Milena Bianco has made a live cover of Alcohol You by Roxen, the 2020 Romanian Eurovision song. You can see Milena perform the song below.
Milena was in the X Factor Malta finals as part of 4th Line in 2018. But she is also a talented 17 years old solo vocalist with a powerful and charming voice.
Listen to Milena and her cover of Alcohol You below.
Source: ESC Covers
Roxen has been internally selected by the broadcaster TVR to represent Romania at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.
Roxen is a popular artist and currently has two songs riding high in the Romanian radio charts. They are You Don’t Love Me (with Sickotoy) and Ce-ti canta dragostea. Both tracks have a strong vibe and cool dance feel.
You Don’t Love Me is not only popular in Romania but is on the high rotation playlists of important radio stations in France, Mexico, U.S., Spain, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Kosovo, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Estonia and Moldova and she has almost eight million views on YouTube.
Ce-ti canta dragostea is also a big hit with almost nine million views on YouTube and is the most searched Romanian song on Shazam.
The song for Eurovision will be released in the coming weeks.
You can see the video clips for You Don’t Love Me and Ce-ti canta dragostea below.
Source: ESC Covers; TVR
Inis Neziri was a special guest at the New Year celebrations recently on the Revelion 2020 tv show in Romania. She was invited as she won the prestigious 2018 Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stag competition.
Inis performed Something’s Got A Hold On Me as performed by Christina Aguilera and even earlier by Etta James. She gave an inspired and captivating and soulful performance. A great way to bring in the New Year of 2020.
Inis had another big year in 2019 where she won the New Wave competition in Russia and she also won much admiration at the Kënga Magjike festival with her performance of the original song Ishe ti, with music by Inis and lyrics by her sister, Klaudia Neziri.
ESC Covers wishes Inis lots of luck and even more successful year in 2020.
You can see Inis perform Something’s Got A Hold On Me below.
Source: ESC Covers; TVR
PAULA SELING, who represented ROMANIA twice at the Eurovision song contest, has a new song out called LUBIRI SI RAZBOI.
A catchy pop song for Euro fans currently available is Nimeni ca noi (Nothing like us) by Iuliana Beregoi.
Iuliana is a popular Romanian YouTube star and has many followers and viewers.
Nimeni ca noi is an upbeat and positive song and is set to be a summer hit. It is composed by Theea Miculescu and Catalin Dascalu.
You can see the music video for Nimeni ca noi below.
Source: ESC Covers
Inis Neziri was a special guest at the Selecţia Naţională 2019 final together with Netta (2018 ESC Israel – Winner) and Emmelie de Forest (2013 ESC Denmark – Winner).
All the guests performed a couple of songs each but it was Inis who shined with her performances of Piedestal (from Festivali i Këngës #56 Albania national selection) and also Man’s World (the soul classic).
This was a triumphant return to Romania for Inis after her big success in 2018 where she won the Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stag festival.
Emmelie performed Sanctuary and Only Teardrops and Netta performed her new single Bassa Sababa and Toy.
You can see Inis perform her two songs below as well the performances by Netta and Emmelie.
Source: ESC Covers; TVR – photos@TVR
Ester Peony has won the Selecţia Naţională selection and will represent Romania at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with her song On A Sunday.
12 finalists took to the stage –
The big favourite was Laura Bretan and also Bella Santiago was highly rated. Laura won the televote but the “expert jury” outweighed the public and Ester has won the ticket to Tel Aviv.
The special guests included Netta (2018 ESC Israel – winner); Emmelie de Forest (2013 ESC Denmark – winner) and Inis Neziri (Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stage festival – winner and Festivali i Këngës #56 second runner up Albania).
You can see Ester perform her winning song below.
Source: ESC Covers; TVR
The first semi-final of the Selectia Nationala 2019 took place in Romania.
Six acts qualified for the final –
Source: ESC Covers; eurovoix
Heuning are a popular singing duo from South Africa. They normally specialise in country music but they have released a new single with a change of direction. They have covered the 2017 Romania Eurovision song, Yodel It! by Illinca & Alex Florea. The track in Afrikaans is entitled DIE LIED WAT SKREE.
Hansie and Jeanette are the duo that are Heuning. They have already released several albums that have done very well in their homeland.
Yodel It! was composed by Mihai Alexandru and Alexandra Niculae and the Afrikaans lyrics for DIE LIED WAT SKREE are by Jeanette from the South African duo.
DIE LIED WAT SKREE is available to purchase from most digital platforms such as iTunes and Google Play.
Take a listen to DIE LIED WAT SKREE below.
Source: ESC Covers
Inis Neziri is the proud winner of the 2018 Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stag trophy in Brașov, Romania. Inis was representing Albania the prestigious festival, where she has performed over three consecutive nights.
At the Cerbul de Aur Gala night, Inis presented her version of the Romanian song of Monica Anghel, Dau Viața Mea Pentru O Iubire. She gave a truly magnificent and passionate performance of the beautiful ballad and filled the air with emotion and feeling.
Inis certainly deserved to take home the top prize with her show. On the previous night she performed her Festivali i Këngës #56 Eurovision national selection song, Piedestal, which again showcased her powerful and soulful vocals.
Congratulations to Inis. This is surely the beginning of a successful and prosperous career in the music business for her.
Check out the performance of Inis at the Cerbul de Aur Gala night below.
Source: ESC Covers; TVR – Photos@TVR