and competitions.
Nicole is currently taking part in The Entertainers – Singing Challenge on Net tv in Malta. She recently performed the classic Con Te Partiro by Andrea Bocelli. It was also a big hit duet with Sarah Brightman as Time To Say Goodbye. Nicole’s powerful and clear pop/operatic vocals do justice to the evergreen song.
You can see Nicole perform Con Te Partiro below.
Source: ESC Covers
Aisel will perform the song X My Heart for Azerbaijan at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.
The song is composed by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Sandra Bjurman.
Aisel was chosen internally by the broadcaster İctimai tv.
You can see the official lyric video of X My Heart below.
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVEhrwDzdCE
Ari Ólafsson has won the Söngvakeppnin national final with the song Our Choice and will therefore represent Iceland at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon in May.
Our Choice is composed by Thorunn Clausen.
You can see the winning song by Ari below.
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer have won the Krajowe Eliminacje 2018 national selection with Light Me Up and will represent Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest in May in Portugal.
It is an upbeat and anthemic pop dance song that will get you dancing.
You can see the winning song below.
Source: ESC Covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4F5R77VqZU