Tag Archives: 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

Russia and Albania Press Conferences

11 May 2019 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

Russia and Albania presented their second press conferences at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

Sergey Lazarev said he was happy with rehearsal except for some issues with water. He was joined by Filip Kirkorov (one of the composers). Sergey advised there will soon be a Russian version of Scream. He has the lyrics ready and will record when he returns to Russia.

Jonida Maliqi and her team from Albania were happy with the rehearsal today. Jonida also talked about the lyrics of her song which are about immigration and people around the world.

Source: ESC Covers

Croatia/Malta press conference

Croatia and Malta Second Press Conferences

11 May 2019 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

Croatia and Malta held their second press conferences of the week at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

Roko from Croatia was up first. He is only 19 years old and has a great voice. He was thankful for Jacques Houdek (2017 ESC Croatia) for his help and inspiration. Roko also sang a little of The Winner Takes It All by ABBA with his backing singers.

Michela from Malta appeared to be very happy and relaxed and looked bubbly as she faced the media. She said she was happy for he X Factor experience that lead to her journey here. She also said she likes to be versatile with her music styles. She likes to sing pop, country, rock, She sang a littleof a song in Maltese that she did on X Factor and Shallow from the A Star Is Born soundtrack and also a Miley Cyrus song. She is also currently recording more material for release after Eurovision. Of course, she still has her important studies at school to complete.

Source: ESC Covers

My Heritage

MyHeritage help ESC Covers trace their routes in South Africa

11 May 2019 Ian Fowell 1 Comment

MyHeritage is the official sponsor of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

There is a big promotional stand here in the Tel Aviv and ESC Covers obtained a DNA kit to test back in South Africa.

The results should be interesting, Maybe a connection will be made to a famous Eurovision star!

Daphna Bossik was happy to help ESC Covers and you can see her with the DNA kit in the photo above.

Source: ESC Covers; MyHeritage

Conan Osiris

Chat with Conan Osiris of Portugal

10 May 2019 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

ESC Covers chatted with the 2019 Eurovision contestant of Conan Osiris and his dancer Joao.

The guys were relaxed but a little tired after doing a second run through of their rehearsal due to some technical difficulties.

Conon has released an album and he said the music is somewhat similar to his Eurovision track with dance influence.

Joao advised his dancing was mainly teached himself.

Source: ESC Covers

ZENA

Belarus: ZENA second press conference

9 May 2019 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

ZENA gave her second press conference in Tel Aviv at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. She will be performing Like It in the first semi-final.

ZENA did not speak English but she talked about her career so far as a singer, actress and tv presenter. She even spoke and sung in the Russia language version in a Disney movie, Moana.

ZENA had success by winning the Slavianskiy Bazar in the junior category. She is only 16 years old now.

Source: ESC Covers

Nicole Hammett/Zero Gravity

Watch Nicole Hammett and her amazing cover and music video for ‘Zero Gravity’

4 May 2019 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

Nicole Hammett has released a stunning music video for her cover of the 2019 Australian Eurovision song, Zero Gravity, by Kate Miller-Heidke.

Zero Gravity is perfect for Nicole’s powerful pop/opera vocals. It also has an important message about never giving up and this is something Nicole totally believes in.

The video clip is directed by Emanuel Pace with the filming and editing by Clive Pace. Thanks also to Rita Pace, who was the location assistant. Nicole herself was the production assistant. Nicole would also like to thank her vocal coaches Joshua Alamu, Danica Muscat and Gillian Zammit. The recording engineer is Cyprian Cassar and Somnio Studios.

Zero Gravity is composed by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall.

Nicole, from Malta, released a much acclaimed cover and music video in 2018 for the Estonian Eurovision song La Forza by Elina Nechayeva. She continues to blossom in to a very versatile artist who can cover opera, pop and rock comfortably and very effectively.

You can see the music video for Zero Gravity by Nicole below.

Source: ESC Covers; Photos from the music video of ‘Zero Gravity’ courtesy of Clive Pace films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cTDq1Xb53g

Michela

Michela performed Eurovision send off concerts in Malta and Gozo

1 May 2019 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

Michela performed two special concerts to celebrate her send off to Eurovision. The concerts were held at Café Del Mar in St Pauls Bay in Malta and at Grotta, Xlendi in Gozo.

Michela was joined by some special guests from the X Factor in Malta.

Fans got to see Michela perform her Eurovision song Chameleon. She gave a great show and her vocals were crystal clear and charming.

You can see Michela perform Chameleon and also the song Shallow from the A Star Is Born movie soundtrack below.

Source: ESC Covers

Chingiz

Azerbaijan: Chingiz introduces his stage team for Tel Aviv

30 April 2019 Ian Fowell Leave a comment

Chingiz will soon represent Azerbaijan at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with his upbeat song Truth. The team that will be with him on the stage in Tel Aviv has been announced.

Chingiz will be joined by five backing vocalists. Some have an experience of the Eurovision stage. They are Pernille Leeloo (from the 2019 Denmark Melodi Grand Prix), Sara Linnea (2012 Sweden Melodifestivalen) and Peter Simpson (who is working with Cesar Sampson – 2018 ESC Austria). Also, on the stage will be singers and songwriters Patrik Jean and Cedrik Hammar.

The musical producer is Isa Melikov. The much respected vocal coach Alex Panayi (1995 ESC Cyprus) and Truth songwriter Borislav Milanov have been working closely with Chingiz and the team.

We look forward to the results of the great collaboration on 16 May when Azerbaijan will perform at position 18 in the second semi-final.

You can see an unplugged version of Truth below with Chingiz and his team as well as the music video.

Source: ESC Covers; 1tv