Andy Richards from the UK interviewed Blind Channel, the 2021 Eurovision competitors from Finland on behalf of RAW RADIO and kindly gave access for ESC Covers to publish the interview.
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FINNISH EUROVISION STAMP
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OPEN UP – to position 13 of the 2021 Eurovision entries
Thanks to 57 people who responded to our call to submit a top 10 of the 2021 entries, we have an exciting result!
So…OPEN UP to no 13 in our countdown to no 1:
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NAURAVAT SILMAT MUISTETAAN – BOULEVARD (Finland 1988)
Recently we finished with our Top 100 which were compiled from the top 10’s of 103 people. Now for about 2 weeks, Roy of ESC Covers will do his top 20 of Eurovision songs he would have liked in the top 100 but they did not make it.
On a side note, a big thank you to Carolina of Peru who drew the beautiful Johannesburg Eurofriend, which we use as the featured image.
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EK VAL VIR JOU – MONIQUE (STEYN) & SNOTKOP
For the entire month of February, ESC Covers will take every day a South African artist/group/duo on a virtual tour to Europe. We will visit 28 countries.
2021 Eurovision in review
2021 Eurovision in review – 39 countries and songs.
Comments, review and video’s for all 39 songs competing at Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam.
- Albania
- Austria
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Belarus – Disqualified
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Georgia
- Greece
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Moldova
- The Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- Ukraine
Finland: UMK 2021 artists revealed
The acts that will participate in the 2021 Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) national selection in Finland have been announced by the broadcaster, YLE
A couple of familiar names are included in UMK 2021- Aksel (who was originally chosen to represent Finland at the 2020 Eurovision but could not as the competition was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic). Also, Laura (who represented Estonia at the 2017 Eurovision with Koit Toome and she was also part of Suntribe at Eurovision in 2005).
The finalists are –
- Oskr – Lie
- Teflon Brothers x Pandora – I Love You
- Danny – Sinä Päivänä Kun Kaikki Rakastaa Mua
- Laura – Play
- Aksel – Hurt
- Blind Channel – Dark Side
- Ilta – Kelle Mä Soitan
The songs will be made available to listen to gradually via the streaming service, Spotify, from 14 January.
The final of UMK will take place on 20 February.
Source: ESC Covers
Saara Aalto x Baga Chipz and the new release ‘When The Sun Goes Down’
Saara Aalto x Baga Chipz have come together with a new song entitled When The Sun Goes Down. It is an upbeat, summer dance song with a strong production.
When The Sun Goes Down is composed by Charles Rivington, Frankie Connolly, George Tizzard, James Birt, Kalvin Ryder, Nadine Samuels, Rick Parkhouse and Saara Aalto.
Saara represented Finland at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with Monsters.
Baga Chipz is a drag queen from United Kingdom especially known from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
You can hear When The Sun Comes Down below.
Source: ESC Covers
Anna Timgren having success in the world of K-Pop
Anna Timgren is a talented singer/songwriter from Finland. She has been composing and collaborating with various songwriters and producers and having big success with K-Pop music in South Korea, which is the hottest genre of music right now.
Some of the acts she has had success with are Twice, Loona, IZ*ONE, Rocket Punch, Bvndit, Weki Meki and HyunA and many more.
IZ*ONE and Loona are currently riding high right at the top of the prestigious Gaon Charts.
Anna wrote a song with Alex Mullarkey for Živilė Gedvilaitė entitled Learn From Your Love at the Eurovizijos nacionalinė atranka 2019 national selection in Lithuania. She has also worked with Greig Watts at DWB Music Ltd, who has been involved in many Eurovision selections.
You can see the latest music video by Weki Meki with the song Dazzle Dazzle, which is one of Anna’s current songs she has been working on and having success. Take a listen to Get Loud from the Twice mini-album, ‘Feel Special’. You can also hear the song that was in the Lithuanian Eurovision selection in 2019 for Živilė Gedvilaitė.
Source: ESC Covers
Watch: Danica Muscat perform ‘Monsters’ by Saara Aalto
Danica Muscat recently covered the Finland 2018 Eurovision song, Monsters, by Saara Aalto. Danica performed the song on the popular Maltese entertainment show, Arani Issa.
Danica is an established and respected singer and vocal coach in Malta. She has participated in the Malta Song For Europe national selection and had success in several festivals at home and abroad including Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza and the Rzeszów Carpathia Festival in Poland.
Danica was in Poland in 2019 as she is the vocal coach of the Malta participant at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Eliana Gomez Blanco.
You can see Danica perform Monsters below.
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