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Janet/Huki kachannia

Janet releases video for ‘Huki kachannia’

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Janet {copyright: Gert Production}
Janet {copyright: Gert Production}

Janet has released a brand new video clip for Huki kachannia (Love sounds). The song was in the Belarus Eurovision auditions for their national selection for 2016. The music and production was by Ylva and Linda Persson with Will Taylor. The Belarussian lyrics are by Janet and Hrynievič Aliesia.

The English version, Dragonfly, will shortly be released on iTunes and Spotify.

Janet finished in third place in the 2014 Belarussian Eurovision selection with You Will Be Here which was also composed by Ylva and Linda with lyrics by Niclas Haglund.

Source: facebook.com/janetbelarus; ESC Covers

Second chance 2016

VOTE IN SECOND CHANCE CONTEST 2016

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The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2016 kicked off on 1st of June and members of OGAE Rest of the World can still vote! We are now at the halftime – the deadline for send your vote is 30/06/2016 midnight CET.
 
To vote, you have to rate all the entries, giving them a point between 0 and 5, except the song No. 9 which represents Rest of the World (and of course, Hungary), so if you rate it, it doesn’t count…
 
We ask you to send your votes to escvotes@gmail.com until the deadline. If you vote, you’ll earn 10 points for 2017 Ticket List.
 
Here’s the playlist of this year’s 23 competitors:
 
The details of the songs:
 
01 Belgium I’m not lost Tom Frantzis
02 Belarus My universe NAPOLI
03 Ukraine Helpless The Hardkiss
04 Albania Liroje Zemrën Besa Krasniqi
05 Malta Golden Brooke
06 UK Shine a little light Bianca
07 Lithuania Leading me home Erica Jennings
08 Italy Cieli immensi Patty Pravo
09 Rest Of the World (Hungary) Who we are Kállay Saunders Band
10 Sweden Save me Wiktoria
11 Denmark Never Alone Anja Nissen
12 Austria I’ll be around Elly V
13 Latvia We will be stars MyRadiantU
14 Switzerland Half a smile Vincent Gross
15 Norway Laika The Hungry Hearts
16 Slovenia Črno bel Raiven
17 Estonia Supersonic Laura
18 Finland On it goes Mikael Saari
19 Israel Somebody out there Ella Daniel
20 Romania Behind the shadows Florena
21 Poland Cool me down Margaret
22 Germany Mystery of a blood red rose Avantasia
23 Spain La vida sólo es una María Isabel
Results 2016

2016 RESULTS – SEMI FINAL TWO

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18 – Switzerland = 28 points
17 – Denmark = 34 points
16 – Albania = 45 points
15 – Ireland = 46 points
14 – Slovenia = 57 points
13 – Norway = 63 points
12 – Belarus = 84 points
11 – FYR Macedonia = 88 points
10 – Serbia = 105 points
09 – Georgia = 123 points
08 – Latvia = 132 points
07 – Israel = 147 points
06 – Poland = 151 points
05 – Bulgaria = 220 points
04 – Lithuania = 222 points
03 – Belgium = 274 points
02 – Ukraine = 287 points
01 – Australia = 330 points

Diana Gromova/If I Could Fly

Diana Gromova covers ‘If I Could Fly’ by One Direction

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Diana Gromova {from the music video of If I Could Fly}
Diana Gromova {from the music video of If I Could Fly}

Diana Gromova has recorded a gentle acoustic version of the One Direction song If I Could Fly. The song showcases Diana’s crystal clear vocals.

Diana was a former participant in the Belarussian Junior Eurovision national selections and her dream is to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest.

You can see the video for If I Could Try below.

Source: www.esccovers.com

News round up - 28 January 2016

Eurovision 2016: News round up

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Eurovision Song Contest 2016 logo {copyright: EBU}
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 logo {copyright: EBU}

It has been a busy few days in the world of Eurovision. Starting with the theme for the 2016 contest which is Come Together. We have had songs selected in Malta and Belarus. Also, Hungary began their selection process and Lithuania continued with their qualification programmes.

Malta – The 2002 representative for Malta, Ira Losco, will once again represent her country at Eurovision. Ira won with Chameleon (Invincible). There was a semi-final of 20 songs and 14 songs took part in the final.

Belarus – Ivan will represent Belarus after winning the national selection with Help You Fly. Ivan beat off competition from nine other acts.

Hungary – The national selection of Hungary (A Dal) began and the first six acts to qualify for the next stage are Freddie, Benji, Mushu, Egy Másik Zenekar, Reni Tolvai (all by jury) and ByTheWay (televote).

Lithuania – 12 acts competed in the next phase and the following acts progressed Ieva Zasimauskaitė, Baiba, E.G.O. ,Berta Timinskaitė, Neringa Šiaudikytė, 4 Roses, Saulenė Chlevickaitė, Milda Martinkėnaitė, Ruslanas Kirilkinas, Aistė Pilvelytė

Ukraine: The national final will be on 21 February with two semi-finals preceding on 6 February and 13 February.

Poland: A national final has been confirmed for 5 March.

Source: www.eurovision.tv

Gunesh/Heartbroken Woman

Gunesh releases her new song – ‘Heartbroken Woman’

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Gunesh
Gunesh {copyright: www.gunesh.tv}

Gunesh, from Belarus with an Azeri background, has released her new single entitled Heartbroken Woman. It is composed by Nicklas Säwström and Christian Löwenborg Wahlström and published by Sweden Songs.

Gunesh has had much success nationally and internationally in countries such as Ukraine, Bulgaria, Latvia and Turkey. She took the second prize at the 2013 Türkvizyon competition and has also participated in the Belarussian Eurovision national selection on several occasions.

You can hear Heartbroken Woman below and Gunesh will also perform the song at the Belarus 2016 Eurovision national final as a guest.

Source: www.esccovers.com

Sweden Songs publisher 2016

Sweden Songs publishing company have 10 songs in 2016 Eurovision selections

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The music publisher, Sweden Songs, have an impressive 10 songs in contention in various national selections for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. At this time they have songs in the running in Lithuania, Moldova, Belarus and Austria.

LITHUANIA
4 Roses Butterfly (Calle Kindbom/Dan Fernström/Viktor Brunö) (split publishing with Yellow)
Baiba Skurstenė-Serdiukė Mayday (Daniel Persson/Magnus Mikaelsson)
Neringa Šiaudikytė  Never Knew Love (Tina A Hilli/Daniel Persson)
Ruslanas Kirilkinas In My World (Niklas Bergvist)  Lithuanian version lyrics
Aistė Pilvelytė  You Can’t Leave Me Now (Niklas Bergvist)
MOLDOVA
Beatrice Saved My Heart For You (Nicklas Säwström/Christian Löwenborg Wahlström)
Rafaella Hours Lost (Johan Wåhlander/Hannu Hemmilä/Hugo Lundgren)
Mihai Radu  I Walk Through Fire (Patrik Öhlund/Madelene Hamberg)
AUSTRIA (wildcard competition)
Celina Ann Life Is On Your Side (Niklas Bergqvist/Magnus Almgren/Celina Ann/ Valentin Oman)
BELARUS
Shir My Mind On You (Fredrik Hult/Bahman Ghanbari/Ina Forsberg) Artist  (split publishing with Firefly)
In 2015 Sweden Songs had 11 songs in various Eurovision national selection. They have also published songs for Eurovision acts such as Conchita Wurst (2 songs on her album), Ryan Dolan (ESC 2013 Ireland), Gianluca Bezzina (ESC 2013 Malta) and Farid Mammadov (ESC 2013 Azerbaijan) and many others.
Keith Almgren was a publisher  with Scandinavian Songs for Melodifestivalen winners Charlotte Nilsson (ESC 1999 Sweden winner) and Roger Pontare (ESC 2000 Sweden).
Source: www.esccovers.com
Diana Gromova/The Closest Friend

Diana Gromova releases her new song ‘The Closest Friend’

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Diana Gromova {copyright: Facebook/Diana Gromova}
Diana Gromova {copyright: Facebook/Diana Gromova}

Diana Gromova has just released her brand new song The Closest Friend. It is an upbeat pop dance song with a strong production and beat. She has recorded the song in both English and Russian languages.

Diana was a former competitor of the Belarus Junior Eurovision national selections and came very close to representing her country. She has since blossomed in to a charming and respectable performing artist. She is certainly hoping to be on the Eurovision stage in the future.

You can hear The Closest Friend below.

Source: www.esccovers.com