In Tbilisi at the Junior Eurovision song contest a great program book was handed out looking very much like those at ADULT Eurovision. Roy of ESC Covers had each of the 16 acts sign the book and for the next days we will post it. Today we can highlight the thirteenth one – it is the NETHERLANDS who ended with 156 points – the 4 boys of FOURCE won the televoting.
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JUNIOR EUROVISION – BELARUS
In Tbilisi at the Junior Eurovision song contest a great program book was handed out looking very much like those at ADULT Eurovision. Roy of ESC Covers had each of the 16 acts sign the book and for the next days we will post it. Today we can highlight the twelfth one – it is BELARUS who ended with 149 points – Helena was very interesting for the press since her father came from Syria.
JUNIOR EUROVISION – ARMENIA
In Tbilisi at the Junior Eurovision song contest a great program book was handed out looking very much like those at ADULT Eurovision. Roy of ESC Covers had each of the 16 acts sign the book and for the next days we will post it. Today we can highlight the eleventh one – it is ARMENIA who ended with 148 points – Misha treated the press with several covers – he especially sang for ESC Covers the Irish song.
JUNIOR EUROVISION – UKRAINE
In Tbilisi at the Junior Eurovision song contest a great program book was handed out looking very much like those at ADULT Eurovision. Roy of ESC Covers had each of the 16 acts sign the book and for the next days we will post it. Today we can highlight the tenth one – it is UKRAINE who ended with 147 points – the two members accompanying Anastasiya proved to be very talented musicians.
JUNIOR EUROVISION – POLAND
In Tbilisi at the Junior Eurovision song contest a great program book was handed out looking very much like those at ADULT Eurovision. Roy of ESC Covers had each of the 16 acts sign the book and for the next days we will post it. Today we can highlight the ninth one – it is POLAND who ended with 138 points – we love the song but thought the staging could have been more powerful.
ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT – AUSTRALIA
Eurofriend profile and Artist announcement by Sydney “Syd” Asiapacettefriend (Designed by Carolina Añazgo Leo of Peru):
Sydney “Syd” Asiapacettefriend
Country that represents: Australia
Birthday: January 26
Eurovision event her country debuted: Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Eurovision Events her country has hosted: None as of now
Likes: Listening to the latest Asia-pacific music, watching long-running anime shows with her brothers London, Dublin and Cardiff (and idolizing her favourite Japanese voice actors at the same time), discovering Eurovision with her friends and having picnics with her Koala pet on her favourite eucalyptus tree!
If there’s any friend in the song contest who loves to spread the asia pacific culture to the Eurofriends from Chinese opera and Bollywood movies to k-pop and anime, Sydney is the right friend for the job! She’s living the Eurovision career she always wished for and she’s learning a lot of Europe’s (and Australia’s) favourite TV show.
This girl dreams for an anime about ESC starring her and all her fellow Eurovision Land pals with her fave Japanese voice actors (Even if uses the actors names as nicknames for her friends when she’s esc-cited!), that wish will make her heart flag aflutter, alongside winning esc and helping the host friend to fulfill the duty. Her brothers and friends love her attitude for adding the Asia-pacific culture to town with lots of happiness!
Message from Sydney “Syd” Asiapacettefriend: “G’day, ni-hao (In Chinese) and saying in Japanese “konnichiwa everyfriend!” I’m Sydney, but my friends and family calls me Syd! Recently i picked my Eurostar for esc. You already remember Jessica, she was the interval act for Esc 2014 when Copenhagen hosted it! Now she’s doing full Eurostar duties and i’m esc-cited about it! Now i have to see my country do it’s best and give a 12-point best result in Portugal on May 2018! I’m looking foward to see everyfriend’s picking their Eurostars, and i’m the 6th friend to do so!”- By Sydney “Syd” Asiapacettefriend
Official Broadcaster Announcement link: https://www.sbs.com.au/…/australias-2018-eurovision-contest…
Australia Page at ESCKAZ: http://www.esckaz.com/2018/aus.htm
SAN MARINO – SECOND WILD CARD – close of voting
Giovanni Montalbano (Italy) has topped online voting for the second wildcard in San Marino with 388633 likes on the deadline at 23:59 London time. It is worth noting, that practically all of his votes were gained during the last day of the competition. Runner up is his compatriot GLORIA ZACCARIA – 382237, who had more than doubled her vote in the last 24 hours.
In the nearest future winner of the wildcard should be proclaimed officially by 1in360.
32 singers have reached mark of 1000, 22 of 2000, 17 of 5000, 15 of 10000, 9 of 25000, 6 of 50000, 5 of 100000, 3 of 200000 and 2 of 300000.
1. Giovanni Montalbano (Italy) 388633
2. GLORIA ZACCARIA (Italy) 382237
3. Julian Lesiński (Poland) 203579
4. Miguel Vicente (Spain) 190879
5. Tom Hartis (France) 112313
6. Marcus Reischmann (Germany) 50045
7. Yana Gloushak Яна Глушак (Russia) 33649
8. Dario Mifsud Bonnici (Malta) 33127
9. Stavros Pilichos (Greece) 28208
10. Mac Zavadsky (Poland) 23448
11. Camilla Dentale (Italy) 18219
12. Jessika (Malta) 17921
13. Sofya Angel Barocco (Russia) 15115
14. HIlary Smile (Italy) 15169
15. Benjamin Coveliers (Belgium) 10388
16. Sebastian Calleja (Malta) 6494
17. Panagiotis Mademlis (Greece) 6232
18. Maika Barbero (Spain) 4853
19. Raylan Arbizu (Spain) 4446
20. William and Deban (United Kingdom) 3423
21. Elena Petresca (Macedonia) 2714
22. René Reith-Schäfer (Germany) 2027
23. Bjorn Rosier (Belgium) 1939
24. Oyku Dogan (Turkey) 1896
25. Ones Antoine (Haiti) 1739
26. Eduard Alexogiannopoulos (Greece) 1403
27. Elisa “ELYSA” Kolk (Estonia) 1494
28. Dario & Grecia Bezzina (Malta) 1403
29. Andi Taranik (Belarus) 1330
30. Dionisis Kostis (Greece) 1269
31. Camilla North (Norway) 1206
32. Marco Antonio Gaitano (Spain) 1030
Interestingly, 4 of top 10 singers, including both Montalbano and ZACCARIA, have failed to gain 100 votes in the first stage of the competition.
JUNIOR EUROVISION – MALTA
In Tbilisi at the Junior Eurovision song contest a great program book was handed out looking very much like those at ADULT Eurovision. Roy of ESC Covers had each of the 16 acts sign the book and for the next days we will post it. Today we can highlight the eight one – it is MALTA who ended with 107 points – Gianluca was our favourite.
JUNIOR EUROVISION – SERBIA
In Tbilisi at the Junior Eurovision song contest a great program book was handed out looking very much like those at ADULT Eurovision. Roy of ESC Covers had each of the 16 acts sign the book and for the next days we will post it. Today we can highlight the seventh one – it is Serbia who ended with 92 points – Irina and Jana are best friends in real life.
COLE VAN DAIS – DUET CD
It has taken more than two years but finally the duet CD of Cole van Dais is ready and will be released in January 2018. We will write about it in more detail ahead of the release but now we want to show the cover which has just been finished. Interesting is the signatures of the various duet partners.








