The legendary group – made up of Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – will unleash the track, From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel, on the up-coming deluxe edition of their final 1981 album The Visitors. The song is described as a...
THIRD ACT FOR IRELAND REVEALED
posted by MARKUS (GERMANY)
IRISHTIMES.IE REPORT A DOUBLE act consisting of Una Gibney and David Shannon has been confirmed as the third act in a five-act race to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest. The finalists will battle it out on The Late Late Show Eurosong 2012 show on February 24th. They will compete...
BOSNIAN SONG ON EARLY MARCH
posted by SUBMITTED
BH Eurosong director, Dejan Kukrić, talks exclusively to eurosong.hr. After BHRT announced that Maya Sar is going to be Bosnian representative on Eurovision 2012, there has been quiet from whole team and Maya Sar herself, and therefor medias in Bosnia&Herzegovina speculated that, due to...
JOHNNY DELUXE (DMGP 2009)
SPLIT UP
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
Johnny Deluxe, the group who placed 3rd in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009 with the song “Sindssyg (Crazy)”, splits up after a 10 years success. The members of the band say that the break up comes due to the lack of commitment and the fact that, lately, most of the band members have achieved succes as songwriters. Besides their participation in 2009, some of the group members took part in Eurovision as sonfwriters. Jacob Glæsner was co-writer of the song ”New Tomorrow”, that represented Denmark in Eurovision 2011 and he also worked on the song ”Call the police” from this year Cyprus NF. Noam Halby co-wrote Jens Marni’s song...
UMK 2012: THE 12 FINALISTS ANNOUNC...
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
The Finnish selection will continue tonight in finding the ultimate entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Our readers can follow the show on the the web. 12 entries, selected by a jury, will be presented. In addition three shortlisted songs will fight for a wild card selected by the...
NEW VIDEO BY ALYOSHA (2010)
posted by MARIA (RUSSIA)
Alyosha, who represented Ukraine in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest edition with a very different song and a spectacular performance, released today the video for the song “More Than Love” which is available below and soon on our web TV at...
LIGHT YOUR FIRE: THE VIDEOS
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
This week EBU and Ictamai presented the theme for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest under the title “Light Your Fire” based on the national theme of Azerbaijan “Land of Fire”. Below you can see some videos from the sublogo presentation and the semifinals allocation...
LORAK RE AFFIRMS COLLABORATION
WITH KONTOPOU...
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
Ani Lorak (Ukraine 2008) is currently in the studio, recording her new songs with famous Greek composer and producer Dimitris Kontopoulos (Greek composer 2009). The two of them met for the first time in 2008 when Dimitris Kontopoulos produced her Eurovision Song Contest entry “Shady Lady”. After that they worked together at the album “Solnce” and now they are again in the studio preparing their next studio album. After all “Solnce” was a huge success in all post CIS countries and the song even won a “Golden Grammofon” award 2 years ago. This is what Greek composer tweeted last night from Kyiv.
STELLA MWANGI (2011) IN MOMBASA
posted by GREG (GREECE)
Stella Mwangi prepares a brand new performance before easter! And the most interesting part of this story is that she is going to perform in Mombasa, Kenya. On April 7th, she will sing live for her fans along with her favorite Kenyan Djs Hypnotiq, Protege, Creme de la creme n Mista Dru. A very...
PARADISE OSKAR AT HAAVISTO FOLK 20...
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
The 2012 edition of Haavisto Folk is taking place this Thursday at 20:00 local times. Various artist will show their support to the Pekka Haavisto presidential campaign while the concert will be bilingual. Ticket sales and donations will be given for her presidential campaign. Amongst the...
ANGGUN INVITED TO SEVERAL NF SHOWS
posted by ALENKA (SWITZERLAND)
While waiting Sunday January 29th to listen to the full version of “Echos (You and I)” and while a snippet of the song revealed yesterday, Anggun is gearing up to tour the entire Europe. Today Anggun confirmed five national final shows attendance in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Malta and...
EUROVILLAGE & HOTEL NEWS
CAME UP
posted by ANOTHER SOURCE
EUROVILLAGE In the run-up to Eurovision 2012, EuroVillage will established in Baku. Eurovillage is a major social project. It will be created under the open sky. Various campaigns, concerts and programs for contest delegations will be held here, contest working group head Adil Kerimli told Trend on Friday. He said the Euroclub will also open in Baku. Various entertainment will be provided to reporters and participants with entry by invitation only. Kerimli said information on the location of EuroVillage and Euroclub will announced soon. HOTELS Delegations arriving in Baku to take part in the Eurovision 2012 contest, will be put up in...
NEW VIDEO BY KOSTAS MARTAKIS (NF 2...
posted by GREG (GREECE)
Few days before Mad Walk 2012, where Kostas Martakis will be a guest host, he releases his very new video clip fo the song “Entasi” (Tension). A very fashionable video clip with the participation of the other two hostesses of Mad Walk 2012, the model Vicky Kaya and the presenter...
NEW ALBUM BY ELISABETH ANDREASSEN
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Elisabeth Andreasen or “Bettan” as she is fondly known, is releasing a brand new album titled Kärleken & Livet (Love & Life) which includes 13 new tracks. The four time Eurovision participant and 1985 Eurovision Song Contest winner (part of Bobbysocks) is collaborating...
IVI ADAMOU GIVES FIRST AFTER PARTY
posted by FOTIS (GREECE)
The first after party for Ivi Adamou and her team, friend, family was given last night at Zoo Club in Cyprus. The 18 year old Cypriot-Bulgarian singer is still excited and thrilled with the final song selection which gathered 75% of the votes as reported by the local media. Last night OGAE...
MOLLY SANDEN & LOREEN (MF 2012)
SPEAK T...
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Today we present you one more part from the QX.se special edition for 2012 Melodifestivalen. Read below the interview they both gave to the Swedish popular magazine (photos and text are property of QX.se). Loreen – ”Euphoria” Heat 1, Växjö Do you watch Melodifestivalen? I don’t, because I don’t own a TV! I don’t have time for that. If anyone wants to take me to the cinema, they have to drag me there! Describe your song in three words… Terminator, uplifting and dramatic. What can you tell us about the performance? I’ve removed all my comfort zones. I want to grow as an artist and do something that isn’t...