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Watch: Inis Neziri and her performance from Revelion 2020 on TVR Romania

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Inis Neziri @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

Iuliana Beregoi/Nimeni ca noi

Check out Romanian YouTube star Iuliana Beregoi and her song ‘Nimeni ca noi’

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Iuliana Beregoi {copyright: Mixton Music}

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

Inis Neziri sparkles as a special guest at the Selecţia Naţională 2019 in Romania …with Netta and Emmelie de Forest

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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.

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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/On A Sunday

Ester Peony wins the Selecţia Naţională ‘On A Sunday’ and will represent Romania at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

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Ester Peony {copyright: 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 –

  • Linda Teodosiu – Renegades
  • Olivier Kaye – Right Now
  • Laura Bretan – Dear Father 
  • Teodora Dinu – Skyscraper
  • Claudiu Mirea – We Are The Ones
  • Aldo Blaga – Your Journey
  • Ester Peony – On A Sunday
  • Letiția Moisescu and Sensibil Balkan – Daina 
  • Bella Santiago – Army Of love
  • Trooper – Destin
  • Dya and Lucian Colareza – Without You (Sin ti)
  • Vaida – Underground

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

Selectia Nationala 2019 - semi-final 1

Romania: Selectia Nationala 2019 – first semi-final – six acts qualify

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Flag of Romania

The first semi-final of the Selectia Nationala 2019 took place in Romania.

Six acts qualified for the final –

  • Trooper – Destin
  • Teodora Dinu – Skyscraper
  • Dya & Lucian Colareza – Without You (Sin ti)
  • Vaida – Underground
  • Claudiu Mirea – We Are The Ones
  • Bella Santiago – Army Of Love

Source: ESC Covers; eurovoix

Heuning/DIE LIED WAT SKREE

Heuning release Afrikaans cover version of Romania ESC 2017 – ‘DIE LIED WAT SKREE’

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Heuning

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

Inis Neziri wins the 2018 Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stag festival for Albania

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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

 

Inis Neziri/Piedestal

Albania: Check out the second performance of Inis Neziri at the 2018 Cerbul de Aur in Romania

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On day two of the 2018 Cerbul de Aur (Golden Stag festival) in Romania, Inis Neziri, representing Albania, performed her classic ballad, Piedestal, from the  Festivali i Këngës #56 Eurovision national selection.

Inis gave another rousing and emotional performance on the stage. This follows her cover of a Romanian language song on day one Dau viata mea pentru o iubire.

For more information on the festival check out the official Facebook page at this link https://www.facebook.com/CerbulDeAur.ro/ . This also has details of how to vote when it is possible.

You can see Inis perform Piedestal below.

Source: ESC Covers – Photo@TVR

Cerbul de Aur 2018 festival (Golden Stag)/Inis Neziri

Inis Neziri shines at the opening night of Cerbul de Aur 2018 in Romania

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The Cerbul de Aur 2018 festival (Golden Stag) returned in Romania and many acts with some Eurovision connections took part.

Inis Neziri stood out with an outstanding performance. She is representing Albania at the festival and her powerful vocals took centre stage as she performed the first of her two songs in the competition in the Romanian language Dau viata mea pentru o iubire (Give my life for love) by Monica Anghel (who won the Golden Stag festival in 1996 and represented Romania at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest with Marcel Pavel with Tell Me Why.

Inis gave everything on stage, where she performed magnificently Dau viata mea pentru o iubire with the help of a full orchestra. The song that she will sing in the next phase of the competition will be Piedestal from the Festivali i Këngës #56 (Albanian national selection for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest).

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The countries and the acts taking part in the festival are –

  • Albania: Inis Nezeri
  • Armenia: Amaliya Margaryan
  • Belgium: Olivier Kaye
  • Cyprus: John Karayiannis
  • France: Kelly-Joyce Bale
  • Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy
  • Israel: Omer Netzer
  • Italy: Damiano Borgi, Tiziana Camelin
  • Kazakhstan: Dinara Kairova
  • FYR Macedonia: Antonia Gigovska
  • United Kingdom: Karl William Lund
  • Moldova: Lidia Isac
  • Romania: Dora Gaitanovici, Ovidiu Anton, Raluca Blejusca
  • San Marino: Sebastian Schmidt
  • Spain: Jorge Gonzalez

You can see the show at the link below. The performance by Inis is at 42:54 in to the show.

Source: ESC Covers; TVR