As of today, Fred Medeiros joins us as an editor and he will concentrate on Melodifestivalen which starts this Saturday. He will report jointly for us and for ESC UNITED. During the semi finals he will report from home, but he and camera man Liam will be physically present at Andra chancen and the Stockholm final. We look forward to a lot of news. I have also more or less finished the library index for the SA covers of the Swedish selection songs and should have it 100% finished by Saturday.
GOOD LUCK MESSAGE – FRANCE 2015
GOOD LUCK MESSAGE – SWITZERLAND 2015
Au nom de OGAE RoW, nous vous souhaitons la meilleure des chances a Vienne!
Ronny Addamo
Melbourne, Australia
ONE MORE TIME – HIGHLAND
New version of Fairytale by Mørland feat. Debrah Scarlett
A new version of Fairytale by Alexander Rybak has appeared in Norway. The winning song from Norway from 2009 has been covered by Mørland & Debrah Scarlett.
The song was recorded live at Cantus Studio and features Debrah Scarlett who Mørland will be performing with at the with at this year’s Melodi Grand Prix in Oslo, Norway. Together they will perform A Monster Like Me.
Source: Morten Thomassen, www.esccovers.com
Jo releases new song and video – Soapte
Jo from Romania has released her brand new single. It is called Soapte (Whispers). Jo is actually Ioana Anuţa who represented Romania at the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with her song, Ai Puterea în Mâna Ta (You Have The Power In Your Hand).
Jo has since gone to great success in her homeland and beyond. She was also a finalist in the 2012 edition of X Factor Romania.
Soapte is by Music by Famous Production and Ropcea Andrei and mix and mastered by Sandor Biro. The song is released through Cat Music.
You can see the video for Soapte below.
Eurovision Song Contest 60th Anniversary concert in London
2015 sees the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest and to celebrate the event the BBC in the United Kingdom will host a special concert in London on 31 March at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith theatre. The event is called Eurovision Song Contest’s Greatest Hits.
There will be lots of special guests to celebrate this unique event. The show will be broadcast in many countries including Australia on SBS.
Source: www.eurovision.tv
ONE MORE TIME – VINYL SINGLE
With the 2015 Melodifestivalen starting this weekend, I have been listening to music by ONE MORE TIME, one of my favourite groups from Sweden. Pity they never had the same success as ABBA for example. Here is an vinyl single by them which they signed for me during EUROVISION 1996 in Oslo.
KATRINA AND THE WAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Often an artist from Eurovision visits South Africa but the media hardly give attention to it. The latest is KATRINA AND THE WAVES who are in South Africa and I did not even know it until yesterday. They are part of a show called BACK TO THE 80’s and it is on at several of the casino’s around South Africa. Cole van Dais was one of the backing singers at the show on 31 January at Carnival City and she informed me that Katrina and the waves were part of the show. Other people who are here are the likes of Billy Ocean, Hazel Dean, Nick Kershaw and M People.
Karen Harding has big UK hit with Say Something
Karen Harding has come straight in to the Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart with her song, Say Something. It is set to be a big dancefloor smash hit with a strong beat and production.
Karen was a participant in the United Kingdom Eurovision: Your Country Needs You competition in 2010. That year legendary producer and songwriter Pete Waterman was responsible for the selection and ultimately writing the competing Eurovision song. She just missed out on the final round that year. She performed the Kylie Minogue hit, What Do I Have To Do.
Karen also tried for the UK X Factor 2013 edition where she reached the Bootcamp stage and was eventually eliminated in the six seat challenge phase.
You can see the video for Say Something below.
Source: www.esccovers.com