NORWAY got a record breaking 18 gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina. To celebrate this feat, ESC Covers will highlight for 18 days Norwegian Eurovision entries and selection songs that are favourites from ESC Covers. Continue reading CELEBRATING 18 GOLD MEDALS FOR NORWAY AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS – SONG 5
Category Archives: 1985 Eurovision Song Contest
NORBERT’S EUROVISION WINNER – 1985
Norbert from LOVE FOR MUSIC facebook together with Roy of ESC COVERS website have started a new series. Norbert has been following the Eurovision Song Contest for years, some favorites remain others had to make way for new favorites. In this series we will post Norbert’s winner of each Eurovision year.
LOOKING AT THE NORWEGIAN EUROVISION ENTRIES – 1981 TO 2025 – 1986
KETIL STOKKAN won the Norwegian selection in 1986 and therefor had the honour to represent NORWAY at the Eurovision song contest with a song called ROMEO. Ketil composed the song himself. It did not repat Norway’s success from the previous year and ended in 12th place.
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LOOKING AT THE NORWEGIAN EUROVISION ENTRIES – 1981 TO 2025 – 1985
Fortunes changed for NORWAY in 1985. After having come last and even getting zero points several times, they finally won the Eurovision song contest for the first time in 1985 with LA DET SWINGE. It was performed by a female duo called BOBBYSOCKS. This duo was made up by HANNE KROGH and ELISABETH ANDREASSEN. My vinyl single has both the Norwegian original and the English version on it. The English version is called LET IT SWING. Rolf Lovland wrote the original song and Alixzandra wrote the English lyrics.
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ESC Covers meets Al Bano from Italy
Eliana Goncharova, who writes for ESC Covers, had the pleasure of meeting famous Italian singer, Al Bano, this week in Russia.
WAIT UNTIL THE WEEKEND COMES BY FLO MCSWEENEY
Flo McSweeney represented Ireland in the International section of the 1985 Viña del Mar festival, with the song “Wait until the weekend comes”. The song advanced to the finals of the competition, but it remained unplaced, as only the top 3 songs were revealed. Continue reading WAIT UNTIL THE WEEKEND COMES BY FLO MCSWEENEY
THE THREE MALE SINGERS OF LUXEMBOURG 1985 EUROVISION ENTRY
Norbert of LOVE FOR MUSIC wrote about the 3 male singers who represented LUXEMBOURG at the 1985 Eurovision song contest with CHILDREN, KINDER, ENFANTS. Continue reading THE THREE MALE SINGERS OF LUXEMBOURG 1985 EUROVISION ENTRY
EUROVISION ARTISTS JAN JOHANSEN & ELISABETH ANDREASSEN IN DUET
In our new series we will look at Eurovision artists in duet with someone, be it another Eurovision artist or someone not in the Eurovision circle. Eurovision South Africa facebook picked 21 such duets. Continue reading EUROVISION ARTISTS JAN JOHANSEN & ELISABETH ANDREASSEN IN DUET
MFÖ release ‘Küsme Bana’
MFÖ have released the song Küsme Bana (Don’t be angry with me).
NORDIC MUSIC CELEBRATION 2024 IN NORWAY
Tonight is the NORDIC MUSIC CELEBRATION 2024 in Norway. A lot of artists will perform, including several previous winners. Continue reading NORDIC MUSIC CELEBRATION 2024 IN NORWAY