Federica Falzon represented Malta at the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the song Diamonds. She gave an outstanding performance of the pop/opera song and achieved a lot of acclaim.
Federica recently performed the Romanian 2013 Eurovision song by Cezar It’s My Life on the popular TVM entertainment series Hadd Ghalik Sajf. The upbeat pop/opera song suited Federica’s style perfectly.
You can see Federica perform It’s My Life below.
Source: PBS Malta; www.esccovers.com
Last night (Friday 24th July) the regular Eurofest party was held at the historic Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London. The special guest for this Eurofest was the wonderful Chiara from Malta.
©Photo by Edward Till
Chiara delighted the crowd, which consisted of not only her Eurovision fans but also a large number of Maltese fans, with a number of her most well known hits. She opened the night with the song she described as ‘her everything’, her 1998 Eurovision entry “The One That I Love” . This was followed by her 2005 Eurovision entry “Angel”.
She also performed a few other songs, such “It’s Raining Men”, “Forget Forgetting Me” and “Zarbun” as well as her 2009 Eurovision entry “What If We”.
The audience loved her, and it was clear that Chiara had a great time performing for the crowd. Chiara is certainly welcome in London whenever she wants to come back.
©Photo by Edward Till
Soraya represented Spain at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow with her song La Noche Es Para Mí. She was also a popular contestant in the Telecinco tv show Operación Triunfo where she finished in second place in 2005.
Soraya returns in the summer of 2015 with her brand new single called You Didn’t Do It. The song is a happy and upbeat commercial song and is a showcase for her forthcoming album.
You can see the official video for You Didn’t Do It below.
Source: www.oikotimes.com; www.esccovers.com
Rebecka Karlsson is a young and rising star in Sweden. She has just released the official song for the Malmö Pride 2015 entitled Surrender. Rebecka also recorded Ghost Flower for the Stockholm Pride 2014.
Surrender is composed by Ylva Persson and Linda Persson who are prolific songwriters and performers from Sweden. Ylva and Linda have written several songs for Eurovision national selections such as Belarus, Malta and Moldova in recent years. The music, lyrics, arrangement and production are by Ylva and Linda Persson, who also provide the backing vocals. It is produced and mixed by Will Taylor with Rebecka’s lyrics recorded by Jens Lundgren at Studio Titan Dalby.
Rebecka has been singing since a young child. She has successfully competed in the 2008 and 2014 Talang competitions in Sweden and also performs in a duo called ReWind and is currently touring with the Cadillac Band. Rebecka is passionate about the Eurovision Song Contest and has big ambitions to perform on the Eurovision stage in the near future.
You can see the video for Surrender below. You can stream the song at Spotify https://play.spotify.com/track/1Ibri9g73xHwAHCpmcgmvg?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open and purchase at iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/surrender-malmo-pride-2015/id1016381461
Source: facebook.com/rebecka.karlsson; facebook.com/facebook.com/ylvalindapersson; www.esccovers.com
One of the most important music festivals in Italy after the San Remo competition is the Castrocaro festival. Greta Doveri and Sara Dall’Olio are members of the Peppermints who represented San Marino at the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Breaking My Heart.
Greta and Sara will participate as solo singers in the 2015 Castrocaro competition. They will perform two songs each. One will be an originally composed song and the other will be an Italian cover song.
The Peppermints have been busy recently performing at various festivals including Notte Bianca at Pontedera and the BIM Music Network events. Of course Anita represented San Marino at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest with Michele Perniola and their song Chain Of Lights.
We wish Greta and Sara both the best of luck and also look forward to hearing more from all the Peppermints soon. The Peppermints are Anita Simoncini, Arianna Ulivi, Greta Doveri, Raffaella Perniola and Sara Dall’Olio.
Source: www.facebook.com/thepeppermints.eu; www.esccovers.com
Neringa Šiaudikytė was a popular finalist at the 2015 Eurovizijos selection in Lithuania. She has also appeared in earlier editions of the Eurovizijos competion in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Now Neringa has won first prize at the 2015 Universong competition in Tenerife, Spain.
Neringa won the Tabaiba de Oro trophy for her interpretation of Listen by Beyonce. She has also been very busy since the Eurovision selection recording and performing in a project called Back To 90s as well as singing with her own band.
You can see an example of Neringa’s talent in the video below where she performs her version of the Cher song Believe.
Source: Neringa Šiaudikytė/Facebook; www.esccovers.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeoRrpKtrKU
Malta have held the selection to find the act that will represent them at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Sofia, Bulgaria. 20 acts performed a song of their choice. The show was held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta on Saturday 11 July.
The voting was a combination of expert jury and televoting. The winning act was Destiny Chukunyere who performed her soulful version of Think originally recorded by Aretha Franklin. The song for Junior Eurovision will be revealed by PBS later in the year.
The 20 acts were –
Thea Aquilina
Haley Azzopardi
Amy Marie Borg
Ilenia Camilleri
Aidan Cassar
Destiny Chukunyere
Francesca Dimech
Kelsey Farrugia
Sarah Farrugia
Nicole Frendo
Christina Magrin
Isaac Mercieca
Raisa Marie Micallef
Sarah Micallef
Gabrielle Portelli
Veronica Rotin
Nicole Sciberras
Victoria Sciberras
Rebecca Scicluna Rizzo
Andy Shaw
You can see Destiny perform Think below.
Source: www.escflashmalta.com; www.esccovers.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQwRncLvDY
The national broadcaster of Ukraine, NTU, has announced their plans for the 2015 Junior Eurovision selection. Applications are now being accepted between 10 July to 24 July for young singers aged between 10 to 15 years old.
The semi-final will take place in the tv studios of NTU on 25 July. The date of the final will be announced at a later date.
Ukraine were missed a lot by fans at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Hopefully they will be back to participate in 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. Meanwhile it is the juniors who will take the spotlight and hope to emulate the win by Anastasiya Petryk in 2012 with Nebo.
Source: NTU; www.esccovers.com
Nicki French has just released her brand new single for the summer of 2015. It is called This Love and it is a very catchy and feelgood upbeat song. Nicki is working once again with the legendary Mike Stock on the single.
The official video is available to view on AMBRO tv for a limited period. You can see it below. The single is available through Modal Production Group’s official website. The song is composed by Stock and Kalel.
Nicki represented United Kingdom at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest with the anthemic Don’t Play That Song Again.
Source: Modal Production Group, www.esccovers.com