This year we celebrate 70 years of EUROVISION. ESC Covers will pick 70 Eurovision songs but we will not publish the original as those songs are well known. Instead we will pick a cover, in various languages and by various singers. There is no order, it is just as they come into our minds. One song per day will be posted. Continue reading CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF EUROVISION – SONG 70 – RUSSIA
Tag Archives: Rian Swanepoel
R S G SERIES ON THE SONGS FROM THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – episode 9
The 9th episode started at 18.10 on Sunday 27 August. Elsje van Jaarsveld presented it while Ilse Schurmann wrote the text and produced the show. Technical production is by Wihan Nel. Continue reading R S G SERIES ON THE SONGS FROM THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – episode 9
R S G SERIES ON THE SONGS FROM THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – episode 3
The third episode of the R S G (radio sonder grense) series was broadcast after 6 pm on Sunday 15 July. Elsje van Jaarsveld presented it while Ilse Schurmann wrote the text and produced the show. Continue reading R S G SERIES ON THE SONGS FROM THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – episode 3
EUROVISION COVER – TU TE RECONNAITRAS (Afrikaans)
Rian Swanepoel covered the 1973 Eurovision winner from Luxembourg TU TE RECONNAITRAS as LIEFLIKE DROOM in Afrikaans.
EUROVISION COVER – YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE (English)
Rian Swanepoel from South Africa covered the 2016 Eurovision entry from Russia YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE in English. It would have been nice if he did it in Afrikaans.
AFR MUSIC SONG CONTEST – LINDA KILIAN
Next up in our series of South African artists who registered for the first Afri music song contest and have done Eurovision covers is LINDA KILIAN. Linda covered the 2014 Eurovision entry from Sweden – UNDO of Sanna Nielsen as Hoor jy my. he also covered several other Sanna songs, mostly Swedish selection songs. Other euro covers were done in duets with different partners and all in English. 2016 Denmark – Soldiers of love with Lufuno, Lithuania 2015 – I feel love with Rian Swanepoel and Sweden 2003 – Give me your love with Ruhan du Toit. Not sure what Linda will enter into Afri music song contest – but hopefully some more Euro covers, both solo and with duet partners.
