OGAE Poland won the 2016 Second chance contest and now they have picked Carmell with FACES to see if Poland can make it a double.
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SONG 15 – OGAE SECOND CHANCE 2017 – NORWAY
OGAE Norway grabbed the moment and send MAMAS BOY as their entry to the 2017 OGAE Second chance contest
SONG 14 – OGAE SECOND CHANCE 2017 – MALTA
The OGAE club of Malta has decided to the the only non English song in their selection to the OGAE SECOND CHANCE contest
NEW VERSION OF RUNNING ON AIR
After RUNNING ON AIR in English at Eurovision, Nathan surprised us with an Italian version of the song and now has come out with a Spanish version. Can we expect also a German version and closer to Portugal 2018 a Portuguese version?
SPOTLIGHT ON SA ARTISTS – MONE COLLYER
Moné Collyer is a young, passionate musician and singer from South Africa. She has a very unique taste in music, ranging from musical theater to metal. She has been singing since she was 12 and doesn’t plan on stopping soon.She feels most at home when she’s on stage entertaining people. She is a songwriter & loves to let her emotions flow over into her songs. She also plays acoustic & electric guitar, as well as ukulele, and loves using these instruments during her performances.Since 2011, she has competed in many national competitions such as SATCH & Sing For The Stars. She also competes in many local competitions and is always on stage as a lead role in her school’s productions. Lately, she has been doing more live performances and has opened for artists such as Matthew Mole, Loki Rothmann & Zaretha Duvenhage (The Voice SA). She wants to get on stage any moment she can and lives for the thrill of music.
She plans to cover the 2017 Eurovision song from France, Requiem, originally sung by Alma in Afrikaans.
SPOTLIGHT ON SA ARTISTS – LUNA
Charne and Lume ( LUNA) are both individual singers who came together through their love of music. Lume has released her debut album 100 000 Love Songs available on itunes last year through Muse Productions where she worked with Hugo Ludik from the popular Afrikaans band ADAM and the famous Vaughan Gardiner. She is performing all over SA on every major festival such as KKNK and AARDKLOP and has had various radio interviews on Groot FM and Waterberg Stereo to name a few. She will be releasing her next single Reenboog in the coming months. Charne has also been singing for many years and has been actively involved in the music industry performing on some of the biggest stages in SA. She has also been a part of professional Musical productions and has had interviews with Pretoria Fm and Radio Pulpit on various projects she has been involved in .Through friendship and their love of music these two talented ladies came together and staged the show Country Hearts that recently ran at the Barnyard Theater and are planning a series of shows for 2018 throughout SA. They will be covering the Netherlands song Light and Shadows with the Afrikaans title Lig en Skadus. They call themselves LUNA
NEW SONG – NINA KRALJIC = CROATIA
Nina Kraljic has released a new song VIR. She represented Croatia in 2016 at Eurovision
SPOTLIGHT ON SA ARTISTS – SONSKYN
Sonskyn was created when two exquisite artists Marlé Fourie and Tertius Swanepoel with the most incredible voices decided they want to do something out of the ordinary and therefore started the band Sonskyn and released their duo album called “Vat my hand” early 2017. Their album consist of ballads and energetic songs just like both artists are full of energy.
On the CD is several Eurovision covers, among them Hungary 2015, Norway 2015 and the Czech republic 2015 in Afrikaans and Estonia 2015 and Poland 2015 in English.
STOPLIGHT ON SA ARTISTS – ZAKK STYLES
Zakk Styles (Age 29), a guitarist, singer, tv presenter, song-writer, producer and audio engineer has been intimately involved in the South African music arena for over 16 years through his various musical projects and ventures. A classical Guitar trained student of the Berkley College of music he is currently fronting the hard rock band – Black Bone Nation as well as his latest indie/folk band – Arcadia. Staying involved in the advancement of emerging bands in South Africa he co-created the artist feature show – The Couch Sessions SA, where he also acts as presenter for the show.
His achievements are Various TV show appearances (YoTV, SABC Shows) – Various radio appearances (Eden AM, The Dave Darren Show) – Classical Music Studies Graduate – Presenter/Writer/Producer/Owner for The Couch Sessions SA – Singer/Guitarist for the band – Black Bone Nation – Singer/Guitarist for the band – Arcadia – In studio with the band Black Bone Nation recording their first studio album – “For Pride & Glory” (Release – 2018) – In Studio with the band Arcadia recording their first single -“Going South” (Release – 2017) – Currently working on filming of Season 2 of The Couch Sessions SA (Release 2018) – Various live show performances across Gauteng – South Africa.
He will be doing his first Eurovision cover shortly and it is the 2017 entry from Cyprus called GRAVITY, originally sung by Hovig and composed by Thomas Gson.
SPOTLIGHT ON SA ARTISTS – HAROLD WALTBERG
Harold Waltberg started with vocal training in 2012 at the age of 17 whilst attending high school in Tzaneen, Limpopo. After high school he moved to Centurion where he attended the Open Window School of Visual Communication, studying towards a BA Degree in Graphic Design which he completed in 2015. Since then he have been working as a Marketing assistant for HANNON, a cosmetic company based in Sandton.
He has had a love for classical music from an early age since he was given his first Josh Groban album at the age of 11. This has been a great inspiration to him throughout his career and has helped to shape him as a performing artist.
When he moved to Centurion, he successfully auditioned to be accepted into CC Vocal Studios and receive further vocal training under SA Tenor Chris Coetzer. During this time he had the opportunity to attend various functions and concerts with Chris Coetzer and accompany him on his shows, learning the essentials of performing.
After his time with Chris Coetzer he joined the Centurion Performance Academy and received classical training under well-known Classical Vocal Coach, Jolanda Becker. He is presently still being trained by Jolanda Becker.
He has had the opportunity to perform at various events such as Innibos as well as a variety of other festivals. He has planned and arranged solo concerts as well, and recently launched his first album featuring songs from the likes of Josh Groban, Phil Coulter and Elvis Costello.
He has also recently launched his own professional digital platform in the form of a website (www.haroldwaltberg.co.za) which gives further information on his career as well as snippets of the songs from his album and images of himself.
Should you wish to get in touch please do not hesitate to contact him on 0798963546 info@haroldwaltberg.co.za
www.haroldwaltberg.co.za
Harold will be one of the duet members of HARLIND, who plans to cover CROATIA 2017, MY FRIEND. As a solo artist, he is looking at covering in Afrikaans the 2012 song of ESTONIA, KUULA by Ott Lepland.
