CYPRUS 2012
La la la – Cortina
Ek kan nie wag (vir die la la la) – Chrizaan
La la love – Ivi Adamou
All posts by Roy van der Merwe
62 COVERS UNTIL KIEV – DAY 1 – GEORGIA 2013
GEORGIA 2013
Uitklophou – Karlien van Jaarsveld & Eden
Waterfall – Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani
Waterval – Romanz
PARTICIPANTS OF MELODIFESTIVALEN 2017
1st semifinal:
• Adrijana – Amare (Martin Tjärnberg, Adrijana Krasniqi)
• Boris René – Her Kiss (Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren)…
• Nano – Hold On (Nano Omar, Gino Yonan, Ayak, Carl Rydén, Christoffer Belaieff, Rikard de Bruin, David Francis Jackson)
• Charlotte Perrelli – Mitt liv (Charlotte Perrelli, Lars Hägglund)
• Dinah Nah – One More Night (Thomas G:son, Jimmy Jansson, Dinah Nah, dr alban)
• De Vet Du – Road Trip (Johan Gunterberg, Christopher Martland)
• Ace Wilder – Wild Child (Peter Boström, Thomas G:son, Ace Wilder)
2nd semifinal:
• Mariette – A Million Years (Thomas G:son, Johanna Jansson, Peter Boström, Mariette Hansson, Jenny Hansson)
• Benjamin Ingrosso – Good Loovin’ (Benjamin Ingrosso, Louis Schoorl, Matt Pardon)
• Dismissed – Hearts Align (Ola Salo, Peter Kvint)
• Roger Pontare – Himmel och hav (Thomas G:son, Alexzandra Wickman)
• Lisa Ajax – I Don’t Give A (Ola Svensson, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb, Anton Hård af Segerstad)
• Etzia – Up (Johnny Sanchez, Hanif Sabzevari, Simon Gribbe, Erica Haylett)
• Allyawan – Vart haru varit (Masse Salazar, Samuel Nazari)
3rd semifinal:
• Owe Thörnqvist – Boogieman Blues (Owe Thörnqvist)
• Bella & Filippa – Crucified (Peter Hägerås, Mats Frisell, Jakob Stadell, Filippa Frisell, Isabella Snihs)
• The Fooo Conspiracy – Gotta Thing (Robert ”Mutt” Lange, Tony Nilsson)
• Jasmine Kara – Gravity (Anderz Wrethov, Jasmine Kara)
• Robin Bengtsson – I Can’t Go On (David Kreuger, Hamed ”K-One” Pirouzpanah, Robin Stjernberg)
• Anton Hagman – Kiss You Goodbye (Christian Fast, Tim Schou, Henrik Nordenback)
• Krista Siegfrids – Snurra min jord (Krista Siegfrids, Gustaf Svenungsson, Magnus Wallin, Gabriel Alares)
4th semifinal:
• Wiktoria – As I Lay Me Down (Justin Forrest, Jonas Wallin, Lauren Dyson)
• Les Gordons – Bound To Fall (Jonatan Renström, Albert Björliden, Andreas Persson, Carl Ragnemyr, David Runebjörk, Jimmy Jansson)
• Sara Varga och Juha Mulari – Du får inte ändra på mig (Sara Varga, Lars Hägglund)
• Jon Henrik Fjällgren feat. Aninia – En värld full av strider (Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Sara Biglert, Christian Schneider, Andreas Hedlund)
• Axel Schylström – När ingen ser (Behshad Ashnai, Axel Schylström, David Strääf
• Alice – Running with Lions (Anderz Wrethov, Andreas ”Stone” Johansson, Denniz Jamm, Alice Svensson)
• Loreen – Statements (Anton Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Loreen)
PROMO SINGLE OF BELARUS, JUNIOR EUROVISION 2016
Here is the eye catching promo single of Belarus MUSYKA MOIH POBED (Music is my only way) by Alexander Minyonok
MALTA – SECOND COMPILATION CD
Since a lot of Malta songs have been covered in South Africa, I have decided to make a second compilation.
Here is the track listing
01 – Believe ‘n peace – Times three covered in Afrikaans as EK GLO by Paola Donadio
02 – Desire – Claudette Pace covered in Afrikaans as VERLANGE by Riana van Wyk
03 – Tomorrow – Gianluca covered in Afrikaans as SY’S SOOS MORE by Jay Schoeman
04 – Let me fly – Debbie Scerri covered in Afrikaans as MY KITAAR by George Meiring
05 – The angels are tired – Manuel covered in Afrikaans as SEWE DUISEND ENGELE by George Meiring
06 – He – Eleonor Cassar covered in Afrikaans as FREEVERHAAL by George Meiring
07 – Vertigo – Olivia Lewis covered in Afrikaans as DUISELIG by Leandie Lombaard
08 – Love is the reason – Charlene & Natasha in Afrikaans as IS DIT NOU DIE LIEFDE by Moniqe Foxx
09 – Don’t stop the party – Ali & Lis in Afrikaans as ONS VOEL DIE RITME by Moniqe Foxx
COMPILATION CD FOR MALTA
Here is the track listing of the first Malta compilation CD
01 – Angel – Chiara covered in English as Angel by Amor Vittone
02 – Angel -Chiara covered in Afrikaans as Engel by Tobi Jooste
03 – The one that I love – Chiara covered in Afrikaans as Helder skyn die maan by Nedine Blom
04 – I do – Fabrizio covered in Afrikaans as Vergewe my weer by Hi 5
05 – I do – Fabrizio covered in Afrikaans as I do by Tobi Jooste
06 – I do – Fabrizio covered in English as I do by Tobi Jooste
07 – Another summer night – Fabrizio Faniello covered in Afrikaans as Ons somersaand by Dominec
08 – What if we – Chiara covered in Afrikaans as Vandag by Lee Scott
09 – My dream – Thea Garrett covered in Afrikaans as My droom by Steven Sterling
JEDWARD as expert jury members at Junior Eurovision 2016
I do like the idea of expert jury members.
I do know that Jedward is popular and would give Junior Eurovision a higher profile.
But is the choice of these two brothers a good idea as expert jury members? My answer is no for the following reasons
01 – First they are brothers and as such would have more or less the same taste and so it is like doubling the chances of those songs they like. Luckily I was informed that they will have just one vote as JEDWARD and not as two separate individuals.
02 – They are just too energetic and could make some of the smaller and shyer children feel out – they sort of dominate with their presence and may push many of the actual singers in the background. I remember their press conference in Baku where they jumped from table to table and chair to chair all over the press conference hall.
03 – They are from a participating country and could favour the entry from their home country – Ireland.
04 – I also believe they were involved in the Irish selection and so to me this sounds like a conflict of interest.
I would rather have them during the interval act and got someone else from a non participating country to be an expert jury member – Zoe from Austria or Laura from Belgium come to mind.
This is my personal opinion and anybody is free to agree or disagree with me.
GIRL GROUPS FROM GERMANY PART 3
The Hornettes were established in 1980, originally with Gitta Walther , Dagmar Hellberg , Lucy Neale (aka Lucy O’Day) and Christina Harrison . Except Hellberg, all the others were previously members of the 1978 band Love Generation . They got Reiner Pietsch to produce their first record.Late during 1980, Dagmar Hellberg left and was replaced by Linda G. Thompson . In 1981, the quartet was in the German preliminary decision to Euro Vision Song Contest with the Ralph Siegel composed song MANNEQUIN and reached the second place. The lyrics was written by Bernd Meinunger and this remains the most successful of all Hornettes releases and was twelve weeks in the German music charts with a top ranking at No. 27. In the same year they released Waikiki Tamoure, also produced by Ralph Siegel. This song spent six weeks more in the German charts, but only reached place 52. In 1982, their debut album We Are on the Way appeared on Jupiter Records. In 1983, the quartet with the song Hello, Mr. Radio appeared in the Austrian preliminary decision to Euro Vision Song Contest in and took third place.
GIRL GROUPS FROM GERMANY PART 2
A La Carte was a German disco girl group formed in 1978. The trio originally included Patsy Fuller, Julia and Elaine. Their first song was When the Boys Come Home, released in March 1979. By 1981, the group was made up of Jeanny Renshaw, Linda Daniels and Joy Martin. Together, they released the album Viva. The group underwent several line-up changes afterwards also. The group disbanded in 1985. The final line-up featured Jeanny Renshaw, Patsy Fuller and Katie Humble. Although I love most of their songs, IN THE SUMMER SUN OF GREECE is my favourite. It was composed by Michael Cretu and K van Haaren (who together with Tony Hendrik composed Set me free, sung by Soultans in the 2001 German selection).
GIRL GROUPS FROM GERMANY PART 1
Arabesque was an all-girl trio at the height of the European disco era in 1977 in Frankfurt, Germany. After the first album, the band lineup was changed by keeping only the original member Michaela Rose and replacing the two other girls, Karen Ann Tepperis and Mary Ann Nagel with new members Jasmin Vetter and Heike Rimbeau, respectively. Due to Rimbeau’s pregnancy in 1978, she was briefly substituted by Elke Brück Heimer. However, shortly afterwards she too was replaced by Sandra Lauer. The trio remained in this lineup from 1979 until their split in 1984. After they split up in 1984, Jasmin and Michaela continued on as the duo “Rouge”, while Sandra Lauer started her own career as a solo artist, collaborating with Michael Cretu as Sandra and later as part of Enigma. Arabesque became extremely popular in Japan, and also had a great deal of success in the USSR. In 1980, the single “Take Me Don’t Break Me” became a hit, which only scraped the German Top 40. Their next single, “Marigot Bay”, would become their only Top Ten hit a few weeks later. Their last singles, “Ecstasy” and “Time to Say Goodbye”, became hits only after their split, in various European countries, as they sounded very close to the Italo disco sound, a very popular music genre on the European dance scene at that time. Those songs spread and gained success through LP compilations of dance/pop music, and bootleg tapes, so, the band could never take advantage of this success, as neither of those songs could properly appear on any music charts as “singles” anyway. (That was a common problem for many ’80s European dance artists.) The composers of MARIGOT BAY are John Moering and Jean Frankfurter (who composed for example 1978 German entry Feuer). Jean later became the composer who started the career of Helene Fischer – he composed almost all the songs of her first 3 CD’s.
