Category Archives: 1996 Eurovision Song Contest

LIEFDE IS EEN KAARTSPEL – LISA DEL BO (BELGIUM 1996)

A few days ago we finished with our Top 100 which were compiled from the top 10’s of 103 people. Now for about 2 weeks, Roy of ESC Covers will do his top 20 of Eurovision songs he would have liked in the top 100 but they did not make it.

On a side note, a big thank you to Carolina of Peru who drew the beautiful Johannesburg Eurofriend,  which we use as the featured image.

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EN ENDA MORGEN – ELISABETH ANDREASSON

Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen (born 28 March 1958), also known as just Bettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest. We feature her today as the 16th artist in our project where we focus on Eurovision stars with covers of NON EUROVISION songs. Elisabeth recorded the song ANGEL OF THE MORNING of Juice Newton. Morten Thomassen informed ESC Covers that she recorded it in Swedish, and it is called EN ENDA MORGEN.

CURA ZA SVE – MAJA BLAGDAN

The 10th song in our project where we look at Eurovision stars covering NON EUROVISION songs. MAJA BLAGDAN, who represented CROATIA at the 1996 Eurovision song contest with SVETA LJUBAV, covered the well known song THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS), a song also covered by Cher. Maja’s cover is called CURA ZA SVE.

Eimear Quinn releases ‘The Voice 2020’ with RTÉ Orchestra

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Eimear Quinn has released a new version of her 1996 Eurovision winning song for Ireland, The Voice. The new version was premiered at a special concert, Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, in Amsterdam on 15 December 2019 by Avrotros tv in the Netherlands. The show featured many acts from the history of the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Voice 2020 features the RTÉ Orchestra and will be the lead track on Eimear’s forthcoming orchestral album. The single is currently available to purchase or stream from most digital stores.

You can see Eimear perform The Voice 2020 below.

Source: ESC Covers