Saara Aalto has released a brand new music video for her song Dance Like Nobody’s Watching. The track is lifted from her internationally successful album ‘Wild Wild Wonderland’.
Dance Like Nobody’s Watching is composed by Saara with David Sneddon and Tom Fuller.
Saara is currently competing in the popular UK tv show Dancing On Ice. Infact, her dance partner, Hamish Gaman, appears in the new video.
Watch Dance Like Nobody’s Watching below.
Source: ESC Covers; YouTube/Saara Aalto
Darude has been chosen to represent Finland at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in May. He is a top DJ dance artist and has had many hits.
The entry for Darude will be selected from a national final with three songs on 2 March.
The biggest hit worldwide by Darude was Sandstorm, originally released in 1999. Check out the video below.
Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv
It is expected that vocalist here with The Giant Leap will help Darude with his Eurovision song.
19 songs were performed last night in semi final 1 – only 10 could go through to the final
Song 1 – X MY HEART from Azerbaijan FAILED TO QUALIFY – Big surprise for me. Disappointed it did not make it.
Song 2 – OUR CHOICE from Iceland FAILED TO QUALIFY – Sang with a lot of emotion. But the vocals were at time weak.
Song 3 – MALL from Albania QUALIFIED – Strong performance. Deserved to qualify.
Song 4 – A MATTER OF TIME from Belgium FAILED TO QUALIFY – Disappointing performance. Vocals were weak.
Song 5 – LIE TO ME from Czech republic QUALIFIED – Strong stage performance.
Song 6 – WHEN WE’RE OLD from Lithuania QUALIFIED – The song is a little boring but it was sung with a lot of emotion and very well.
Song 7 – TOY from Israel QUALIFIED – One of the big favourites. All sorts of fun happening on stage. Deserved to make it.
Song 8 – FOREVER from Belarus FAILED TO QUALIFY – Very poor performance and the staging with the roses did not work.
Song 9 – LA FORZA from Estonia QUALIFIED – Very powerful vocals and visually stunning.
Song 10 – BONES from Bulgaria QUALIFIED – Contemporary and strong performance.
Song 11 – LOST AND FOUND from F Y R Macedonia FAILED TO QUALIFY – Disappointing live performance and the styling and staging were very poor.
Song 12 – CRAZY from Croatia FAILED TO QUALIFY – Strong performance but the song was too weak.
Song 13 – NOBODY BUT YOU from Austria QUALIFIED – Positive stage performance and good vocals.
Song 14 – ONIRO MOU from Greece FAILED TO QUALIFY – Maybe this was a little too ethnic for a lot of people. But I kind of liked it.
Song 15 – MONTERS from Finland QUALIFIED – Outstanding vocals and magnificent staging. Very much deserved to qualify.
Song 16 – QAMI from Armenia FAILED TO QUALIFY – Not strong enough.
Song 17 – STONES from Switzerland FAILED TO QUALIFY – The staging and styling were perfect. Great performance. Shame it did not qualify.
Song 18 – TOGETHER from Ireland QUALIFIED – For me vocals were poor. Did not deserve to make it.
Song 19 – FUEGO from Cyprus QUALIFIED – Powerful and exciting stage performance. A big hit.
Saara Aalto gave a pre-Eurovision concert at the Under The Bridge venue in London on Wednesday. She gave a confident and impressive performance of tracks from her album released today ‘Wild Wild Wonderland’ as well as providing some surprises.
ESC Covers was there to cover the event. Saara performed her three songs from the 2018 UMK Finland national selection – Queens, Domino and of course Monsters. She also performed her runner up song from the 2015 UMK No Fear. Saara also sang some Eurovision classics such as Diva and Rise Like A Phoenix.
Saara was joined by some special guests. First up were YouTube sensations 96OneDream. Ari Ólafsson (2018 ESC Iceland) joined her on stage to perform Con Te Partiro. Ryan O’Shaughnessy (2018 ESC Ireland) joined Saara for a version of the 1994 Irish winning Eurovision song Rock ‘N’ Roll Kids. Matt Terry (the winner of the 2016 X Factor in UK where Saara was runner up) performed Calm After The Storm (2014 ESC The Netherlands).
Check out Saara performing Monsters, Domino, Queens and Diva as well as her duet with Ari Ólafsson below as well as a gallery of photos from the exciting evening.
Source: ESC Covers
Saara Aalto performed three songs in the 2018 Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) national selection and the song that came out on top with the juries and the public was Monsters!
The three songs in the selection were –
Monsters is composed by Saara Aalto, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Ki Fitzgerald. Joy and Linnea wrote the winning song for Sweden, Heroes, for Måns Zelmerlöw at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.
The interval act was Melanie C from the Spice Girls and she performed her solo worldwide hit and UK number one from 2001 I Turn To You.
Saara has participated twice before in the Finnish national selections and in 2016 she went all the way to the final of the UK X Factor.
You can see Saara’s performance of Monsters below and also the official video clip.
Source: ESC Covers
Saara Aalto has been confirmed as the act to represent Finland at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal in May next year. The local broadcaster YLE will use the UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu) selection to select three song for her to sing. The public and expert juries will decide what song eventually will be selected.
Saara has twice participated in the Finland national selection and she was a very popular contest reaching the final of the UK X Factor in 2016.
You can see Saara perform the disco classic by Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand, No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) on the X Factor below.
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
Sonja Bishop is currently taking part in the 2017 Makfest festival in FYR Macedonia, where she is representing Finland. The song she is performing is entitled The Land Of My Song. The track has just been officially released on most digital outlets such as iTunes, Spotify, etc.
The Land Of My Song is composed by Staffan Stavert and Lars Johansson and is published via Sweden Songs.
Sonja has participated in the Finland Eurovision national selection on a couple of occasions – 2004 Should I Run, Should I Hide and in 2011 This Is My Life. She has also taken part in the Latvian Eurovision selection with Amber and the song Later in 2006.
Sonja has had big success in Latvia where she was nominated in 2007 for Best Pop Album.
You can hear The Land Of My Song below.
Source: ESC Covers
https://soundcloud.com/sweden-songs/the-land-of-my-song-sonja-bishop-makfest-2017
We reached the 12th and last overview of the entries to the OGAEvision contest in Berlin during the weekend of 14 to 16 July. It is Johan-Cristian Brotkin who will represent OGAE Finland.
Singing has always been Maryna Booysen’s greatest passion and she writes poetry in her free time. Maryna is a Psychology student at the University of South-Africa.
Her genre can be described as contemporary with an twist of rock music. Maryna sung at several events and venues of which she is still proceeding to do. She participated in local singing competitions with success. She released her first Eurovision related single “Black & White” in September 2016 of which Mad Entertainment was the company that promoted her single. Maryna is currently working on a demo album which will we finished in 2018. Maryna Booysen is also working on an Eurovision song by the name of ‘Volmaan’ which was originally sung by Norma John by the name of ‘Blackbird’. She hopes for great success with her cover.
Focus your ears on the upcoming star Maryna Booysen in the future!
