Today it is time for the voting result from the second country – GEORGIA.
Georgia is a participating country in the 2017 Eurovision but as they do not have an own OGAE club, we allowed their vote and they were told not to vote for their own entry.
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COUNTRY VOTING – KAZAKHSTAN
From today we will start publishing the voting results for Eurovision 2017 by countries.
First up is the results from KAZAKHSTAN – they had their pre voting meeting today
SONG AND ARTISTS ANNOUNCEMENT – FRANCE
Artist thoughts by Paris Eurettefriend (Designed by Carolina Añazgo Leo)
“Bonjour, mes Eurofans! This is Paris Eurettefriend Calling!
What a coincidence that Berlin Eurofriend and i are happy to see our Eurostars on that lovely same day! After returning to the top 10 last year thanks to Amir (Mercí Beacoup!), i’m very happy to see Alma as my Eurostar! Adorbs, indeed! By the song contest: her CD debut will be released a week before she sings in Eurovision!
She’s the eldest sister, just like me because i love my talented and blessed siblings with all my heartflag (Even my Little sisters Madrid and Andorra Eurettefriend likes my Eurostars)! She’s an singer emerging on digital platform. And her music has a lot of universal meaning! I can’t wait to hear the Eurovision version of her song “Requiem” in Kyiv and you guys are going to “Adore” it! – By Paris Eurettefriend
Official Facebook Announcement: https://www.facebook.com/EurovisionFrance2/photos/a.1426391750985367.1073741825.1426389357652273/1706506666307206/?type=3
France page at ESCKAZ: http://www.esckaz.com/2017/fra.htm
Alma will sing ‘Requiem’ for France at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
France have decided that Alma will represent them at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. She will sing the upbeat Requiem. The song is composed by Nazim Khaled.
Alma is 28 years old and is a respected and up and coming artist in her homeland. Requiem is available on most digital platforms and you can see the video for the song below.
Source: www.eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
2016 Euro songs making the ESC top 250
31 of the 42 Eurovision entries have made the ESC top 250 which was revealed on New Year’s eve.
lets look at them
204 – Malta
203 – Belarus
171 – Serbia
168 – Slovenia
166 – Ireland
148 – San Marino
146 – Italy
143 – Lithuania
142 – Germany
140 – Israel
135 – Azerbaijan
099 – Belgium
094 – Hungary
078 – Czech republic
076 – Croatia
058 – United Kingdom
056 – Latvia
053 – Netherlands
050 – Sweden
049 – Austria
048 – Iceland
045 – Denmark
043 – Estonia
033 – Spain
031 – Armenia
027 – Poland
015 – Australia
012 – France
006 – Bulgaria
004 – Ukraine
003 – Russia
FINNISH COMPILATION CD SET
I just got a 3 CD set compilation from Finland. It seems to be a series called MUISTOJEN 70 LUKU featuring 20 Finnish songs per CD, so a total of 60 in such a set. I got the set dedicated to the year 1977 so it is 60 songs that were popular in Finland in that year. It is more or less split 50-50 between original songs and covers. Most interesting of course is the covers of Eurovision songs. This set contains the following
FRANCE – L’oiseau et l’enfant
In Finnish it is sung by Katri Helena (who herself took part for Finland at Eurovision twice). She called her cover LINTU JA LAPSI
MONACO – Une petite francaise
In Finnish it is sung by Merja Rantamaki and it is called OON TYTTO MAALTA
SPAIN – Ensename a cantar
In Finnish it is sung by Arto Sotavalta and it is called SAI LAULU AIKAAN SEN
SWITZERLAND – Swiss lady
In Finnish it is sung by Kari Tapio and it is called AIKUINEN NAINEN
Of course also there is the 1977 Finnish entry LAPPONIA sung by Monica Aspelund
For ABBA fans there are also several covers
MONEY MONEY MONEY
In Finnish this is RAHAA RAHAA RAHAA and sung by Vicky Rosti who also took part in Eurovision one year
DANCING QUEEN
In Finnish this is PRINSESSA and sung by Marion
Kids United cover ‘L’Oiseau Et l’Enfant’ in 2016 style
Kids United are a young music group of six children formed in aid of UNICEF and sponsored by French speaking singing stars Hélène Ségara and Corneille. They have released two albums so far titled ‘Un monde meilleur’ and ‘Tout le bonheur du monde’.
Now Kids United have released their brand new single and video clip for a Eurovision classic. It is L’Oiseau Et L’Enfant (The bird and the child), the winner of the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest for France by Marie Myriam. It is a very well produced and modern version for 2016 with a beautifully shot video also.
You can see the video clip for L’Oiseau Et L’Enfant below.
Source: We Are Kids United You Tube channel; ESC Covers
EUROVISION 2016 SONG REVIEWS – FRANCE
Song 27: FRANCE
(6th in the grand final : 257 points)
Artist: Amir
Song: J’ai Cherché (I have been looking for)
Lyric: Amir Haddad, Johan Errami, Nazim Khaled
Music: Nazim Khaled, Silvio Lisbonne, Skydancers
2016 EUROVISION – FINAL RESULT
26 – Germany = 11 points
25 – The Czech republic = 41 points
24 – United Kingdom = 62 points
23 – Croatia = 73 points
22 – Spain = 77 points
21 – Cyprus = 96 points
20 – Georgia = 104 points
19 – Hungary = 108 points
18 – Serbia = 115 points
17 – Azerbaijan = 117 points
16 – Italy = 124 points
15 – Latvia = 132 points
14 – Israel = 135 points
13 – Austria = 151 points
12 – Malta = 153 points
11 – The Netherlands = 153 points
10 – Belgium = 181 points
09 – Lithuania = 200 points
08 – Poland = 229 points
07 – Armenia = 249 points
06 – France = 257 points
05 – Sweden = 261 points
04 – Bulgaria = 307 points
03 – Russia = 491 points
02 – Australia = 511 points
01 – Ukraine = 543 points
France: Amir, the king of covers 2016
This year’s French representative Amir has been one busy man. Not only is he traveling throughout Europe and spreading the fun and positive message of his Eurovision Song Contest entry J’ai cherché, but he also gifted his fans with multiple covers of previous (and current) Eurovision entries!
Checking the four covers Amir offered us so far. Back in March, France 2 hinted to us as to whom would be representing France at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. A few different hints were posted on twitter with various photos relating to Amir. Originally scheduled to be announced on 12 March on the Dicaire show, the news that Amir was the French artist actually ended up leaking before the show. Still, on 12 March, Amir presented his song J’ai cherché on the Dicaire Show. One interesting thing to note about the show was that, the host, Véronic Dicaire, who is originally from Canada (great connection to ROW!) happens to be a professional immitator, and during the show, she presented us with her own rendition of three classic Eurovision entries: 1965 France Gall – Poupée de cire poupée de son, 1977 Marie Myriam – L’oiseau et l’enfant and finally 1988 Céline Dion – Ne partez pas sans moi. You can watch Véronic’s renditions at the end of this report.
Following the show, on 17 March, and assuming that Amir still had L’oiseau et l’enfant stuck in his head, he decided to present us with his own rendition of the winning French entry on his twitter account:
https://twitter.com/Amir_Off/status/710506538071265286
A couple of weeks later, Amir was again showing off his amazing skills but this time by singing a song in connection to this year’s host country, Sweden. Here is Amir performing a beautiful acoustic version of Euphoria.
On 4 April, Amir gave us another one of his covers, this time it was time to connect with his Israel connection, as Amir and his family moved from France to Tel Aviv, Israel when he was eight. Check out Amir’s cover of last year’s Israel song Golden Boy.
Finally, Amir just kept on giving and giving and on 5 April, it was time to give tribute to this year’s Spain entry Say Yay! by Barei. Amir’s grand parents are from a Spanish part of Morocco which again brings a connection to Amir’s fourth cover:
So what do you think of Amir’s impressive list of covers? What do you think he should cover next? Let us know your thoughts in the comments or on Facebook!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmA7UvccFAk
Article by David Robichaud from Canada