We are really happy to see OGAE UKRAINE sending an entry to the OGAEvision contest in Berlin during the weekend 14 to 16 July. We just would have liked them to pick a Eurovision cover rather than a selection song which less people are familiar with but could we see an upset victory on the cards?
OGAEvision contest 2017 – RUSSIA
OGAE Russia will be represented at the 2017 OGAEvision contest from 14 to 16 July in Berlin. We were hoping to get a million voices or you are the only one but Russia is working their magic to give us something special.
Check out ‘Yolla’ the new single by Tarkan
Many Eurovision fans dream that Tarkan will take to the Eurovision stage one year. The Turkish singer has many fans around the world and has had many top hits. Tarkan has just released his brand new single entitled Yolla. It is an upbeat pop/ethnic song with a strong beat and production. The lyrics are by Tarkan and the music by Ozan Çolakoğlu and Tarkan.
You can see the official video for Yolla below. This is great Turkish pop.
Source: ESC Covers
Previous Malta participants shine as guests in 2017 Malta JESC national final
Previous Maltese participants at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest performed during the interval in this year’s Malta JESC national selection.
Federica Falzon – Pacify Her – The charming Federica, the 2014 singer for Malta, showed her versatility with a lovely version of the Melanie Martinez song.
Gaia Cauchi – Million Reasons – Gaia is maturing all the time as an artist and the 2013 JESC winner performed the Lady Gaga song outstandingly.
Destiny Chukunyere – Somebody Else’s Guy – The 2015 JESC winner, Destiny, treated us to another powerful and soulful performance of the Jocelyn Brown classic.
Christina Magrin – Snowglobe / Bridge Over Troubled Water – Last year’s Maltese JESC participant performed her upbeat new single, Snowglobe, and also gave an emotional performance of the classic Simon & Garfunkel and Grenfell Tower charity single.
ESC Covers Highlights: 2017 Malta JESC national final
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We told you about Gianluca Cilia winning the 2017 Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest national selection and therefore representing Malta in Tbilisi, Georgia in November this year. He performed the Italian song Perdere L’Amore. His Junior Eurovision entry will be revealed later this year.
However, let us look at some of ESC Covers other favourite performances in this year’s contest –
Rianne Demicoli – Satellite – Rianne got show off to a great start with a great performance of the Lena’s 2010 winning Eurovision song for Germany.
Veronica Rotin – And I Am Telling You – Probably the most outstanding performance of the night. Amazing vocals and beautifully sung.
Kylie Meilak – I Believe – Powerful vocals and big performance for Kylie. I am sure we will be seeing a lot more her in the future.
Demi Galea – Breathing Under Water – A strong and mature performance of the Emeli Sandé song.
Aidan Jay Drakard – Mad World – Aidan looks like he good be a star of the future in pop or musicals.
Thea Aquilina – It’s a Man’s World – Thea gave a very strong performance of this classic song with her powerful and soulful style vocals. We will see a lot more of Thea in the future!
Angelika Pushnova releases summer track ‘Sovershenno letniye’
Angelika Pushnova has released a hot track for the summer actually titled Sovershenno letniye (Completely summer). It is a strong production and cool summer vibe. Another great song for dancing on the beaches and in the clubs.
Angelika took part in the Belarus national selection in 2017 with her song We Should Be Together.
You can hear Sovershenno letniye below.
Source: ESC Covers; YouTube/Angelika Pushnova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY-_fWHO34k
Gianluca Cilia to represent Malta at the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Gianluca Cilia, who is 9 years old, has been chosen to represent Malta at the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Tbilisi, Georgia. In the Malta national final he performed the Italian song by Massimo Ranieri, Perdere L’Amore, and impressed the watching televoting public.
10 acts competed in the final where they all performed a cover song.
- Thea Aquilina
Jahel Cardona
Gianluca Cilia
Kira Copperstone
Riona Degiorgio
Rianne Demicoli
Aidan Jay Drakard
Demi Galea
Kylie Meilak
Veronica Rotin
The interval consisted of outstanding performances by previous Malta Junior Eurovision acts – Federica Falzon (2014), Gaia Cauchi (2013), Destiny (2015) and Christina Magrin (2016).
The song for Gianluca Cilia for Junior Eurovision will be selected later in the year. You can see his performance in the final below.
Source: ESC Covers
OGAEvision contest 2017 – AUSTRIA
The 3rd OGAE CLUB to be at the OGAEvision song contest 2017 during the BERLIN weekend 14 to 16 July is AUSTRIA who is rising like phoenix these days. They have gone quite international with two singers from different countries and singing a song from Romania. Will this be running on air or is this a potential winner at the end of the weekend?
OGAEvision contest 2017 – MALTA
We move onto the second entry in the OGAEvision song contest which forms part of the BERLIN WEEKEND from 14 to 16 July (in Berlin, the capitol of Germany). If you follow this link, you will be getting some info on the song chosen by OGAE Malta –
interesting that after Germany picked a song from Estonia, Malta picked a song from Lithuania – will we see one of the other clubs picking a song from Latvia? I guess we have all be waiting for this NIGHT!
OGAEvision contest 2017 – GERMANY
The Berlin weekend takes place 14 to 16 July (obviously in Berlin) and part of it is the OGAEvision song contest. There will be entries from 12 OGAE clubs and for the next days we will highlight each one. First up is the entry from the GERMAN clubs – they have two clubs and they have combined to pick an entry.
Why this is so interesting for us at ESC COVERS is that the male/female duo will be singing VERONA, the 2017 Eurovision entry from ESTONIA with GERMAN lyrics. We have covered the song in South Africa already weeks ago with of course AFRIKAANS lyrics. It is called AS IN DIE VLAMME and is sung by ANDRE VAN WYNGAARDT.
Just from a pure cover perspective, we are rooting for this entry.
Use the link to see more about it.