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JUNIOR EUROVISION – ALBANIA

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 forth one – it is Albania who ended with 67 points – such a sweet young singer with a big voice.

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SAN MARINO SECOND WILD CARD – latest standings

We are halfway in the period allowed for artists to get likes for their videos in the San Marino second wild card. Here are the current top 10. In brackets their totals yesterday at this time.

01 – Miguel Vicente (Spain) 30575 (20815)
02 – Gloria Zaccaria (Italy) 30093 (27118)
03 – Julian Lesinski (Poland) 14901 (5818)
04 – Stavros Pilichos (Greece) 11198 (7796)
05 – HIlary Smile (Italy) 11124 (7504)
06 – Mac Zavadsky (Poland) 10463 (6009)
07 – Tom Leo Tabguy Wiart (France) 9699 (not in the top 10 yesterday)
08 – Dario Mifsud Bonnici (Malta) 9645 (8156)
09 – Yana Gloushak (Russia) 9441 (6293)
10 – Sofya Angel-Barokko (Russia) 8235 (7116)

YULIA SAMOYLOVA – THE FLAME IS STILL BURNING

We are not sure if she will indeed participate for Russia at the 2018 Eurovision song contest but ESC Kaz sent us some news on her.

Yulia Samoylova today will perform at Maison de l’UNESCO in Paris as guest of a special program devoted to the Disability Day.

The event is initiated by UNESCO Artist for Peace and Emeritus of the Russian Federation, pop singer and actress Zarifa Mgoyan, known as Zara, who has a long-standing commitment to charities and programmes helping people with disabilities. The aim of these charities and programmes is to involve children, who are visually impaired and hard of hearing, in artistic activities and to raise awareness of the difficulties they encounter.

As part of this year’s Disability Day programme, Zara will perform live in Paris with the participation of artists with disabilities. Accompanied by Yulia Samoylova, Valentin Tkachenko and the ensemble ‘Singing Hands’, they will perform a repertoire of beautiful songs about love and friendship in French, Serbian, English, Russian and sign language

NAVI BAND – BELARUS 2017

Their story continues – this is what we received from ESC Kaz:

Naviband – Belarus members Ksusha Zhuk and Артем Лукьяненкоconfirmed they are expecting their first child.

They also released a new Chrismas video for “A Dzie Žyvieš Ty?” – check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBOFZo9J5g

New album of the band “Adnoj darohaj” is available for pre-order and will be released on 8 December: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/adnoj-darohaj/1316438587

In February Naviband 2018 will go on tour which will cover Moscow, Kyiv and Belarus, finishing in Minsk on 9 March.

SAN MARINO 2018 CANDIDATE – KRZYSZTOF STER (Poland)

ESC Covers sent some questions to KRZYSZTOF STER of Poland who is a candidate in the San Marino 2018 selection. We got the answers back via his manager AGNES.

QUESTION ONE – TELL US ABOUT YOU
I deal with music in my everyday life. I’m a singer – I sing, I give concerts, but I’m also a musician, instrumentalist and composer, I play many instruments (I was once known as a drummer in many bands), I compose music, I write lyrics, I create music videos, but I’m also an actor and an extra ( I play in TV series, programs, music videos and I took part in many different productions). Generally I’m a one man circus. And I’m a collector. I gather American cars and cowboy boots, I currently have 50 pairs of them;). I could write a lot of other things, because since my childhood I’ve been connected to the world of performing arts. I have sung since I was a child, then I practiced ballroom dance, then I learned playing many instruments. I’ve played a lot of concerts in my life. Being on stage is the most important thing for me and I chose this as a way to live. It is not easy but I do my best. I am inspired by a variety of music such as opera arias, rock’ n’ roll or dance music, and for a good reason I am considered “one of the best Elvis Presley voices in Poland”. That is why I invent everything on my own, I do not draw inspiration from anyone else’s performances, I try to develop everything, even the appearance on the stage.

QUESTION TWO – WHY DID YOU APPLY FOR SAN MARINO
I applied to the San Marino’s pre-selection, because the process of application was easy to understand, everything was well described and clear. Unfortunately in my country everything must be difficult and till this day there is no information whether the pre-selection will take place. Besides, I think that you need to expand your options, which is why I considered this to be my next career path.

QUESTION THREE – WHAT LANGUAGE WILL YOU CHOICE IS YOU ARE THE SAN MARINO CANDIDATE
If I am chosen, I could sing in Polish but I would rather sing in English, as a language spoken globally.

QUESTION FOUR – WOULD YOU CONSIDER A DUET RATHER THAN SOLO
Yes, I would consider this. I used to sing in a duo with the Polish opera diva, so it is not a problem for me.

At the same time, I invite you to my fanpage:

facebook.com/krzysztofsterofficial
instagram.com/krzysztofsterofficial
facebook.com/yellowtaxinyc
facebook.com/pinklimoslask
facebook.com/limuzynyster
youtube.com/sacerdos0
e-mail: krzysztofster@onet.pl

SAN MARINO 2018 – CANDIDATE UPDATE

Time for our daily update on the top 10 artists in the second Wildcard for the 2018 San Marino selection.

14 artists have over 2000 likes, 21 artists have over 1000 likes. Luckily those with no likes have also drastically reduced with only a round 25 or so to still get one like.

01 – GLORIA ZACCARIA (Italy) 27118

02 – Miguel Vicente (Spain) 20815

03 – Dario Mifsud Bonnici (Malta) 8156

04 – Stavros Pilichos (Greece) 7796

05 – HIlary Smile (Italy) 7504

06 – Sofya Angel-Barokko (Russia) 7116

07 – Yana Gloushak (Russia) 6293

08 – Mac Zavadsky (Poland) 6009

09 – Julian Lesinski (Poland) 5818

10 – Camilla Dentale (Italy) 4612

Sebastian Calleja dropped out of top 10, 11th now with 4314 likes