1996 – BESINCI MEVSIM – SEBNEM PAKER = 1 CD
1997 – DINLE – SEBNEM PAKER & GROUP ETHNIC = 1 CD
1998 – UNUTAMAZSIN – TUZMEN = 1 CD
1999 – DON ARTIK – TUGBA ONAL & GRUP MISTIK = 1 CD
2000 – YORGUNUM ANLA – PINAR & THE S O S = 1 CD
2001 – SEVGILIYE SON – SEDAT YUCE = 1 CD
2002 – LEYLAKLAR SOLDU KALBINDE – BUKET BENGISU & GROUP SAPPHIRE = 1 CD
2003 – EVERT WAY THAT I CAN – SERTAB = 1 CD
2004 – FOR REAL – ATHENA = 1 CD
2005 – RIMI RIMI LEY – GULSEREN & SHAMAN = 1 CD
2006 – SUPERSTAR – SIBEL TUZUN = 1 CD
2007 – SHATE IT UP SEKERIM – KENAN DOGULU = 1 CD
2008 – DELI – MOR VE OTESI = 1 CD
2009 – DUK TEK TEK – HADISE = 1 CD
2010 – WE COULD BE THE SAME – MANGA = 1 CD
2011 – LIVE IT UP – YUKSEK SADAKAT = 1 CD
2012 – LOVE ME BACK – CAN BONOMO = 1 CD
2013 – no participation
2014 – no participation
2015 – no participation
2016 – no participation
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RUSSIA AT EUROVISION – THE SOUTH AFRICAN CD COLLECTION
1994 – ETERNAL WANDERER – YOUDDIPH = 1 CD
1995 – LULLUBY FOR A VULCANO – PHILIPP KIRKAROV = 1 CD
1996 – no participation
1997 – PRIMADONNA – ALLA PUGACHEVA = 1 CD
1998 – no participation
1999 – no participation
2000 – SOLO – ALSOU = 1 CD
2001 – LADY ALPINE BLUE – MUMIY TROLL = 1 CD
2002 – NORTHERN GIRL – PRIME MINISTER = 1 CD
2003 – NE VER, NE BOISIA – tATu = 3 CD’S
2004 – BELIEVE ME – JULIA SAVICHEVA = 1 CD
2005 – NOBODY HURT NO ONE – NATALIA PODOLSKAYA = 1 CD
2006 – NEVER LET YOU GO – DIMA BILAN = 1 CD
2007 – SONG NUMBER ONE – SEREBRO = 1 CD
2008 – BELIEVE – DIMA BILAN = 1 CD
2009 – MAMO – ANASASIA PRIKHODKO = 1 CD
2010 – LOST AND FORGOTTEN – PETER NALITCH & FRIENDS = 1 CD
2011 – GET YOU – ALEXEY VOROBYOV = 1 CD
2012 – PARTY FOR EVERYBODY – BURANOVSKLYE BABUSHKI = 1 CD
2013 – WHAT IF – DINA GARIPOVA = 2 CD’S
2014 – SHINE – TOLMACHEVY SISTERS = 1 CD
2015 – A MILLION VOICES – POLINA GAGARINA = 1 CD
2016 – YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE – SERGEY LAZAREV = 1 CD
UK SELECTION SHOW CONFIRMED
Today the BBC, host broadcaster for the UK, officially opened submissions for their 2017 entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. The BBC will be returning to the format they used for the 2016 selection, namely the Eurovision: You Decide television show where a handful of selected artists will compete for the public vote to represent the UK.
Entries will be shortlisted for the selection show in the following manner:
– Public entries submitted online will be viewed and voted for by a selection of UK OGAE fan club members
– Entries from leading professional songwriters will be considered with the help of Hugh Goldsmith, Record Industry Executive and Music Consultant for the BBC.
According to Hugh, he will be “looking for songs which have the capacity to make a true impact on the 200 million people that watch Eurovision live in May 2017. Good is not enough…Great is required! The winning song will need to combine emotive lyrics and memorable melodies with a brilliant production. Writers should not be constrained by genre – Best in class is what we want”
Guy Freeman, Editor of BBC Special Events and formats, who has been responsible to the UK entry since 2014 said “This is the moment for anyone who passionately believes they’ve written an outstanding song that could win over the hearts and minds of millions of European TV viewers and professional juries, to go for it and submit an entry”
There is no word yet on what the selection show format will be but it is assumed to be similar to the 2016 show where the winner was determined solely by UK televoters. The winner of the 2016 You Decide show was Joe & Jake with their song “We’re in this together” which despite being one of the best UK entries in many years, still failed to grab the attention of Europe and ended in 24th place thanks to the soft Brit-pop sound being unable to stand out amongst the visually powerful entries in the contest.
If you are interested in submitting an entry for the UK to send to Eurovision, you need to register your interest by emailing the title of your song, the name of the artist(s) and the name of the composer(s) to BBCEurovisionSubmissions@bbc.co.uk and you will be sent instructions of how to upload you video to them within 72 hours of sending the details.
Further details will be posted when they are released.
MALTA EUROVISION COVERS
To coincide with ESC Covers going to Malta for the 2016 Eurovision song contest, we will look at a few of the Eurovision songs from Malta that had been covered in South Africa. Unfortunately no Junior Eurovision song from Malta has been covered. The first in the series is the 1998 Maltese entry THE ONE THAT I LOVE from Chiara.
Nedine Blom covered it as HELDER SKYN DIE MAAN (Bright shines the moon).
Nedine is one of just 2 South African singers who have covered Junior Eurovision songs – her one was a Latvian entry
AZERBAIJAN AT EUROVISION – THE SOUTH AFRICAN CD COLLECTION
2008 – DAY AFTER DAY – ELNUR & SAMIR = 1 CD
2009 – ALWAYS – AYSEL & ARASH = 2 CD’S
2010 – DRIP DROP – SAFURA = 1 CD
2011 – RUNNING SCARED – ELDAR & NIGAR = 2 CD’S
2012 – WHEN THE MUSIC DIES – SABINA BABAYEVA = 3 CD’S
2013 – HOLD ME – FARID MAMMADOV = 1 CD
2014 – START A FIRE – DILARA KAZIMOVA = 1 CD
2015 – HOUR OF THE WOLF – ELNUR HUSEYNOV = 1 CD
2016 – MISSING
UKRAINE AT EUROVISION – THE SOUTH AFRICAN CD COLLECTION
2003 – HASTA LA VISTA BABY – OLEXANDR = 1 CD
2004 – WILD DANCES – RUSLANA = 1 CD
2005 – RAZOM NAS BAHATO – GREEN JOLLY = 1 CD
2006 – SHOW ME YOUR LOVE – TINA KAROL = 1 CD
2007 – DANCING LASHA TUMBAI – VERKA SERDUCHKA = 1 CD
2008 – SHADY LADY – ANI LORAK = 2 CD’S
2009 – ANTI-CRISIS GIRL- SVETLANA LOBODA = 1 CD
2010 – SWEET PEOPLE – ALYOSHA = 2 CD’S
2011 – ANGEL – MIKA NEWTON = 1 CD
2012 – BE MY GUEST – GAITANA = 1 CD
2013 – GRAVITY – ZLATA OGNEVICH = 1 CD
2014 – TICK TOCK – MARIYA YAREMCHUK = 1 CD
2015 – no participation
2016 – 1944 – JAMALA = 1 CD
BELARUS AT EUROVISION – THE SOUTH AFRICAN CD COLLECTION
2004 – MY GALILEO – ALEXANDRA & KONSTANTIN = 1 CD
2005 – LOVE ME TONIGHT – ANGELICA AGURBASH = 2 CD’S
2006 – MUM – POLINA SMOLOVA = 1 CD
2007 – WORK YOUR MAGIC – KOLDUN = 1 CD
2008 – HASTA LA VISTA – RUSLAN ALENHNO = 1 CD
2009 – EYES THAT NEVER LIE – PETR ELFIMOV = 1 CD
2010 – BUTTERFLIES – 3 + 2 = 2 CD’S
2011 – I LOVE BELARUS – ANASTASIA VINNIKOVA = 1 CD
2012 – WE ARE THE HEROES – LITESOUND = 1 CD
2013 – SOLAYOH – ALYONA LANSKAYA = 1 CD
2014 – CHEESECAKE – TEO = 1 CD
2015 – TIME – UZARI & MAIMUNA = MEMORY STICK
2016 – HELP YOU FLY – IVAN = 1 CD
SPAIN AT EUROVISION – THE SOUTH AFRICAN CD COLLECTION
1995 – MISSING
1996 – AY QUE DESEO – ANTONIO CARBONELL = 1 CD
1997 – SIN RENCOR – MARCOS LLUNAS = 1 CD
1998 – QUE VOY A HACER SIN TI – MIKEL HERZOG = 1 CD
1999 – NO QUIERO ESCUCHAR – LYDIA = 1 CD
2000 – COLGADO DE UN SUENO – SERAFIN ZUBIRI = 1 CD
2001 – DILE QUE LA QUIERO – DAVID CIVERA = 1 CD
2002 – EUROPE’S LIVING A CELEBRATION – ROSA = 1 CD
2003 – DIME – BETH = 1 CD
2004 – PARA LLENARME DE TI – RAMON = 1 CD
2005 – SON DE SOL – BRUJERUA = 1 CD
2006 – UN BLODY MARY – LAS KETCHUP = 1 CD
2007- I LOVE YOU MI VIDA – D’NASH = 1 CD
2008 – CHIKI CHIKI – RODOLFO CHIKILICUATRE = 1 CD
2009 – LA NOCHE ES PARA MI – SORAYA = 1 CD
2010 – ALGOPEQUENITO – DANIEL DIGES = 1 CD
2011 – QUE ME QUITEN LO BAILAO – LUCIA PEREZ = 1 CD
2012 – QUEDATE CONMIGO – PASTORA SOLER = 1 CD
2013 – CONTIGO HASTA EL FINAL – E S D M = 1 CD
2014 – DANCING IN THE RAIN – RUTH LORENZO = 1 CD
2015 – AMANECER – EDURNE = 1 CD
2016 – SAY YAH – BAREI = 1 CD
MOLDOVA AT EUROVISION – THE SOUTH AFRICAN COLLECTION
2005 – BOONIKA BATE DOBA – ZDOB SI ZDUB = 1 CD
2006 – LOCA – ARSENIUM = 1 CD
2007 – FIGHT – NATALIA BARBU = 1 CD
2008 – A CENTURY OF LOVE – GETA BURLACU = 1 CD
2009 – HORA DIN MOLDOVA – NELLY CIOBANU = 1 CD
2010 – RUN AWAY – SUNSTROKE PROJECT & OLIA TIRA = 1 CD
2011 – SO LUCKY – ZDOB SI ZDUB = 1 CD
2012 – LAUTAR – PASHA PARFENY = 1 CD
2013 – O MIE – ALIONA MOON = 1 CD
2014 – WILD SOUL – CRISTINA SCARLAT = 1 CD
2015 – I WANT YOUR LOVE – EDUARD ROMANYUTA = 1 CD
2016 – FALLING STARS – LIDIA ISCA = 1 CD
ARMENIA AT EUROVISION – THE SOUTH AFRICAN CD COLLECTION
2006 – WITHOUT YOUR LOVE – ANDRE = 1 CD
2007 – ANYTIME YOU NEED – HAYKO = 1 CD
2008 – QELE QELE – SIRUSHO = 1 CD
2009 – JAN JAN – INGA & ANUSH = 2 CD’S
2010 – APRICOT STONE – EVA RIVAS = 1 CD
2011 – BOOM BOOM – EMMY = 1 CD
2012 – no participation
2013 – MISSING
2014 – NOT ALONE – ARAM MP = 1 CD
2015 – FACE THE SHADOW – GENEALOGY = 2 CD’S
2016 – LOVE WAVE – IVETA MUKUCHYAN = 1 CD