Roxen & Alexander Rybak have collaborated on a new song called Wonderland. It is an upbeat and catchy track with a positive and happy vibe. I am not sure Alexander actually sings on this track but I presume he is involved in the music playing.
Wonderland is available to purchase or stream via most digital stores such as Amazon, Spotify and many more.
Roxen was chosen to represent Romania at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with Alcohol You. The competition was, however, cancelled due to the world health pandemic. Roxen will get another chance as she has been confirmed to represent Romania at the 2021 Eurovision.
Alexander Rybak won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest for Norway with Fairytale. He returned to compete again for Norway the 2018 Eurovision with That’s How You Write A Song.
Elena Tsagrinou has been chosen to represent Cyprus at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The song she will perform will be El Diablo (The Devil) which will be revealed at a later date.
Elena is a very popular and much respected singer in the Greek music scene. She is 26 years old and first came in to the spotlight in 2008, at 14 years, when she was a popular contestant in ‘Greece Got Talent’, where she got to the semi-finals.
In 2013 Elene joined the OtherView group, and they had many hit songs. Then in 2018 she began her solo recording career and has had many hit songs and music videos and performed in concerts and shows in Greece and Cyprus.
Elena is also a successful personality where she has been a coach on the ‘Just The 2 Of Us’ music show, she has been a presenter on ‘The Voice of Greece’ and recently has been presenting her own show ‘K-Pop Stars’ on MAD TV in Greece and Cyprus.
The song that Elena will sing at Eurovision 2021 is El Diablo. It is composed by successful songwriters, Jimmy “Joker” Thornfeldt (Swedish music producer and writer for worldwide artists like Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Usher and Nicki Minaj), Laurell Barker (Canadian songwriter who composed the 2019 ESC Swiss entry She Got Me by Luca Hänni and had KPop success with Twice, Oh My Girl and Girls Generation and Swedish hits including for Hanna Ferm), Oxa (Brazilian born singer, songwriter and dancer and took part in many musicals as well as The Voice of Germany in 2019) and Thomas Stengaard (Award winning Danish songwriter/producer who wrote the Denmark ESC winning song for Emmelie de Forrest, Only Teardrops, in 2013. He was also one of the writers of the German 2018 ESC song by You Let Me Walk Alone by Michael Schulte).
You can see the music videos of Lógia (from 2019) and Amore (2020) by Elena Tsagrinou below.
Stefania & Rein have released a collaboration song called SWIPE. It is a catchy upbeat song with a new dance move even for social distance!
SWIPE is composed by Dick Kok and John-Lewis Cabot. The production is by Dick Kok forLAB-3 and the mastering is by Peter Brussee of Q-Point.
Stefania was chosen to represent Greece at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with SUPERG!RL, but did not get the chance to perform the song as the competition was cancelled due to the world pandemic. However, she will get another chance to sing for Greece in the 2020 Eurovision. She also represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest as part of the group, Kisses, with the song Kisses & Dancin’.
Rein van Duivenboden is a singer and actor from the Netherlands and is most recent song was called Why.
You can see the official music video for SWIPE below. The track is available to purchase or stream from all good digital stores including Amazon, Spotify and many more.
Markus Riva x Samanta Tina have released official music videos of their new song Man Nesanāk (I can not get it) – Latvian version and Radi nas (Work for us) – Russian version.
Man Nesanāk is composed by Markus Riva and Gints Stankevičs. The Russian lyrics for Radi nas are by Igor Tatarenko. The song has a retro 80s feel with a strong production.
Samanta Tina was chosen to represent Latvia at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with Still Breathing. However, the contest was cancelled due to the virus pandemic around the world. However, she will get the chance to represent Latvia again at the 2021 Eurovision.
Markus Riva has repeatedly tried to represent Latvia at Eurovision. He has been in the Supernova national selection for the consecutive years from 2013 to 2020.
You can see the official music videos for Man Nesanāk and Radi nas below.
Senhit from the video clip of ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’
Senhit has recorded Rise Like A Phoenix in her latest project on the way to Eurovision 2021. She has recorded an inventive and unique and slightly bizarre music video with a tribute to Freddie Mercury of Queen.
Rise Like A Phoenix was of course the winning Eurovision song for Austria in 2015 by Conchita Wurst.
Senhit was chosen to represent San Marino at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with Freaky! until the show was cancelled due to the world health pandemic. She also represented them in 2011 with Stand By. However, she will get the chance again to represent San Marino at the 2021 Eurovision.
You can see the video clip of Rise Like A Phoenix below.
Markus Riva x Samanta Tina have released a brand new duet called Man Nesanāk (I can not get it). It is an uptempo electrobeat sound with an almost 80s feel.
Man Nesanāk is composed by Markus Riva and Gints Stankevičs. The track is available to purchase or stream via most digital stores.
Samanta is currently number one on the Latvian charts with her recent single Mēs vairs nē (We no longer).
Samanta Tina was chosen to represent Latvia at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with Still Breathing. However, the contest was cancelled due to the virus pandemic around the world. However, she will get the chance to represent Latvia again at the 2021 Eurovision.
Markus Riva has repeatedly tried to represent Latvia at Eurovision. He has been in the Supernova national selection for the consecutive years from 2013 to 2020.
You can see the official lyric video for Man Nesanāk below.
Senhit has released her version of Congratulations by Cliff Richard (1968 ESC United Kingdom). It is definitely different and maybe a little ‘eccentric’ but I guess that is the sort of spin she wanted to put on the song!
Regarding the music video for Congratulations, Senhit advised “This is the vision of what would happen if Federico Fellini and David Bowie would join my birthday party”.
Special thanks to the Electric Light artist Marco Lodola for his astonishing masterpieces Jimi, John, Ziggy and Freddie.
Senhit was selected to represent San Marino at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with Freaky but due to the coronavirus mayhem, the contest was cancelled. She will, however, get another chance to sing for San Marino in the 2021 edition of Eurovision. Senhit did represent San Marino at the 2011 Eurovision with Stand By.
You can see the official video for Congratulations below.
Senhit has released her version of the 1975 Eurovision winner by Teach In for The Netherlands. The song is Ding A Dong and she has put her own unique style to the song.
The version of Ding A Dong is very different to the original and it is soulful and retro dance oriented.
Senhit has lots of disguises in the music video including dressing as Wonder Woman!
Senhit was chosen to represent San Marino again at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest with Freaky! Sadly the contest was cancelled because of the Covid-19 crisis. However, she will get the chance again to represent San Marino at the 2021 Eurovision! She also took part in the 2011 ESC.
You can see the music video for Ding A Dong below.
The dates for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest have been revealed –
The first semi-final will be on Tuesday 18 May and the second semi-final on Thursday 20 May with the Grand Final on Saturday 22 May in Rotterdam.
The Executive Producer, Sietse Bakker, advised – “The music, the artists, the fans, the competition and the international character combined is what makes the Eurovision Song Contest so special. We now have a year to explore all scenarios in detail with the parties involved and to make the shows happen regardless of the circumstances, with adjustments if necessary. We still aim high!”
During the broadcast of the special Eurovision: Shine A Light show this evening it was announced that Rotterdam will be the host city of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.
An entertaining show gave all 41 songs from the 2020 Eurovision a 30 second slot to celebrate their selections. There were many special guests and emotional times such as Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA making an heart warming speech and all 41 acts from this year singing the 1997 United Kingdom Eurovision winning song Love Shine A Light by Katrina & The Waves, with an appearance at the end of the song by Katrina herself.
Tonight the slogan for the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was also revealed – #Move The World. It is hoped the contest will take place in November in Warsaw in Poland.
You can see the artists of the 2020 Eurovision singing Love Shine A Light below.
