tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86095622996285172952024-03-18T21:00:12.966-07:002012: The Baku CollectionThe Baku Collection presents the releases, versions, backgrounds and chart trivia for the songs of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in the capital of Azerbaijan.Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-15693456225752755042023-02-24T08:00:00.000-08:002023-02-24T08:00:01.730-08:00The Latest Headlines At The Baku Collection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/portugal-vida-minha-filipa-sousa.html" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="342" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gkZY1vySCYAkAROXKYjZZYofKU4zXfV-AN2ezVhsBJrpaRl7QXiCVtKcW-ZGg_myo8n6OYo4UT8RaWp1j06eCNsZ2N1LSCq2NbEtKXMhfqFUvYWARXTJdQDLOW_F4bfAaDvX4eagr28v/w200-h200/Filipa+Sousa+Acreditar+%25282019%2529+Vida+Minha.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Latest updated (click on the country):</b></u><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/1-sweden-euphoria-loreen.html" style="background-color: white;">S</a><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/1-sweden-euphoria-loreen.html" style="background-color: white;">weden</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - </span><b style="background-color: white;">Loreen </b><b style="background-color: white; color: lime;">Wins Eurovision 2012 </b> ユーフォリアout now, <b style="background-color: white;">,</b><span style="background-color: white;"> Remixes, </span>Vinyl LP, Vekonyz remix, MF 2013 version, Euphobia cover, Axel Hirsoux cover. Sped Up 2023.</div><div style="border: currentcolor;"><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/portugal-vida-minha-filipa-sousa.html" style="background-color: white;">Portugal</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - Festival da Canção, CD! digital single for Filipa Sousa, updates. 2019 version of Vida Minha</span></div><div style="border: currentcolor;"><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/2-russia-part-for-everybody-buranovskie.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Russia</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - </span><b style="background-color: white; color: lime;">Runner Up: </b><b style="background-color: white;">Baku </b><b style="background-color: white;">Babushka's win second semi</b><span style="background-color: white;">, 10! Party versions released For Everybody, Sochi Olympic version, 12 inch Picture disc, version 2018</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/6-estonia-kuula-ott-lepland.html">Estonia</a> - <b style="color: lime;">6th: </b><b>Ott Lepland's</b> <em>Kuula.</em> language versions, cdsingle, New album out now, Dutch coverversion. 2016 live acoustic CD<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/22-france-echo-you-and-i-anggun.html" style="background-color: white;">France</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - Anggun </span><b style="background-color: white;">cds</b><span style="background-color: white;">, duet versions, Best Of remix updates</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/12-romania-zaleilah-mandinga.html" style="background-color: white;">Romania</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - </span><b style="background-color: white;">Mandinga</b><span style="background-color: white;"> cds, </span><span style="background-color: white;"> new remixes by Soundfactory!, New edition CD <i>Club De Mandinga</i> with Bachata remix. Dutch cover version.</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/bulgaria-love-unlimited-sofi-marinova.html" style="background-color: white;">Bulgaria</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - Sofi Marinova </span><span style="background-color: white;">just misses final, promo updates, </span>New guitar remix released, 2009 demo, 2013 Album out now<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/23-denmark-shouldve-known-better-soluna.html">Denmark</a> - <b>Soluna Samay</b>, Around the world, Best Of the old stuff release, remixes. new album 2013<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzMBPjILiJPONpPd4ocOJ7Snh5kGS3_sNh6rokEcRQUJZQj2LD1OrXy5oZ5VKzlsU_39m4sLTmMHkvDU0lFxpeJx0YY7i-Vj_SfvXnQRfzv9-kSr3v4BdtwWIEnLw8p4Vh4H-6kov0cET/s1600/Sofi+Marinova+2013.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzMBPjILiJPONpPd4ocOJ7Snh5kGS3_sNh6rokEcRQUJZQj2LD1OrXy5oZ5VKzlsU_39m4sLTmMHkvDU0lFxpeJx0YY7i-Vj_SfvXnQRfzv9-kSr3v4BdtwWIEnLw8p4Vh4H-6kov0cET/s200/Sofi+Marinova+2013.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/16-cyprus-la-la-love-ivi-adamou.html">C</a><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/16-cyprus-la-la-love-ivi-adamou.html">yprus</a> - <b>Ivi Adamou</b>, Euro Edition CD, remixes, 2012's 2nd most succesful ESChit?, 2013 Club remix<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/24-hungary-sound-of-our-hearts-compact.html">Hungary</a> - <b>Compact Disco</b>, 10 x TSOOH, Two Point Five album.<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/austria-woki-mit-deim-popo-trackshittaz.html">Austria</a> - Trackshittaz backside closes rear, cds, remixes, coverversion<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/20-iceland-never-forget-greta-salome.html">Iceland</a> - Greta's Solo album out now, <b>Greta and Jónsi </b> digital EP release, updates,<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/latvia-beautiful-song-anmary.html" style="background-color: white;">Latvia</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - New </span><i style="background-color: white;">Beautiful Song</i><span style="background-color: white;"> for </span><b style="background-color: white;">Anmary</b><span style="background-color: white;">, cdsingle promo updates, download new remix, second promo, correction</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/10-spain-quedate-conmigo-pastora-soler.html" style="background-color: white;">Spain </a><span style="background-color: white;">- </span><b style="background-color: white; color: lime;">10th </b><span style="background-color: white;">Pastora Soler, </span><span style="background-color: white;">digital EP, </span><em style="background-color: white;">Quedate Conmigo. </em><span style="background-color: white;">stunning coverversion, English version <b>Stay With Me</b> released.</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/15-ukraine-be-my-guest-gaitana.html" style="background-color: white;">Ukraine</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - </span><b style="background-color: white;">Gaitana</b><span style="background-color: white;"> Be her g</span><span style="background-color: white;">uest to download, Special edition album details, Viva, Європа.</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/19-ireland-waterline-jedward.html" style="background-color: white;">Ireland</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - </span><b style="background-color: white;">Jedward </b><span style="background-color: white;">II cdsingle, Water</span><strike style="background-color: white;">shed</strike><span style="background-color: white;">line, </span><i style="background-color: white;">Young Love</i><span style="background-color: white;"> out now.</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/croatia-nebo-nina-badric.html" style="background-color: white;">Croatia</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - Nina Badric </span><em style="background-color: white;">Nebo </em><span style="background-color: white;">remixes, cdsingle, Remix competition, Listen and download </span><b style="background-color: white;">31</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">remixes, third promo</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/21-malta-this-is-night-kurt-calleja.html" style="background-color: white;">Malta</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - W</span><span style="background-color: white;">hat </span><span style="background-color: white;">A Night for </span><b style="background-color: white;">Kurt Calleja,</b><span style="background-color: white;"> cdsingle, mixes, updates.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAHbpgZOc64Lrd1LkVycxi887_QRzVCcFRI63CFBbTVQfk4yiT_PHF0QTLHyoJWIuhqIzUU-iVgNXKdR-7_zkRS-ixlVO75soK9DAk2FJlHlKLS2lSWBgFp06TuuJ1O2C7qBNuQC5VqqF/s1600/greta+jonsi+cds.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAHbpgZOc64Lrd1LkVycxi887_QRzVCcFRI63CFBbTVQfk4yiT_PHF0QTLHyoJWIuhqIzUU-iVgNXKdR-7_zkRS-ixlVO75soK9DAk2FJlHlKLS2lSWBgFp06TuuJ1O2C7qBNuQC5VqqF/s200/greta+jonsi+cds.jpg" width="198" /></a><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/3-serbia-nije-ljubav-stvar-zeljko.html" style="background-color: white;">Serbia</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - </span><b style="background-color: white; color: lime;">3rd </b><span style="background-color: white;">place for</span><b style="background-color: white; color: lime;"> </b><b style="background-color: white;">Željko Joksimović</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><em style="background-color: white;">Nije Ljubav Stvar,</em><span style="background-color: white;"> Download Spanish, Symphonic and </span><b style="background-color: white;">new Trubači version </b><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/georgia-im-joker-anri-joxandze.html" style="background-color: white;">Georgia</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - Anri Joxadze, no final for The Joker, updates</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.nl/2012/05/4-azerbaijan-when-music-dies-sabina.html">Azerbaijan</a> - <b style="color: lime;">4th: </b><b>Sabina Babayeva</b>, rem<span style="background-color: white;">ixes, New ethnic version, Remix competition winner, new Jazz version, Promostella remixes</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/belarus-we-are-heroes-litesound.html" style="background-color: white;">Belarus</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - Litesound Heroes go home empty handed. Listen to new version and remixes, updates</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/01/baku-collection-latest-headlines_25.html" style="background-color: white;">Shopping tips</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - Who has their CD out in the shops</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoUI4SRB5YmV355lTAU2xecGnb9UQs73LRwt3GwRBFiAWqEewAfY1eWLNhyphenhyphen20YndBRunam_2-R8rUh4TjfTwRvv5SNzVaFC8XvlUlJ3kRIrlt2xW26G63hGo7oOu9xUCGQKIGolcU16BZ/s1600/kuula+ott+lepland+cds.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoUI4SRB5YmV355lTAU2xecGnb9UQs73LRwt3GwRBFiAWqEewAfY1eWLNhyphenhyphen20YndBRunam_2-R8rUh4TjfTwRvv5SNzVaFC8XvlUlJ3kRIrlt2xW26G63hGo7oOu9xUCGQKIGolcU16BZ/s200/kuula+ott+lepland+cds.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/5-albania-suus-rona-nishliu.html" style="background-color: white;">Albania</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - <span style="color: lime;"><b>5th:</b></span> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: lime;">Best ever result for Albania:</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><b style="background-color: white;">Rona Nishliu</b><span style="background-color: white;">, New </span><i style="background-color: white;">Suus</i><span style="background-color: white;">, English version</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/7-turkey-love-me-back-can-bonomo.html">Turkey</a> - <b style="color: lime;">7th: </b><b>Can Bonomo</b> Loves Us Back, promo update<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/8-germany-standing-still-roman-lob.html">Germany</a> - <b style="color: lime;">8th: </b>Roman Lob cds, new website, album out now<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/9-italy-lamore-e-femmina-out-of-love.html">Italy</a> - <b style="color: lime;">9th </b>Nina Zilli, <i>L'Amore È Femmina</i> (<i>Out Of Love</i>)<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/11-moldova-lautar-pasha-parfeny.html" style="background-color: white;">Moldova</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - </span><b style="background-color: white;">Pasha Parfeny, </b><span style="background-color: white;">Trumpet out for the girls</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.nl/2012/05/13-macedonia-crno-i-belo-kaliopi.html">Macedonia</a> - <b>Kaliopi</b> <em>Crno i Belo,</em> download Russian version<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/14-lithuania-love-is-blind-donny.html">Lithuania</a> - Well<span style="color: lime;"> </span><b>Donny! </b><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><em>Love Is Blind,</em> Another version (French) and debut album tracklist, updates.<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/17-greece-aphrodisiac-eleftheria.html">Greece</a> - <b>Eleftheria Eleftheriou</b> <b style="color: lime;"> </b>Aphrodisiac promo and cdsingle info.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgnlQcCuPYJn_oWvfaqXlrCR2CcHwxYD_LwkQhNlpehJQj2Mfd5DAOKJeUUgEndNlMo9gQmglMTVO0179oIMzWq8gpkrfpeN5SCUl51-YhKcapOAC-Dun7CeMtiOWtU0kLh3bfuTfWDzR/s1600/scannen0006.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgnlQcCuPYJn_oWvfaqXlrCR2CcHwxYD_LwkQhNlpehJQj2Mfd5DAOKJeUUgEndNlMo9gQmglMTVO0179oIMzWq8gpkrfpeN5SCUl51-YhKcapOAC-Dun7CeMtiOWtU0kLh3bfuTfWDzR/s200/scannen0006.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/18-bosnia-herzegovina-korake-ti-znam.html">Bosnia Hercegovina</a> - M<span style="background-color: white;">aya Sar </span><em style="background-color: white;">Korake Ti Znam.</em><span style="background-color: white;"> Italian, English versions, promo update</span><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/25-united-kingdom-love-will-set-you.html">United Kingdom</a> <strong>-</strong> Engelbert Humperdinck,<b> </b><i><b>cdsingle Out Now</b>!</i>, Autobiography: What's in a name?<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/26-norway-stay-tooji.html">Norway</a> - Tooji wins battle with Sofi but tails at ESC final , Acoustic version released, coverversion, updates<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/netherlands-you-and-me-joan-franka.html" style="background-color: white;">The Netherlands</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - Joan packs her feathers, Dreamcatcher! #1 hit, promo updates</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWMY9HeGuNuDot2XTTLfCPU0AbV_OKyP9gRynlpxpwLu02I928NGwtbE_e7GtCZVA59RJr_07lgLURwwUt5HpDfynxOVv3rVoUeAgIJrNx33gCZyW9K5dphLvYW5F89BBIwDUj7Wc1gqX/s1600/scannen0003.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWMY9HeGuNuDot2XTTLfCPU0AbV_OKyP9gRynlpxpwLu02I928NGwtbE_e7GtCZVA59RJr_07lgLURwwUt5HpDfynxOVv3rVoUeAgIJrNx33gCZyW9K5dphLvYW5F89BBIwDUj7Wc1gqX/s200/scannen0003.jpg" width="196" /></a><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/slovenia-verjamem-eva-boto.html">Slovenia</a> - Eva Boto. EMA CD, versions update, cdsingle<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/slovakia-dont-close-your-eyes-max-jason.html">Slovakia</a> - <span style="color: black;">Miro Šmajda a.k.a. Max Jason Mai to Baku</span>, <i>Don't Close Your Eyes</i><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/switzerland-unbreakable-sinplus.html">Switzerland</a> - <em>Unbreakable</em>, CD info, <b>Sinplus</b>, 7th Heaven remix, 11th in semi<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/finland-nar-jag-blundar-pernilla.html">Finland</a> - UMK CD out now, <b>Pernilla</b> back to the handball competition<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/israel-time-izabo.html">Israe</a><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/02/israel-time-izabo.html">l</a> - <b>Izabo</b> to Baku, versions update, Album details, Time to go<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/san-marino-social-network-song-oh-oh-uh.html">San Marino</a> - <b>Valentina Monetta</b> Stock Exchange, 17 versions and counting, Social Network Song and the <b>F-word</b> song.<br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/montenegro-euro-neuro-rambo-amadeus.html">Montenegro</a> <b>Rambo Amadeus Not Last!</b>' Brain Awareness, <u>download</u><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/belgium-would-you-iris.html" style="background-color: white;">Belgium</a><span style="background-color: white;"> - </span><b style="background-color: white;">Iris</b><span style="background-color: white;">' </span><em style="background-color: white;">Would You </em><span style="background-color: white;">cdsingle and album </span><i style="background-color: white;">Seventeen</i><br />
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Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-4877326137267002552012-05-27T01:31:00.013-07:002023-06-07T07:21:07.733-07:001. Sweden - Euphoria - Loreen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sweden won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku with 374 points, 113 points more than the runner up. 18 countries awarded the maximum 12 point vote to <i>Euphoria</i>.</div>
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<i>Euphoria</i> is the fifth Eurovision victory for Sweden.</div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">1 - 374</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">1 - 181</span> pts in semi 2</span></div>
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Loreen (Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui) won the 2012 Melodifestivalen in March with <em>Euphoria</em> written by Peter Boström and Thomas G:son.<br />
Melodifestivalen, the six-show pre-selection to chose the Swedish entry for the Baku contest was held in Februari and March of 2012 with the final in Stockholm on March 10.<br />
Watch the winners video <a href="http://svt.se/melodifestivalen/20120310215902/loreen_ar_vinnaren_av_melodifestivalen_2012">here at SVT</a> (scroll down a bit and click the small video on the left)<br />
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<em>Euphoria</em> is was first made available through most digital outlets in three versions: Original, Karaoke and Instrumental.<br />
A remix EP was released through the tunes with three remixes and the original version.<br />
A remix by 7th Heaven is released on a U.K. promo and the DJ CD Dance July 2012 (<a href="http://www.cdpool.com/catalogue/disc/dance-july-2012/">Pool</a>).<br />
Other U.K. mixes (the WAWA mixes) have been issued on several DJ releases.<br />
Please see the versions list below for all the remixes that have been released.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Heal</span><br />
The much anticipated album is titled <i>Heal</i> and was released on October 24 in Sweden.<br />
The album includes <i>Euphoria, My Heart Is Refusing Me, Sober</i> and Swedish follow up single <i>Crying Out Your Name.</i><br />
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<i>Euphoria</i> features in the longer version with violin intro as seen in the official video. <i>Sober</i> and <i>My Heart</i>... are featured in new versions/mixes.<br />
(Sweden : Warner Music Sweden, WMS-5053105-356423 and WEA 5053105527526 in Europe)<br />
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<i>Heal</i> will also be released on vinyl LP in several European countries. Remember the black 12"inch plate from the olden days? For the die hard fans of the ultimate sound experience. (WEA 5053105458110) Swedes seem have to get it on import, as the vinyl will only be released in a few countries. Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia, Denmark and Poland are mentioned. (more later)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">ユーフォリア - ロリーン</span><br />
<i>Heal</i> is also released in Japan and the <u>limited edition CD </u>includes three bonus tracks. (Warner Music Japan WPCR14683)<br />
13ユーフォリア (シングル・ヴァージョン)<br />
14ユーフォリア (アコースティック・ギター・ヴァージョン)<br />
15ユーフォリア (アコースティック・ストリングス・ヴァージョン)<br />
The bonus tracks are Single Version, Acoustic Guitar Version and Acoustic Strings version of <i>Euphoria</i>.<br />
None of the acoustic versions have been released anywhere else so far.*<br />
The Japanese edition is available through <a href="http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=WPCR-14683">CDJapan</a>. Listen to snippets at <a href="http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Loreen_000000000491168/item_HEAL-First-Press-Limited-Special-Price_5132180">HMV Japan</a>.<br />
* On November 30 the Acoustic Guitar Version was released as the second track on the German cdsingle for <i>My Heart Is Refusing Me</i>. (Warner)<br />
Check out <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Loreen&open_search=&action=search">Loreen at Bearecords</a> for this cdsingle and other <em>Euphoria</em> releases.<br />
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<i>Heal</i> is also released in Taiwan, it has the same 12 tracks as the European edition but comes with an OBI strip with info and titles in Chinese characters.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">iTunes phenomenon</span><br />
Just days after Loreens victory <i>Euphoria</i> has taken over all European iTunes charts. Hitting #1 in over 20 countries, going top 10 in just about the rest. The Eurovision winner also charts in Australia (who bradcast the contest), New Zealand (who can probably get the Australian Broadcast), Canada and Mexico.<br />
Let's hope, if radio picks up a Eurovision for once, Loreen can continue conquering the world<br />
<i>Euphoria</i> has not been released in the US yet. (get to it then!)<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">cdsingle</span></strong><br />
The cdsingle is out on Metronome / Warner music Sweden on April 4. It includes:<br />
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<span lang="FR">1 Euphoria - Original version </span></div>
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<span lang="FR">2 Euphoria - Carli Remix </span></div>
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<span lang="FR">3 Euphoria - Alex Moreno Remix </span></div>
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<span lang="FR">4 Euphoria - Carli Dub </span></div>
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<span lang="FR">5 Euphoria - Alex Moreno Remix Radio edit </span></div>
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<span lang="FR">6 Euphoria - Carli Remix Radio edit </span></div>
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<span lang="FR">7 Euphoria - Instrumental version</span><br />
(Warner Music Sweden 5053105 254422)<br />
<a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Loreen&open_search=&action=search">This cds at BeaRecords</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2-track</span><br />
The international cdsingle out since 15 - 6 (Warner 5358625). It's a two track with the single version and karaoke. It's the only cd-release for the karaoke version.<br />
A 1 track promo cds is issued by Warner finland (825646611072 ).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More remixes</span><br />
Two remixes by Lucas Nord have been released through most digital sources (Thanks to STHLM MIX, see comments).<br />
Lucas Nords <a href="http://lucasnord.com/">website</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">UK promo</span><br />
A U.K. promo cdsingle has 5 versions of <i>Euphoria.</i><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">1 Euphoria - Original </span><br />
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The WAWA mix is also recorded as extended mix, this one is release on the DJ CD <i>Dance Mixes 66 - Strictly DJ Only</i> issued by DMC (DM66). (available at <a href="http://www.juno.co.uk/search/?q=Loreen&qs=1&s_search_precision=any&s_search_type=all&s_genre_id=0000&s_search_music=1&s_search_merchandise=1&s_show_out_of_stock=0&s_music_product_type=all&s_media_type=all-media&s_merchandise_id=0&order=date_down">Juno</a>)<br />
<span lang="FR">The radio version can be found on DMC DJ CD 161 (July 2012)</span><br />
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: large;">Robin Rocks and Rubio Remix</span><br />
<span lang="FR">Three</span> Robin Rocks and Rubio remixes are released in October (see versions list below for more details)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vekonyz remix</span><br />
November 30 sees the release of yet another remix of <i>Euphoria</i>. The Vekonyz remix is the 2nd track on Vekonyz release <i>Never Mind</i>, digital release out November 30 (Alien Underground)<br />
Vekonyz is Zoltan Vekony from Budapest, Hungary.<br />
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<span lang="FR"><b>Symfosium Project version</b></span><br />
<span lang="FR">A bit of an odd release is <i>Euphoria</i> by the Symfosium Project. It's a sax like instrumental using the original backing track and even though it claims to be featuring Loreen, here voice is not to be heard.</span><br />
<span lang="FR">Symfosium are Anton Morozov and Alex Shumikhin operating from Finland.</span><br />
Digital release through <a href="http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/2019606-02.htm">Juno</a> on August 29 and through other sources, listen at <a href="http://soundcloud.com/symfosium">Symfosiums soundcloud</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leonard Ladevig</span><br />
Yet another remix that was released digitally.<br />
The remix by Leonard Ladevig feat. Loreen is available through the usual digital sources (iTunes, Amazon, etc)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Euphoria 2013</span><br />
Melodifestivalen saw a special performance of Euphoria by Loreen with Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser and Manillaskolan (School for sign language)<br />
The version used was released on Spotify and iTunes.<br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">Update: </span>A similar performance with the same backing track opened the first semi final of the 2013 Malmö Eurovision.<br />
<br /><br />In June 2023 a digital EP was issued with eight (known) versions of <i>Euphoria</i>.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Euphoria - 2013 version</div><div class="MsoNormal">Euphoria - String version</div><div class="MsoNormal">Euphoria - Guitar version</div><div class="MsoNormal">Euphoria - Single version</div><div class="MsoNormal">Euphoria - Tiger & Wolf remix</div><div class="MsoNormal">Euphoria - Alex Moreno remix</div><div class="MsoNormal">Euphoria - Carli remix</div><div class="MsoNormal">Euphoria - WAWA remix</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Tiger & Wolf remix appeared on a bootleg in 2012 but is now "official"<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Euphoria versions:</span></strong></div>
Euphoria - Single version / Original ♫<br />
Euphoria - Instrumental<br />
Euphoria - Carli Remix<br />
<span lang="FR">Euphoria - Carli Remix Radio edit </span><br />
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<span lang="FR">Euphoria - Carli Dub </span></div>
Euphoria - Alex Moreno remix <br />
Euphoria - Alex Moreno remix radio edit<br />
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Euphoria - Karaoke version</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on 2 track cdsingle, digital</span><br />
Euphoria - Lucas Nord radio remix<br />
Euphoria - Lucas Nord extended remix<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- both Lucas Nord mixes at iTunes</span><br />
Euphoria - 7th Heaven radio edit<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on U.K. promo</span><br />
Euphoria - 7th Heaven club mix<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on DJ CD Dance July 2012 (Pool)</span><br />
Euphoria - WAWA radio edit<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on U.K. promo, also on DMC DJ CD 161 (July 2012)</span><br />
Euphoria - WAWA extended mix<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on the DJ CD </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dance Mixes 66 (DMC)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Euphoria - Symfosium Project ft. Loreen</span></div>
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Euphoria - Robin
Rocks and Rubio Remix<br />
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Euphoria - Robin Rocks and Rubio Remix - Radio Edit<br />
Euphoria - Robin Rocks and Rubio Remix - Instrumental Mix<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Robin Rocks and Rubio mixes: October digital release through </span><a href="http://www.beatport.com/#release/euphoria-robin-rocks-and-rubio-remix/969714" style="font-size: small;">Beatport</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
Euphoria - Album version / Video version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- The official video version has a longer violin intro and is on the album <i>Heal</i>.</span><br />
Euphoria - Acoustic Guitar version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Acoustic Guitar version is also on cdsingle release with <i>My Heart Is Refusing Me</i> as track 1, out november 13 (Warner Music International, German release)</span><br />
Euphoria - Acoustic Strings version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Both acoustic versions on Japan issue of <i>Heal.</i></span></div>
Euphoria - Vekonyz remix<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 2nd track on Vekonyz release <i>Never Mind,</i> digital release out November 30 (Alien Underground)</span><br />
Euphoria - Remix by Leonard Ladevig feat, Loreen<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- digital release, </span><br />
Euphoria 2013 - Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser och Loreen<br />
Euphoria 2013 - Instrumental<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- both above 2013 versions are released on Spotify, iTunes</span><br />
Euphoria (Rhythm of my mind remix) - Mflex ft. Loreen<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on MFlex album <i>Electric Time</i></span><br />
Euphoria (Sped Up) by Loreen and "sped up world"</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">- digital 2023 (Warner Music Sweden Febryary 24)</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Euphoria - Tiger & Wolf remix</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">- Bootleg in 2012, official digital in 2023<br /><br />
Many other remixes have been surfacing on the net and even on e-bay, but as far as I know only the above are officially released.<br />
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<strong>Charts:</strong><br />
Loreen is already at #1 of the Swedish charts the day before the MF final. She entered the charts at #12 the week before that. In week 11 she also enters the Finnish charts at #1 and in week 12 the Norwegian top 20 at #12.<br />
The estimated worldwide sales of <i>Euphoria</i> exceed 2.000.000, making it the biggest seller of the modern Eurovision era.<br />
Sweden top 60: <b style="color: lime;">[1-46] </b>12, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 6, 6, 8, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 7, 8, 7, 9, 11, 12, 12, 15, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31, 37, 34, 38, 36, 25, 36, 39, 50, 57, - re-entry <span style="color: red;">2013: 52, - re: 59, - re: 60, - re-entry </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">2023 re: 98, 41, -, re: 55</span><br />
- <i>Euphoria</i> sales already reached 5x Platinum status in Sweden before the contest, by the end of August the counter sits at 9 x platinum, also making it the best selling single of 2012.<br />
<span style="color: red;">2013/2014 re-entries are in red. </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">2023 in pink</span><br />
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Germany top 100 <b style="color: lime;">[1-38]</b>: <span style="font-size: x-small;">1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 2, 2, 5, 6, 4, 6, 8, 11, 11, 16, 16, 14, 24, 34, 30, 36, 28, 37, 36, 43, 47, 68, 58, 48, 38, 50, 64, 73, 93, -, re: 90, 77, 96, -</span><br />
Switzerland top 75: <b style="color: lime;">[1-37] </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 10, 6, 7, 7, 7, 2, 5, 9, 13, 10, 16, 13, 11, 17, 29, 22, 27, 13, 18, 17, 26, 23, 33, 35, (no charts), 34, 22, 33, 38, 48, 70, - <span style="color: red;">re: 69, -, re 2013 56, -, re- 2014: 65, -, </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">re 2023: 82</span></span><br />
Spain top 50: <b style="color: lime;">[2-37] </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">12, 3, 5, 4, 6, 8, 7, 6, 2, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 3, 4, 7, 10, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 18, 17, 30, 16, 18, 17, 24, 19, 14, 29, 30, 42, -, re: 44, -</span><br />
Austria top 75: <b style="color: lime;">[1-35]</b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 7, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 17, 24, 22, 27, 26, 22, 32, 48, 38, 54, 40, 36, 36, 38, 37, 44, 56, (no charts), 46, 35, 34, 70, 69, -, re: 66, -</span><br />
Netherlands top 100: <b style="color: lime;">[2-35] </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">2, 6, 8, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 10, 12, 27, 23, 22, 10, 16, 12, 24, 43, 45, 60, 32, 30, 30, 41, 52, 78, -</span><br />
Denmark top 40:<span style="color: lime;"><b> [1-21]</b></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 17, 18, 21, 25, 34, 40, -, re: 38, 37, - , re:29, -</span><br />
Finland top 20: <b><span style="color: lime;">[1-27]</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1, 3, 2, 7, 7, 6, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 6, 8, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, - <span style="color: #38761d;">top 50 in 2023: 48</span></span><br />
Norway top 20: <b><span style="color: lime;">[1-27]</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">12, 14, 11, 9, 9, 7, 7, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 6, 8, 12, 15, 20, -</span><b> </b><br />
<i>- Euphoria</i> enters the U.K. charts at #85 the day after the contest. It stays 4 weeks on the <u>top 40</u>.<br />
U.K. top <u>40</u> / 100: <b><span style="color: lime;">[<u>3-4</u> / 3-16] </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">85,<u> 3, 13, 20, 30</u>, 41, 42, 60, 81, 64, 75, 59, 77, 79, 92, - <span style="color: red;">re: 2013: 75, -</span></span><br />
Belgium (Flanders) top 50: <b><span style="color: lime;">[1-18]</span></b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 6, 6, 7, 7, 11, 18, 20, 20, 29, 47, 50, -<b>, </b>re-entry in januari <span style="color: red;">2013: 36,</span> -</span><br />
Belgium (Wallonia) top 50: <b><span style="color: lime;">[14-10] </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">24, 14, 28, 31, 39, 36, 43, 48, - re: 38, 42, -<b> </b></span><br />
Ireland top 100: <b style="color: lime;">[1-29] </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">1, 1, 4, 4, 5, 9, 12, 16, 18, 26, 27, 31, 31, 39, 41, 47, 60, 75, 85, 87, 100, - re in march<span style="color: red;"> 2013: 62, 94</span>, re in Eurovision week <span style="color: red;">2013: 80, 29, 90, - </span>re in Eurovision<span style="color: red;"> </span>week<span style="color: red;"> 2014: 82, 84,- </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">re in 2023: 84</span></span><br />
France top 100: <b><span style="color: lime;">[=26-3] </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">34, 26, 76,</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(116, 178, -, re:178, 196 in top 200, - re:200, 181, - re:160, 159, 163, 175, -)</span><br />
Australia top 50: <b><span style="color: lime;">[36-4] </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">36, 70, 73, 98, -</span><b><span style="color: lime;"> </span></b><br />
Japan hot 100: <span style="font-size: x-small;">98, - (in December 2012)</span><br />
<i>Euphoria</i> also charts in various radio charts in Russia, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania already weeks before the contest. After the contest Loreen can also be found in various charts in Greece, Cyprus, Macedonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Rep., Belarus, Latvia, Romania, Israel, Luxembourg and Brasil.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">My Heart Is Refusing Me</span></em><br />
<em>Euphoria</em> is Loreens second Melodifestivalen entry. In 2011 she entered <em>My Heart Is Refusing Me</em>.<br />
She made it to the second chance round (Andra chansen) but didn't proceed to the final. But the song scored a #9 hit in the charts with 28 weeks on the list (9 weeks in 2012 after a Februari re-entry).<br />
Follow up single <i>Sober</i> was released September 2011 but reached the Swedish charts in March 2012, a week before the MF final.<br />
In 2004 she ended 4th in the first series of Swedish Idol. Her track with Freestyle <i>Vill Ha Dej</i> appeared on the 2004 Idol compilation.<br />
In 2005 she cut a single with Rob'n'Raz, <i>The Snake</i>, but failed to chart.<br />
Loreen also dubbed the voices for the Swedish versions of movies <i>Shrek 3</i> as Törnrosa (Sleeping Beauty) and <i>The Smurfs</i> as Smurfan (Smurfette).<br />
Update: <em>My Heart Is Refusing Me </em>is released as the follow up single to Euphoria in Europe. A new mix is recorded for the 2012 release.<br />
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<strong>The writers:</strong><br />
<strong>Thomas G:son</strong> (Thomas Gustafsson) is a prolific Eurovision songwriter. He (co-) wrote many songs for prelections in Sweden, Norway and Spain and also some for Romania, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Poland and Belgium.<br />
Seven of G:son's songs made it to Eurovision and with <i>Euphoria</i> the victory is his:<br />
Sweden 2001 - Listen To Your Heartbeat - Friends<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Henrik Sethsson, 5th place</span><br />
Sweden 2006 - Invincible - Carola<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Carola Häggkvist, Henrik Wickström and Bobby Ljunggren, 5th place</span><br />
Spain 2007 - I Love You Mi Vida - D'Nash<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Andreas Rickstrand, Tony Sanchez-Ohlsson and Rebeca, 20th place.</span><br />
Norway 2007 - Ven A Bailar Conmigo - Guri Schanke<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 18th in semi</span><br />
Denmark 2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/4-denmark-in-moment-like-this-chanee.html">In A Moment Like This</a> - Chanée and N'Evergreen<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Henrik Sethsson and Erik Bernholm, 4th place.</span><br />
Sweden 2012 - <a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2011/10/1.html">Euphoria</a> - Loreen<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Peter Boström, winner of Eurovision 2012</span><br />
Spain 2012 - <a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/10-spain-quedate-conmigo-pastora-soler.html">Quédate Conmigo</a> - Pastora Soler<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Wiritten with Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson and Erik Bernholm, 10th place</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><u><strong>Peter Boström</strong></u> (a.k.a. DJ/producer Bassflow) also has two songs in this years contest. With brother Figge and Tooji he wrote the <a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/26-norway-stay-tooji.html">Norwegian entry <em>Stay</em></a>.<br />
It's quite a feat having two songs in the competition, but having one ending 1st and one ending last is remarkable.<br />
Boström (co) wrote several Melodifestivalen entries including <em>Headlines</em> for Alcazar, <em>Manboy</em> for Eric Saade and both Danny Saucedo runners up. He also wrote and or produced songs for Carola, Fabrizio Faniello, Gravitonas, Maarja Liis - Ilus, Martin Stenmarck, Emilia, Lutricia MacNeal and many others.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Euphoria Coverversions.</span><br />
I'm not trying to cover all the coverversions that are popping up on the net, but below you can find some details of the ones that are officially released plus a few others that are of interest.<br />
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<b>Axel Hirsoux</b><span style="background-color: white;">, Belgiums Eurovision 2014 hopeful, recorded a version of <i>Euphoria</i> that has appeared on various digital compilations. The earliest is various artists collection Euphoria (Bif Artista records) released in July 2012. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Also available as seperate track.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">Update:</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red;"> </span>The Dutch trio, infamous for their <i>Shine*</i>, have released a 2CD album of their yearly concert extravaganza and it includes a live version of Euphoria for everyone to sing along. (Toppers In Concert 2013 NRGY music M75102). Also on DVD.<br />
* In the 2013 show Gordon is out and Gerard Joling is in.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2013 </span><span style="font-size: large;">Euphobia</span><br />
<b>Eyevory</b> (formerly known as Pink Mercury) is a progressive rock band from Bremen, Germany. They started in 2009, but 2013 finally sees the release of their debut album <i>Euphobia, </i>recorded with symphonic orchestra. The album features ten songs by their own hand and a coverversion of Loreen's Eurovision winner. Release date is April 26, out on Artists Station records.<br />
<a href="http://www.eyevorymusic.com/category/news/" target="_blank">Eyevory website</a>, snippets at <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00BZH1EUM/ref=sr_1_album_3_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B00BZH1LOQ&qid=1364814124&sr=1-3" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">2013:</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1beqTpZhXY" target="_blank">Here's</a> a studio version video of <i>Euphoria</i> by <b>Anti Fitness Club</b> from Hungary, another rock interpretation of the Eurovision hit.<br />
The band had a song in the 2012 Hungarian preslection, their <i>Lesz, Ami Lesz</i> stranded in the local semis.<br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">Update 2013:</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The Voice Of Holland.</span><br />
The popular The Voice talentshow has seen some Euphoria's being performed in sevral country's editions.<br />
In the Dutch edition Patt Riley (coached by Trijntje Oosterhuis) was eliminated after performing <i>Euphoria</i> in the live show. Her version was released (in full studio version) on the 2CD <i>The Voice Of Holland 2012 - The Songs</i> (8Ball 8717774664865).<br />
Loreen herself performed <i>Euphoria</i> with the finalists Floortje Smit and Leona Philippo in the final show, but this version wasn't released.<br />
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Mikhail's coverversions are a bit of an internet phenomenon and his version of <i>Euphoria</i> is defenitely worth checking out. I think MF 2013 may have their intervalact sorted with Gavin Mikhail.<br />
Listen to Euphoria <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiG7rHSJaNM">here</a> or buy<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/euphoria-all-this-way-titanium/id517254853"> here</a> at itunes or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Euphoria-Titanium-Goodness-Tribute-Fondell/dp/B007S0P1UY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333809707&sr=8-2">amazon</a><br />
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Another acoustic version is released by Icelandic singers <span style="background-color: white;"><b>Sverrir Bergmann and Halldór Gunnar</b> on their covers album </span><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Föstudagslögin</i>. The album is out on Sena digital and available at Tonlist.</span><br />
Another acoustic take on<i> Euphoria</i> is recorded by <b>Christer Wulff</b> (live at P3). It's available at most digital sources.<br />
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<b>Lisa Lois</b>, Dutch X-factor winner (season 2009) has recorded a live acoustic version of <i>Euphoria</i> which is released through digital shops like<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/euphoria-single/id579353366"> iTunes</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00AAJ1J9M/ref=sr_1_album_30_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B00AAJ1JOC&qid=1353838838&sr=1-30">Amazon for Germany</a>.. Her version enters the Dutch charts in November (# 87 in week 47).<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A different style coverversion is released by <b>Bengt Hennings</b> and it's a Dansband Schlager version.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Euphoria</i>, in English, is included on their new CD <i>Scenen Är Vår</i> which is an album with songs in Swedish and English. So Gavin above has some competition for the MF interval slot now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The album will be released on May 23.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Excerpts are here at the</span><a href="http://www.bengthennings.se/scenenarvarspelare.htm"> BH website</a>.<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS16M0JEG-XFBXv0l3PeLl1cSd1OU4UHQUflD-YQofeLBwCY6tka4-TcYAQ5y2LJ_tE9G0Tg78Y_RyB9beLr865SJsQ2PFSxUQn6rBxAhlh0E9nqSYBz-7zV9bzJknAClwGO9vb1MLizKv/s1600/The+Hollywood+Sessions+EP+tyler+ward.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS16M0JEG-XFBXv0l3PeLl1cSd1OU4UHQUflD-YQofeLBwCY6tka4-TcYAQ5y2LJ_tE9G0Tg78Y_RyB9beLr865SJsQ2PFSxUQn6rBxAhlh0E9nqSYBz-7zV9bzJknAClwGO9vb1MLizKv/s200/The+Hollywood+Sessions+EP+tyler+ward.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white;">American singer/songwriter <b>Tyler Ward</b> has recorded Euphoria with <b>Alex G</b>. for his digital release <i>The Hollywood Session EP</i>. Video and more details <a href="http://eurocovers.blogspot.nl/2012/08/euphoria-tyler-ward-alex-g.html">here at Eurocovers</a></span><br />
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The first different language version of Euphoria I have come accross is the Afrikaans version by <b>Tanya V</b>.. I don't have any release info yet, but you can watch the new official video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Z1Pdt9dGQ">here at Angel Music Productions. </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Belgian Horror and Austrian Spook</span><br />
A Flemish version of<i> Euphoria </i>is released by <b>Popkidz</b>. The version is titled <i>Halloween</i> and ties in neatly with the annual witches fest.<br />
The track is available on iTunes Belgium. You can watch the video on their <a href="http://popkidz.be/">website</a>.<br />
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On a similar spooky theme: <i>Im Geisterschloss</i> is a version recorded by <b>Ewa Maria Zorn</b>. She's one of the contestants of the hugely popular Austran Kiddy Contest 2012. The track is available on the album Kiddy Contest 2012 (Sony music). The album with kids doing all kinds of popular coverversions enters the Austrian charts at #1.<br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">2013:</span> More kiddies. German Michelle Steuer is asking for more pocket money in Mehr Taschengeld, a german version of Euphoria. Released on CD <i>Mission Keksplanet</i>: <i>Die
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It also includes a karaoke version. Check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KEKSPLANET" target="_blank">Keksplanet facebook</a>.<br />
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The Voice kids (Germany) also resulted in a Euphoria cover. Aulona does it on the CD <i>The Best Of The Voice Kids</i> (Polydor)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mia - Eufooria</span><br />
Estonian singer <b>Mia</b> recorded a version in her own language. It uses the original backingtrack so it's not an official release. But it's fun and can listen to it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpR5ZkJEMzQ">here</a> and there you'll also find a download link (for a wave file).<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">You may know Mia from her 2012 Eurolaul entry </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Bon Voyage</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Nica and Joe</b> (Veronika Belyavskaya and Joseph Guyton), contestants of the X factor 2011 (Germany), release their second album <i>Magic Moments</i> on November 16. It includes a 'classical' version of <i>Euphoria</i>. The album was recorded with the Radio Symphonic Orchestra of Macedonia and includes classical (operatic-esque) cover version of some well know hits. The album is out on Columbia in Germany)</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">2013:</span><span style="background-color: white;"> <i>Euphoria</i> is also released as the second track to the cds <i>Elevated</i>. Elevated is the duo's song for the German national final (Unser star für Malmö) (Columbia/Sony)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The German Smurfs (<b>Schlümpfe</b>) also discovered Euphoria. Their version is titled <i>Ein Schlümpfentag</i> (A Smurf day) and it can be found on their new CD <i>Die Hits Der Schlümpfe</i> <i>Vol. 2 </i>out now in Germany. (Universal 0602537225903)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">As we all know The Smurfs are cunning multilinguists. They also released a new album in Dutch (as <b>De Smurfen</b>) and that also includes <i>Euphoria</i>. This time it's titled <i>Mooi Smurfenland</i> (Beautiful Smurf country). The album <i>Winterpret Met De Smurfen</i> (Winterfun with the Smurfs) is released on November 30 and also includes covers of Gangnam Style, Call Me Maybe, Little Talks and other 2012 hits. (EMI 5099997954828)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Two remixes by <b>O Cean</b> are released digitally on August 31. The Slamdown! mix and Slamdown! edit will be available at<a href="http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/2024535-02.htm"> Juno</a>. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">The have also released the Bbop and Roksteadi extended remix on collection Friday Night Covered vol 4 (Lucky 8 records)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">Update:</span> Now there are 7 mixes by (now) Ocean . (<a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00A8PBMXQ/ref=sr_1_album_63_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B00A8PBR2W&qid=1353737788&sr=1-63">more info at Amazon</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Helene Fischer</span><br />
German singer Helene Fischer added Euphoria to her live shows and has now released a 2CD and DVD of her 2012 concert tour including the Loreen song.<br />
<i>Für Einen Tag - Live 2012</i> (seperate 2CD and DVD releases) out now on EMI / Electrola<br />
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Swiss Mary Keey released <i>Euphoria</i> on her digital EP <i>100 lights</i><br />
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Many dodgy xerox versions have also surfaced at the home of dodgy covers Amazon. Euphoria (We're going Up Up Up Up) by Eurovisions and Euphoria 2012 (Eurovision No. 1 Compostion) seem to be the same version. The ones by Mila Project and by Annabel Andersson (who on another occasion calls herself Laureen!) are just plain awful. There a lot more of them bur r<span style="background-color: white;">egular readers already know that my advice is to ignore cheap copies like this.</span><br />
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In good tradition the CD with all 32 competing songs from the swedish national selection is released. The MF CD enters the compilation charts at #1. And as usual it's a bestselling album clocking up 4 x platinum in under three months.<br />
(M & L Records <span class="catname mouseover" title="Universal Music AB">UNI</span> <span class="catnum">MLCD0021)</span></div>
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Most songs have also been released as digital singles and several have already charted in the Swedish top 60. </div>
Loreen's <em>Euphoria</em> is #1 in its second week on the charts and finalists Danny Saucedo and Sean Banan are also in the top 10.<br />
9 out of the 10 finalist are in the top 60 the day before the final.<br />
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It's great to see this release return after two years of absence.<br />
(M & L Records <span class="catname mouseover" title="Universal Music AB">UNI</span> <span class="catnum">MLDVD010)</span><br />
This time they didn't include the full shows on the DVD. There's all 32 performances, some extra clips from the the semi results announcements, Helena Paparizou's interval version of <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/3-sweden-popular-eric-saade.html">Popular</a>.<br />
It also includes the priceless Lynda Woodruff clip (Sarah Dawn Finer in her role as clueless EBU representative showing us around Baku, later she also announced the Swedish votes).<br />
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It's just one disc instead of the two it was with former MFs.<br />
The Melodifestivalen DVD always was among the top three best selling music DVD's of the year but in 2010 and 2011 there was no DVD release.<br />
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Check the <a href="http://malmoeurovision.blogspot.com/2013/01/sweden-melodifestivalen.html">Swedish page</a> at the 2013 <b>Malmö Collection</b> websites for statistics (2002-2013) and history of Melodifestivalen.<br />
The Swedish MF 2012 finalists:<br />
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David Lindgren - <i>Shout it out</i></div>
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Thorsten Flinck och Revolutionsorkestern - <i>Jag reser mig igen </i></div>
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<span lang="FR">Dead by April</span><span lang="FR"> - <i>Mystery </i></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Lisa Miskovsky</span><span lang="FR"> - <i>Why start a fire </i></span></div>
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Top Cats - <i>Baby Doll </i></div>
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Ulrik Munther - <i>Soldiers </i></div>
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Björn Ranelid ft. Sara Li - <i>Mirakel </i></div>
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Molly Sandén - <i>Why I am crying </i></div>
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Danny Saucedo - <i>Amazing </i></div>
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<strong>The Webjoker</strong><br />
It seemed like a lot of trouble to go through to find just one MF entry, but SVT (Swedish television) expanded the December (2011) Webjoker competition to a full blown Melodifestivalen format. The webjoker is one song added to the 32 song Melodifestivalen selection and it's the only song that is known well in advance.<br />
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32 songs in all have competed for just the one spot in a Melodifestivalen heat. The songs have been available for listening but have now been removed by SVT.<br />
The winning song <em>I Mina Drömmar</em> by Maria BenHaji failed to make it to the final of MF.<br />
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<a href="http://svt.se/melodifestivalen">SVT Melodifestivalen pages</a><br />
<a href="http://www.loreen.se/">Loreen website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_country=Sweden+Presel.&search_year=2012&open_search=&action=search">Melodifestivalen 2012 at BeaRecords</a><br />
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Read all about Swedens other recent entries<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/3-sweden-popular-eric-saade.html">Eric Saade</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/sweden-this-is-my-life-anna-bergendahl.html">Anna Bergendahl</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/21-sweden-la-voix-malena-ernman.html">Malena Ernman</a><br />
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Buranovskie Babushki (Бурановские бабушки<strong>,</strong> The Grandmothers from Buranovo) have won the Russian national final with the song <em>Party For Everybody.</em></div>
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A new version is mixed for Eurovision, listen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxHJX9lfMig&context=C446d552ADvjVQa1PpcFO8AT3x4wj6l5C24f51fAdPO8XpdbF2HEI=">here at Rightsmusic youtube</a></div>
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Russian DFM radio have launched a <em>Party For Everybody</em> remix competition. You can enter by downloading the remix pack <a href="http://dfm.ru/actions/curractions/1409164">here at the DFM website</a>. The kit has wave files of the seperate recording tracks, which is interesting even if you're not making your own remix.</div>
All info is under the link Условия акции in Russian (use google translate) but I haven't studied it yet.<br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Update: </span>The winner of the remix competition is DJ SLON<br />
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The Grannies are already making some money for their chrurch. Look at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xNM-Tg25xA">this</a> commercial for Sprite.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2018 version</span><br />
A new version of Part can be found on the 2018 album Внучка
(Granddaughter), a digital release from 2018.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sochi For Everybody Games</span><br />
To support the 2014 Olympic winter games in Sochi Russia, the grannies have recorded a special version of their Eurovision entry titled <i>Sochi For Everybody Games</i>. You can listen <a href="http://www.buranovskiebabushki.ru/" style="text-decoration-line: line-through;" target="_blank">here at their website.</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEH4ugNqvnM" target="_blank">Youtube</a><br />
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The Babuska's who hail from Buranovo, Udmurtia, Russia, made their Eurovision debut in 2010 when they finished third in the Russian final with <em>Dlinnaja-dlinnaja Beresta I Kaka Sdelat Iz Neje Ajsjon (</em>Длинная-длинная береста и как сделать из нее айшон)<br />
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A 10-track release is now available at Amazon digital<br />
It features 10 version of the song:<br />
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<span lang="FR">2. Party For Everybody - Official Eurovision 2012 DJ SLON Party Remix<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">3. Party For Everybody - DJ Karas Remix<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">4. Party For Everybody - Music People Deejays Remix<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">6. Party For Everybody - Ed Mortel feat. Michel Nekoz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">7. Party For Everybody - KJ AlGer Remix DFM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">9. Party For Everybody - DJ Sanya JC Remix<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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10. Party For Everybody - Doberman Radio Edit<br />
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A 1-track promo is also issued<br />
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A 12"inch vinyl picture disc was released by Mirumir records (Мирумир)<br />
It features the same 10 mixes as on the digital release and promo cd.<br />
It may have been released in 2012, but I think it may be later.<br />
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Party For Everybody - Eurovision version <span style="background-color: white;">♫</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- on Baku 2012 CD</span></span><br />
Party For Everybody - Original version<br />
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Party For Everybody - Karaoke version<br />
Plus the remixes above<br />
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Party For Everybody (new recording 2018)<br />
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Belgium (Flanders) top 50: 37, 50, -<br />
Sweden top 60: 45, 43, -<br />
Ireland top 100: 61, -<br />
Austria top 75: 38, -<br />
Germany top 100: 44, -<br />
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Russia selected their entry through a preselection organised by RTR, Russia's second national channel, on March 7.</div>
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The list of artists is <a href="http://russia.tv/tvpreg.html?id=155180&cid=&d=0">here</a>.</div>
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A few Eurovision names were: Polina Smolova (Паліна Смолава) who represented Belarus with <em>Mum</em> in 2006 and there 2008 winner Dima Bilan (Дима Билан) in duet with half t.A.T.u. Julya Volkova (Юля Волкова) but they were no match for the grannie power.</div>
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Russia's recent entries</div>
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/16-russia-get-you-alexey-vorobyov.html">Alex Sparrow / Alexey Vorobyov</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/11-russia-lost-and-forgotten-peter.html">Peter Nalitch</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/11-russia-mamo-anastasya-prikhodko.html">Anastasia Prikhodko</a></div>
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RTS, Serbian Television have selected Željko Joksimović (Жељко Јоксимовић) to represent the country at the next Eurovision Song Contest.<br />
The song was presented on March 10 in a show titled Европска песма (Eurovision song)at RTS 1.<br />
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The song is titled <em>Nije Ljubav Stvar</em> (Није љубав ствар, It's not a matter of love), the English version of the song is titled <em>Synonym.</em><br />
A Russian version of is also recorded. Любовь не вещь can also be downloaded through Željko's website.<br />
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The first promo cds (top pic) features the original Serbian, English and Russian versions of the song.<br />
All are credited to Željko Joksimović & Ad Hoc Orchestra, the same ensemble that featured on his 2004 entry. (RTS UCD EV12 Sokoj)<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Update: </span>The second promo, used in Baku has 7 tracks: Original*, English, Russian, Spanish, Symphonic, Ins. Summer mix 15 in 1 and Karaoke.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Update:</span> Another fun instrumental version can be downloaded at Željko's website.<br />
It's the Trubači / Brass band version recorded with the Dejan Petrović Big band.<br />
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An instrumental version with the RTS Symphonic Orchestra is recorded.<br />
<strike>You can listen and download <a href="http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/ci/pesma+evrovizije/Pesma-Evrovizije-2012/story/1924/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/1100222/%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0+%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5+%E2%80%9C%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5+%D1%99%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B2+%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%E2%80%9D+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BE+%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0.html">here at RTS</a></strike><br />
Another fun instrumental version titled the <i>Summer Mix 15 in 1</i> <strike>can be watched and downloaded <a href="http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/sr/pesma+evrovizije/Pesma-Evrovizije-2012/story/1926/Vesti/1091492/Nije+ljubav+stvar+-+novi%2C+letnji+instrumental.html">here at RTS</a></strike><br />
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You can also d<strike>ownload a free App for Iphone and Android</strike> so you can find out the latest news on Zeljko, listen to the versions of the Eurovision entry. <strike>More details <a href="http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/ci/pesma+evrovizije/Pesma-Evrovizije-2012/story/1932/English/1087396/A+new+gift+to+the+audience+-+multimedia+application.html">here at RTS</a></strike><br />
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Zeljko keeps on delivering. You can now also check out and download the Spanish version of <em>Nije Ljubav Stvar, </em>it is called <i>Su Amor Me Vencio</i> and is a duet with Samuel Cuenda. Cuenda was a contestant in the 2009 edition of Spanish talent show Operacion Triunfo. <strike>Get the song <a href="http://www.zeljkojoksimovic.com/">here</a>.</strike><br />
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<b>Versions:</b><br />
Nije Ljubav Stvar / Није љубав ствар - Original Serbian version ♫<br />
Synonym - English version<br />
Lyubovʹ ne veshchʹ / Любовь не вещь - Russian version<br />
Su Amor Me Vencio - Spanish version, duet with Samuel Cuenda.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- All four are at Zeljko's website</span><br />
* Nije Ljubav Stvar / Није љубав ствар - second Serbian version<br />
- on the 7 track promo, slightly different b-vox on the outtro<br />
Nije Ljubav Stvar - Symphonic version instrumental<br />
- with the RTS Symphonic Orchestra, at RTS website<br />
Nije Ljubav Stvar - Summer mix 15 in 1 (instrumental)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Download at RTS and ZJ website</span><br />
Nije Ljubav Stvar - Karaoke<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- at the official site's karaoke downloads</span><br />
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Željko Joksimović performed a version in Azerbaijani at the Sabina Babayeva party in Baku.<br />
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Netherlands: 88, -<br />
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<span class="st"><a href="http://www.zeljkojoksimovic.com/">Željko Joksimović website</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/ci/pesma+evrovizije.html">RTS</a> eurovision pages<br />
Special thanks to Ana Marija Simonovic at RTS<br />
Bearecords Eurovision shop: <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Zeljko+Joksimovic&open_search=&action=search">Željko Joksimović</a>, <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Jelena+Tomasevic&open_search=&action=search">Jelena Tomašević</a> and <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Hari+Mata+Hari&open_search=&action=search">Hari Mata Hari</a>.<br />
Eurovision Collectors Guide: The 10.000 coverversions project.<br />
Thanks to Nino.<br />
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<span class="st">Serbia's recent entries:</span><br />
<span class="st">2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/14-serbia-caroban-nina.html">Nina</a></span><br />
<span class="st">2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/13-serbia-ovo-je-balkan-milan-stankovic.html">Milan Stanković</a></span><br />
<span class="st">2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/serbia-cipela-marko-kon-milaan.html">Marko Kon and Milaan</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2004 Lane Moje</span><br />
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It's the second time for Željko Joksimović as a singer, in 2004 he represented Serbia-Montenegro with <em>Lane Moje</em> and ended 2nd behind Ruslana's <em>Wild Dances</em>.</div>
He also composed two further entries. <em>Lejla</em> by Hari Mata Hari (ended 3rd for Bosnia-Hercegovina) and the 2008 Serbian home entry <em>Oro</em> for <span class="st">Jelena Tomašević (6th place).</span><br />
<span class="st">Joksimović also co-hosted the 2008 contest in Belgrade.</span><br />
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<span lang="FR">Lane Moje - Eurovision version</span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Lane Moje original version with less b-vox</span></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- on official Eurovision 2004 Istanbul CD and RTS CD/MC Evropesma 2004</span></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Goobye - English version</span></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- on Warner cdsingle and promo CD/DVD set</span></span></div>
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Lane Moje - Eastern Mix by Alek</div>
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<span lang="FR"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- on Warner cdsingle</span></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Lane Moje - Transfusion mix by Dream Team</span></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- on Warner cdsingle</span></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Lane Moje - Live 2007</span></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- on CD Live / Uživo iz Beogradske Arene (City Records)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Update</span><em>: Lane Moje</em> has been covered in Serbian, English, Croatian, Greek, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Turkish and Romanian. Here is a list of officially released coverversions that I know of. If you know any more, please <a href="mailto:NLbuzzja@hotmail.com">let me know</a>.<br />
Maja (from Japan)- Serbian version<br />
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Eroika (male vocal trio from Slovenia) - Goodbye (English)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on CD Eroika (Nika records, 2007)</span></div>
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Vatrogasci - Croatian version</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on CD Poruke U Boci (2005)</span></div>
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Petros Imvrios - Kathe Avrio (Καθε Αυριο)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on Various Artists <i>Balkan
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Cansu Koç - Gözlerin -Turkish version <o:p></o:p></div>
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Adrian Copilul Minune - Stau Si Plang In Fata Ta -Romanian version </div>
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David Michaeli - Damanaxe Sheni Saxe (დამანახე შენი სახე) - Georgian version </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">4 - 150</span> pts / not in semi</span><br />
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Eurovision 2012 host country Azerbaijan selected Sabina Babayeva (Səbinə Babayeva)<br />
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The multi week artist selection <strong>Milli Seçim Turu</strong> <strong>2012</strong> only selected the artist<strong>,</strong> the song <em>When The Music Dies</em> was presented on March 17.<br />
Watch the official video <a href="http://en.itv.az/eurovision_song_contest_2011/video_eurovision/4047.html">here at Ictimai</a>.<br />
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Sabina now has her own website at Eurovision talents, check it out <a href="http://sabina.eurovisiontalents.com/">here</a>.</div>
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The song is written by Anders Bagge, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn and Johan Kronlund.</div>
Örn and Bjurman also wrote last years winner <em><a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/1-azerbaijan-running-scared-eldar-and.html">Running Scared</a></em> with Iain Farquharsondur. Bagge, Bjurman and örn wrote <em>Drip Drop</em> for Safura, Azerbaijans 2010 entry that ended 5th.<br />
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Additional vocals on the song are by Alim Gasimov (<span class="st">Alim Qasimov) one of the most popular Mugam singers of Azerbaijan, who will also be appearing in the semi-finals intervals. </span></div>
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You can listen to <em>When The Music Dies </em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gA9wT2IL_tQ#!">here at the Sabine's Youtube.</a><br />
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More versions are uploaded to Sabina's Youtube. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2jU01Nf6WA&feature=youtu.be">Here</a> you can find the Azerbaijani version titled <em>Gəl</em> (Come) and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeKxwUb3SV4&feature=plcp&context=C433210bVDvjVQa1PpcFMY46NYSqN7wnPvOWtimbqA4Lccdb_k2So%3D">here</a> is an acoustic version.<br />
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Two remixes of <i>When The Music Dies</i> have been recorded. You can listen to (and download) the Synthy Pop version and the Disco remix <a href="http://sabina.eurovisiontalents.com/remixes/">here at Eurovision talents.</a><br />
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Another new version has been recorded. This time it's an ethnictake on the Azerbaijani version <i>Gəl</i>. It's produced by Yakhar Bakhish with Alim Qasimov, Ogtay Sherifov and Sarkhan vakhabov. Watch and listen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T44ppX0-9lQ&feature=plcp">here at Sabina's Youtube</a><br />
A remix competition resulted in another remix now available. DJ Meel's version can be downloaded <a href="http://sabina.eurovisiontalents.com/show-love-sabina/">here</a> at Eurovision talents<br />
Another new version is a lovely jazz version of <i>When The Music Dies</i>. You can now listen and download at Sabina's <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sabina-babayeva-official">Soundcloud</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update: </span>More remixes<br />
Two remixes by Promostella are now available through digital shops.<br />
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Promos<br />
A cd-rom promo was issued for use in Baku, it includes seven version of the Eurovision song<br />
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<b>Versions:</b><br />
When The Music Dies - Original Eurovision version ♫<br />
When The Music Dies - Acoustic version<br />
Gəl - Azerbaijani version<br />
Gəl - Ethnic version in Azerbaijani.
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When The Music Dies - Disco remix<br />
When The Music Dies - Synthy Pop version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- remixes at Eurovision Talents</span><br />
When The Music Dies - Jazz version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Sabina's soundcloud</span><br />
When The Music Dies - Karaoke<br />
When The Music Dies - DJ Meel remix<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- winner of remix competition, download it <a href="http://sabina.eurovisiontalents.com/show-love-sabina/">here at Sabina's ET site</a>.</span><br />
When The Music Dies - Promostella Radio short remix<br />
When The Music Dies - Promostella Radio club remix<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Promostella's are digital releases</span><br />
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Baku Collection Frontpage</a>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Afrikaans Coverversion</span><br />
<i>Wanneer Die Musiek Verdwyn</i> by
Colé Van Dais is a coverversion of the home entry. It's sung in Afrikaans. You
can listen to Colé's version through her <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_341940?sel_photo_id=9853630#!/colevandais" target="_blank">Reverbnation</a> and it's also for sale at <a href="http://rhythmmusicstore.com/music/7661/Col%C3%A9-van-Dais/Wanneer-Die-Musiek-Verdwyn" target="_blank">RhythmMusic store </a>(South Africa).<br />
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Van Dais has recorded several Eurovision coverversions recently. (search the
web....)</div>
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The other four singers in the final were:<br />
Elton Ibrahimov (Elton İbrahimov)<br />
Arzu Ismailova (Arzu İsmayılova)<br />
Fagan Sagarov (Fəqan Səfərov)<br />
Orhan Kerimli (Orxan Kərimli)<br />
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Sabina Babayeva already tried in the 2011 selection, but then she stranded in one of the national semi's.</div>
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It's more or less the same procedure as last year, but then ITV chose two of the finalists to from a duo. The song was selected and announced at a later date.</div>
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<a href="http://en.itv.az/">Ictimai TV</a><br />
<a href="http://eurovisionaz.com/">Eurovision Azerbaijan</a><br />
<a href="http://sabina.eurovisiontalents.com/">Sabina Babayeva pages</a> at Eurovision talents<br />
Thanks to Rick<br />
Thanks to STHLM MIX for the tip.<br />
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Azerbaijans recent entries<br />
Read all about Azerbaijans four entries so far <a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2011/06/baku-collection-eurovision-2012.html">here at the Baku Collection</a> or find out more about <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/1-azerbaijan-running-scared-eldar-and.html">Ell and Nikki</a> at the Düsseldorf Collection, <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/5-azerbaijan-drip-drop-safura.html">Safura</a> at the Oslo Collection and <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/3-azerbaijan-always-aysel-arash.html">Aysel and Arash</a> at the Moscow Collection.Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-79944353884553497372012-05-27T01:29:00.004-07:002012-09-07T23:59:19.118-07:005. Albania - Suus - Rona Nishliu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">5 - 146</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">2 - 146</span> pts in semi 1</span><br />
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Rona Nishliu won the 50th Festivali I Këngës with the song <em>Suus</em>.<br />
The song is the Eurovision entry for the contest in Baku and Rona scored the best result for Albania ever. The first entry in 2004 ended 7th.<br />
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The song was written by Florent Boshnjaku and Rona Nishliu herself.<br />
Rona Nishliu is from Kosovo and is the first Kosovan singer to win the FIK.<br />
<em>Suus</em> is Latin for <em>It Is.</em><br />
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A new version of Suus has been recorded in Los Angeles in Captol records and Oceanway studios. The song was performed in Albanian at the contest.<br />
Now listen to the new version <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9zIP4FA-1Y">here at the official Youtube channel</a>.<br />
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A 1 track promo cd is issued, A DVD (top picture) has video clip, audio's (see below), photo's and bio's.<br />
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A new version of Suus can now be heard through <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQh0vB2dFzk">this Youtube</a> or Rona's Facebook.<br />
The English version has a different arrangement from the original Albanian version.<br />
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Suus - Albanian Eurovision version ♫<br />
Suus - English Jazz version<br />
Suus - Karaoke (Eurovision version)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- All three as audio's on promo DVD</span><br />
The longer original Albanian version as performed in the FIK has not been available in studio version.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2005</span><br />
Rona Nishliu appeared in the FIK of 2005 with the song <i>Flakaresh</i> performed with Vesa Luma and Teuta Kurti. It reached the final but ended outside the top 3. (results remian undisclosed). In 2004 Rona ended top 5 in Albanian Idol.<br />
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<a href="http://www.festivali-rtsh.al/index.php?id=1&gj=sh">FIK website</a> by RTSH<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/ronanishliu?sk=photos">Rona's Facebook</a>.<br />
Special thanks to ElonaMalosmani at RTSH<br />
Thanks to Dhurata.com for the Torte Flamuri Shqiptar.<br />
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Baku Collection Frontpage</a>
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<span style="font-size: large;">50 x Festivali I Këngës</span><br />
In good tradition Albania picked their Eurovision entry in December through the <strong>Festivali I Këngës</strong>, in short: FIK.<br />
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Even though the country entered Eurovision for the first time in 2004, the FIK celebrates its 50th edition this year.<br />
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On the 28th there wasa special night celebrating the festivals history<br />
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Albania has entered Eurovision eight times. Best place was 7th in their debut year 2004 with Anjezá Shahini's <em>The Image Of You</em>. Albania was in the Eurovision final five times.<br />
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Read all about Albania's recent Eurovision entries:<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/albania-feel-passion-aurela-gace.html">Aurela Gaçe</a> <br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/16-albania-its-all-about-you-juliana.html">Juliana Pasha</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/17-albania-carry-me-in-your-dreams.html">Kejsi Tola</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">6 - 120</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">4 - 100</span> in semi 2</span><br />
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Ott Lepland won the Estonian national final with the song <em>Kuula</em> (Listen).<br />
The song is written by Ott Lepland himself with lyrics by Aapo Ilves.<br />
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The original longer version<em> of Kuula</em> was first released on Leplands second full album <em>Laulan Ma Sind</em> (I will sing for you) which was released in november 2011. (Crunch industries 447310749)</div>
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<em>Kuula</em> was released a s a digital single on Januari 25 (available internationally through Amazon, iTunes)<br />
The song has already been in several Estonian charts for a while.<br />
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You can watch the live performance <a href="http://eestilaul.err.ee/videod/396c85b4-e11b-4e5e-9507-489fee52fa92">here at ERR/ETV.</a><br />
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English, Spanish and Russian version of Kuula have been released. They are included on a cdsingle (Crunch industry) and digital EP release.<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">All versions are available at </span><a href="http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=ott+lepland" style="background-color: white;">amazon</a><span style="background-color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/ee/album/kuula-ep/id525432866" style="background-color: white;">itunes</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">2016: Maailm Mu Ees</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">An acoustic live album by Ott Lepland titled <i>Maailm Mu Ees</i> (The world before me) was released in November 2016. It includes a live version of <i>Kuula</i>. Out on CD and digital, Crunch Industries (Thanks Marek!)</span><br />
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Kuula - Eurovision edit ♫<br />
Hear Me - English version<br />
Escucha - Spanish version<br />
<span class="hps">Slushaĭ / Слушай - </span>Russian version<br />
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Kuula - Album version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on the CD <em>Laulan Ma Sind</em> and digital single</span><br />
Kuula - Preselection version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- has been available at the ETV website</span><br />
Kuula - karaoke<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Eurovision.tv download shop</span><br />
Kuula - acoustic live 2016<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on CD Maailm Mu Ees</span><br />
The Eurovision version is an edit of the album version. The preselection version is an alternate recording.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2012: Öö Mu Kannul Käib</span><br />
Ott Lepland has just released his new album (december 2012). It includes the Eurovision version of Kuula. The album is titled <i>Öö Mu Kannul Käib</i> and has 12 tracks in total. It also includes new single <i>Kodu</i>.<br />
Two of the songs on the album are written by Külli Lepland, Ott's Mom, ain't that sweet....<br />
(CD out on Crunch Industries in Estonia)<br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Update: </span>A Special edition of the new album comes with a DVD featuring a concert recorded for Estonian TV. It has 15 tracks and of course includes <i>Kuula</i>.<br />
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One remarkable performance in the Superstar shows is the top 3 performance of <em>Rändajad</em>, the Estonian 2009 entry. He performed it with Sandra Nurmsalu, singer of the original performers <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/6-estonia-randajad-urban-symphony.html">Urban Symphony</a>.</div>
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ETV / ERR has uploaded the songs for the 2012 Eesti Laul <a href="http://eestilaul.err.ee/">here at their website</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Baku Collection Frontpage</a>
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A Dutch version is recorded by Henny Thijssen. The song is titled <i>Hoe Lang</i> (How long) and is out on TwentieRecords (digital) The januari 2013 release is available from Dutch digital sources like <a href="http://www.megamediamagazine.nl/info.php?lid=704131">Megamedia,</a> <a href="http://www.legaldownload.net/Henny-Thijssen/album/40985/Hoelang?si=0">legaldownload</a> and also <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/album/hoelang-single/id596051683?l=ja&v0=9988&ign-mpt=uo%3D1">iTunes</a>.<br />
Watch the video at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY6kuBW2nq0">Henny Thijssens Youtube</a>.<br />
In March 2013 the song enters the Dutch top 100 at 86.<br />
<a href="http://www.hennythijssen.nl/">Henny Thijssen Website</a><br />
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<a href="http://eestilaul.err.ee/">ETV Eurovision pages</a> (in Estonian)<br />
Ott Lepland <a href="http://www.lepland.ee/Ott_Lepland/index.html">social media links</a><br />
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2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/24-estonia-rockefeller-street-getter.html">Getter Jaani</a></div>
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2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/estonia-siren-malcolm-lincoln_30.html">Malcolm Lincoln</a></div>
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2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/6-estonia-randajad-urban-symphony.html">Urban Symphony</a></div>
Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-65904767953561797352012-05-27T01:29:00.001-07:002012-06-08T09:54:24.675-07:007. Turkey - Love Me Back - Can Bonomo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">7 - 112</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">5 - 80</span> in semi 1</span><br />
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TRT, the Turkish national broadcaster announded Can Bonomo to represent the country at the Baku contest.<br />
The song was revealed later and is titled <i>Love Me Back.</i><br />
Can Bonomo wrote the song himself<br />
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You can listen to the song at Can's website.<br />
Watch the official video <a href="http://vimeo.com/38544077">here</a>.<br />
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Can Bonomo's debut album <em>Meczup</em> was released in 2011. It features music ranging from pop and alternative rock to folk inspired songs and even a bit of jazz.<br />
The album is available now through most digital sources.<br />
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An early promo cdsingle (in plastic case) is. It has the original and karaoke versions.<br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update: </span>The promo for Baku has the same versions plus video, photos and biographies. It comes in a gatefold pop up sleeve which folds into a lovely boat.<br />
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Love You Back - Original ♫<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- both on promo</span><br />
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Baku Collection Frontpage</a>
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<a href="http://www.canbonomo.com/">Can Bonomo Website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/canbonomo/music">Can Bonomo MySpace</a><br />
<a href="http://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/turkiyeyi-can-bonomo-temsil-edecek-23497.html">TRT News</a> (in Turkish)<br />
Can Bonomo at <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Can+Bonomo&open_search=&action=search">BeaRecords</a><br />
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2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/turkey-live-it-up-yuksek-sadakat.html">Yüksek Sadakat</a></div>
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The long series of <strong>Unser Star Für Baku</strong> shows came to an end with the selection of the 2012 Eurovision entry, <em>Standing Still</em> by Roman Lob.<br />
<i>Standing Still</i> is written by Jamie Cullum, Steve Robson and Wayne Hector.<br />
Watch the official video <a href="http://www.unser-star-fuer-baku.tv/videos/player/index.html?contentId=129378&initialTab=related">at USFB</a>.<br />
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A cdsingle is to be released on Februari 21 on Universal. It features all three final songs by Roman.<br />
<em>The songs are also</em>are available at the regular digital sources like musicload.de, iTunes and Amazon. (Universal)<br />
Roman Lob also performed <em>Alone</em> and <em>Conflicted.</em><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update:</span> Roman Lob has finished recording his debut album <em>Changes</em> which will be in the shops on April 13.<br />
The 13 track CD will include Romans three songs from the Unser Song Für Baku final.<br />
A new website is launched <a href="http://www.romanlob.de/">here</a><br />
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<em>Standing Still</em> enters the German charts at #3 and also spends a week in the charts of Austria and Switzerland.<br />
Germany top 100: 3, 23, 26, 28, 34, 45, 38, 40, 19, 27, 36, 38, 39, 39, 11, 35, 49, 56, 64, 74, 81, 86<br />
Austria top 75: 51, -, re-entry: 56, - re: 40<br />
Switzerland top 75: 53, - re: 51, -<br />
Ireland top 100: 67, -<br />
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Roman Lob's <em>Alone</em> enters at # 42, <em>Conflicted</em> at 51.<br />
Ornella's version of <em>Standing Still</em> (see below) enters the top 100 in Germany at #77. Her final song <em>Quietly</em> enters at #24 and the third song <em>Alone</em> at #69. All songs exept Romans winner spent just one week on the German top 100<br />
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Two singers, Roman Lob and Ornella De Santis, have survived the talent shows and each sang three songs. One song unique to each singer, they both sing the other two songs each in differtent arrangements.<br />
Both artists sang <em>Standing Still</em> but only Roman Lob took the song to the ultimate two-song final.<br />
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It's the same procedure that got Lena Meyer Landruth her <em>Satellite</em> and Germany their 2nd Eurovision victory in 2010.<br />
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Baku Collection Frontpage</a>
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As Ornella De Santis also performed and recorded the winning song <em>Standing Still</em>, the first coverversion of 2012 is a fact.<br />
Ornella's version is also available as a download through the same sources. I don't know yet if there will be a cdsingle of Ornella's songs.<br />
Ornella's final songs was <em>Alone</em> and her third song was <em>Quietly</em>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.eurovision.de/">NDR Eurovision site</a><br />
<a href="http://www.unser-star-fuer-baku.tv/index.html">USFB pages</a><br />
<a href="http://www.romanlob.de/">Roman Lob website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Roman+Lob&open_search=&action=search">Roman Lob at BeaRecords</a><br />
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Germany's recent Eurovision entries<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/10-germany-taken-by-stranger-lena.html">Lena</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/1-germany-satelite-lena-meyer-landrut.html">Lena Meyer Landrut</a><br />
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Italy's long awaited return to Eurovision last year got a follow up in Baku.<br />
<strong>Nina Zilli</strong> (Maria Chiara Fraschetta) represented the country on its 2nd Eurovision this century.<br />
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San Remo song<em> Per Sempre</em> written by Roberto Casalina and Nina Zilli was to be the Eurovision song for Italy, but in a surprise move <em>L'Amore E Femmina</em> was announced as the ESC entry.</div>
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<em>L'Amore E Femmina</em> is the title track of Nina Zilli's latest album (see below). The song is written by Nina Zilli, Christian Rabb, Kristoffer Sjokvist, Frida Molander and Charlie Mason.<br />
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For Eurovision a biligual version in English and Italian is recorded. Listen and watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K8PB8eIy50&context=C4c1454fADvjVQa1PpcFPbpbXOVbWcblut_5grsUa_3he09dw6yeA=">here</a>.<br />
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L'Amore È Femmina (Out Of Love) - English/Italian Eurovision version ♫<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on CD L'Amore È Femmina</span><br />
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With <em>Per Sempre</em> Nina reached the final of the A category at the 2012 Sanremo contest, but she didn't make it to the final three.<br />
You can watch the official video of <em>Per Sempre </em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHRjyysyB2E&feature=player_embedded">here at Universals Youtube channel</a>.<br />
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<em>L'Amore E Femmila </em>and<em> Per Sempre </em>can be found on Nina Zilli's third CD <em>L'Amore È Femmina</em> which is out since Februari 15 on Universal Italy.<br />
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Total run: 5, 5, 10<br />
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In 2010 Nina Zilli participated in the junior section of the Sanremo contest with <em>L’Uomo Che Amava Le Donne</em> which can be found on her second album <em>Sempre Lontano</em>. She won the critics Mia Martini award and the press award in the Nuova Generazione section.<br />
All the songs from her debut mini-album <em>Nina Zilli</em> (2009) are also included on the second album.<br />
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The Sanremo junior selection in 2012 is won by Alessandro Casillo with the song <em>E'Vero (Che Si Sai),</em> but he isn't eligible to go to Eurovision because he's too young.</div>
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The 'big' 2012 Sanremo contest was won by Emma with <em>Non E' l'Inferno</em>.</div>
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Other contestants familiar to Eurovision fans were Matia Bazar (Eurovision 1979) Loredana Berté (Mia Martini's sister) and Italian legend Lucio Dalla.</div>
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<strong>Sanremo Compilations</strong><br />
There are two Sanremo 2012 CDs this year. (So far) only the 10 track CD <em>San Remo 2012</em> (Universal Strategic) has the Nina Zilli song (and it's also the only one with the winner by Emma and the Matia Bazar song.)<br />
The 16 track album <em>Super San Remo 2012</em> (Columbia) does not include the Zilli track.<br />
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You can listen to the eight SanremoSocial songs through Sanremosocial's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SanremoSocial?sk=app_249204351810575">facebook</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.ninazilli.com/web/#!">Nina Zilli website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sanremo.rai.it/dl/portali/site/page/Page-33e0070d-36a7-4403-b44d-951b39995392.html">RAI SanRemo pages</a></div>
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Last year Italy returned after a 14 year absence with <em>Madness Of Love</em> by Raphael Gualazzi. Read all about his song, cds, promos and versions <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/2-italy-madness-of-love-raphael.html">here at the Düsseldorf Collection</a>.</div>
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Pastora Soler (Pilar Sánchez Luque) was chosen represent Spain in the 2012 contest with the song <i>Quédate Conmigo</i> (Stay with me). <br />
TVE chose the Sevillan singer internally, but the entry was selected in a preselection show.<br />
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You can still listen to all for songs <a href="http://www.rtve.es/television/eurovision/">here at RTVE</a> or at Pastora's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/pastorasoler?feature=watch#p/u/0/D-hq6eR5reE">YouTube channel.</a><br />
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The song was selected in a NF with thee songs. One of the three was selected in an internet voting with two songs.<br />
The songs straight to the Spanish final were:</div>
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<em>Tu Vida Es Tu Vida *</em></div>
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A 1-track promo of <i>Quédate Conmigo</i> is issued by Warner Music Spain.<br />
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July 24 sees the release of the long awaited English version of <i>Quédate Conmigo</i> titled <i>Stay With Me</i>.<br />
The track will be released through the main digital platforms. You can watch an introduction video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qC_V7-5dig&feature=player_embedded">here</a> at Pastora's Youtube channel.<br />
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<b>Versions:</b><br />
Quédate Conmigo - Eurovision version ♫<br />
Quédate Conmigo - First version<br />
Quédate Conmigo - karaoke<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- karaoke on Eurovision tv download shop</span><br />
Stay With Me - English version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- digital release</span><br />
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A new edition of the <em>Una Mujer Como Yo</em> CD is released on March 27. It includes the original 12 tracks plus Eurovision entry <em>Quédate Conmigo</em>, <em>Ahora O Nunca</em> and a new remix <em>of Tu Vida Es Tu Vida.</em><br />
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<strong>Charts:</strong><br />
<em>Quédate Conmigo</em> enters the Spanish singles top 50 at #39.<br />
Total run: 39, 17, 21, 13, 19, 12, 18, 21, 26, 27, 25, 20, 6, 6, 13, 19, 27, 26, 31, 29, 25, 20, 29, -, 41, 48<br />
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Her most recent release is <em>Una Mujer Como Yo</em> (A woman like me) which was released October 2011.</div>
The album reached # 3 on the Spanish album charts<br />
Her copla / flameco flavoured earlier work has made way for a more pop-ballad style over the years.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Songsmiths:</span><br />
<strong>Thomas G:son</strong> (Thomas Gustafsson) is a prolific Eurovision songwriter. He (co-) wrote many songs for prelections in Sweden, Norway and Spain And also some for Romania, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Poland and Belgium.<br />
His Eurovision entries are:<br />
Sweden 2001 - Listen To Your Heartbeat - Friends<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Henrik Sethsson, 5th place</span><br />
Sweden 2006 - Invincible - Carola<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Carola Häggkvist, Henrik Wickström and Bobby Ljunggren, 5th place</span><br />
Spain 2007 - I Love You Mi Vida - D'Nash<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Andreas Rickstrand, Tony Sanchez-Ohlsson and Rebeca, 20th place.</span><br />
Norway 2007 - Ven A Bailar Conmigo - Guri Schanke<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 18th in semi</span><br />
Denmark 2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/4-denmark-in-moment-like-this-chanee.html">In A Moment Like This</a> - Chanée and N'Evergreen<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Henrik Sethsson and Erik Bernholm, 4th place.</span><br />
Spain 2012 - Quédate Conmigo - Pastora Soler<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Wiritten with Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson and Erik Bernholm, 10th place</span><br />
Sweden 2012 - <a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2011/10/1.html">Euphoria</a> - Loreen<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- written with Peter Boström, winner of Eurovision 2012</span><br />
<strong>Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson</strong> has (co) written many songs for the Spanish selections including the above mentioned <em>I Love You Mi Vida</em> (2007)<br />
<strong>Erik Bernholm</strong> co-write the Danish entry <em>In A Moment Like This </em>and<em> Something In Your Eyes</em> for Jenny Silver (Melodifestivalen 2011)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">World Wide Coverversion</span><br />
A wonderful coverversion of Quédate Conmigo is made by singers from all over the world. (well mostly Eurovision countries although some are from beyond Eurovision land. (Canada, South Africa) There are some pre-selection singers there you may recognise. Check out more details and the stunning video <a href="http://eurocovers.blogspot.com/2012/05/quedate-conmigo-pastora-soler-around.html">here</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pastorasoler.es/">Pastora Soler website</a><br />
Pastora Soler at <a href="http://www.warnermusic.es/artistas/ficha_artista.aspx?nIdArtista=87">Warner Music Spain</a> with discography.<br />
<a href="http://www.rtve.es/television/eurovision/">TVE Eurovision pages</a><br />
<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/">The Baku Collection frontpage</a><br />
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2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/23-spain-que-me-quiten-lo-bailao-lucia.html">Lucia Peréz</a></div>
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2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/15-spain-algo-pequenito-daniel-diges.html">Daniel Diges</a></div>
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2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/23-spain-la-noche-es-para-mi-soraya.html">Soraya</a></div>
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Mandinga won the Romanian national final with the song <em>Zaleilah</em>. The song is written by Costi Ioniţă (producer) with lyrics by Elena Ionescu (lead singer) and Omar Secada Dihigo (band member). The song is sung in a mix of Spanish and English.<br />
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Listen to the song <a href="http://www.mandinga.ro/">here at Mandinga's website</a>.<br />
Several versions of the song are available at the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/zaleilah-single/id506603489">iTunes (US!)</a> and possibly other digital stores.<br />
The final Eurovision version / video is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH2t9LpRGQk&context=C4ce1d04ADvjVQa1PpcFPbpbXOVbWcbp7lN_NZbtW21IuWfnH-tUo=">here at the tube</a>.</div>
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You can now do the the <i>Zaleilah</i> dance. Check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjoHzIaUcH8">this video</a> to see how easy it is.<br />
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The cdsingle (top picture) has five versions of <i>Zaleilah</i>.<br />
Zaleilah - Eurovision version<br />
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<span lang="FR">Zaleilah - Radio edit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Zaleilah - Extended<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">Zaleilah - Short radio version<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="FR">plus info and video's (including the official clip)</span><br />
<span lang="FR">(Cat Music 101 2766 2)</span><br />
<span lang="FR">It's available at <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Mandinga&open_search=&action=search">BeaRecords</a></span><br />
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There are two slightly different editions of the cdsingle. The difference is in the inner sleeve. One reads a few lines, label number and Exclusiv pentru Romania’, the other one reads Exclusive for Netherlands. I don't know yet if there's a difference in the disc too.<br />
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A French promo has 8 versions of Zaleilah.<br />
Zaleilah - Radio edit<br />
Zaleilah - Eurovision version<br />
Zaleilah - Soundfactory radio mix<br />
Zaleilah - Peet Syntax and Alexie Devillo radio edit<br />
Zaleilah - Extended<br />
Zaleilah - Quentin remix<br />
Zaleilah - Soundfactory club mix<br />
Zaleilah - Peet Syntax and Alexie Devillo club mix<br />
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Plus these (instrumental) remixes have been released through your favorite digital sources:<br />
Zaleilah - Soundfactory dub mix<br />
Zaleilah - Soundfactory club mix instrumental<br />
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The song was first premiered in September 2011. Several versions have popped up since then:<br />
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Zaleilah - Eurovision version ♫<br />
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Zaleilah - Extended version<br />
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Zaleilah - Acoustic</div>
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<span>- as featured on </span><span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWfaso0O1w0&feature=plcp&context=C4914543VDvjVQa1PpcFO7yOhbwvccEenAvxrvwK2Nw6Z-6_7BqXI%3D">Catmusic Youtube</a></span><br />
Zaleilah - karaoke version<br />
<span>- Eurovision.tv download shop</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Zaleilah - Soundfactory radio mix</span><br />
Zaleilah - Soundfactory club mix<br />
Zaleilah - Peet Syntax and Alexie Devillo radio edit<br />
Zaleilah - Peet Syntax and Alexie Devillo club mix<br />
<span>- on French promo cds</span><br />
Zaleilah - Soundfactory dub mix<br />
Zaleilah - Soundfactory club mix instrumental<br />
<span>- Soundfactory instrumentals are digital releases, promo's exist</span><br />
Zaleilah - Bachata remix<br />
<span>- on CD Club De Mandinga (commercial edition only)</span></div><div style="border: currentcolor;">Zaleilah - Eurovision Negativ (instrumental)</div><div style="border: currentcolor;">- on digital "single" with 14 versions<br />
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Sweden top 60: 48, 54, -<br />
Austria top 75: 55, -<br />
Germany top 100: 92, -<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first edition of the <i>Club De Mandinga</i> CD is released in cooperation with magazine <i>Libertatea </i>on May 22 The CD is sold with the magazine in Romanian stores at a special price. (RON 9,99 = about </span>€ 2,25).<br />
The album includes the radio version and Quentin remix of <i>Zaleilah</i>. See below for full tracklist.<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">No details on any further release yet.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: red;">Update:</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 2nd edition of the <i>Club The Mandinga</i> CD has a slightly different tracklist and a new version of <i>Zaleilah,</i> the Bachata remix. (see below for full tracklist). This edition is the one in the shops. (Cat Music 101 2771-2)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You can listen to the Bachata remix at the <a href="http://soundcloud.com/catmusicoffice/16-mandinga-zaleilah-bachata">Catmusic Soundcloud</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">10 Years Mandinga</span><br />
On May 31, just a week after Eurovision, Mandinga will celebrate their 10th anniversary. A special live concert in the Club De Mandinga tour will celebrate 10 years of live music and original compositions. They will also release the CD Club De Mandinga which wil include <i>Zaleilah</i>.<br />
More about the concert <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/240941296001933">here</a> (in Romanian)<br />
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Mandinga, also monikered Orchestra De Salsa Mandinga or Club De Mandinga started out as a latin jazz band with five members in 2002 and grew to a 10 piece salsa orchestra by 2006. Currently the band has seven core-members.<br />
One former member we all know is Balkan Girl <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/19-romania-balkan-girls-elena.html">Elena Georghe</a> who left the band in 2006 for a solo career. <br />
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Mandinga have released four albums: .... De Corazon (2003), Soarele Meu* (2005), Gozalo (2006) and Donde (2008). Their new album, <i>Club De Mandinga</i> is expected in May.<br />
* Title track <em>Soarele Meu</em> was a national final entry for Romania in 2005 (4th place) with Elene Georghe as lead singer.<br />
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Romania selected the Baku 2012 entry through a national final on March 10.</div>
15 songs were selected for the national final.<br />
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You can still listen to the songs <a href="http://www.tvr.ro/eurovisionromania/categoria/piese-calificate/">here at TVR</a>.<br />
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<b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: red;">2013</span> </b>Dutch singer Wesley Klein has released a Dutch version of Zaleilah titled <i>Samen Dansen (Everyday Everybody)</i> (translates as Dancing Together) Released on June 28.<br />
It's the first track on a 3-track cdsingle (Berk music 6017541)<br />
Wesley Klein <a href="http://wesleyklein.nl/" target="_blank">website</a>, the cds is available at <a href="http://www.singlecd.nl/index.php?item=wesley-klein---samen-dansen-_everyday_-everybody_&action=article&aid=4643&lang=NL" target="_blank">SingleCDNL</a><br />
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A straightforward copy of Zaleilah is recorded by Kalia Zia. It's available in three versions through most digital sources but doesn't add anything to the original versions.<br />
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Baku Collection Frontpage</a>
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Tracklist Club De Mandinga CD, first edition with magazine<br />
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<span lang="FR">4. Party All Night Long (03:19)<br />
5. Sufletul zambea (03:10)<br />
6. Te quiero (03:20)<br />
7. Europarty (03:34)<br />
8. Zaleilah (radio edit) (03:38)<br />
9. Gimme Some More (03:00)<br />
10. Dame Dame (03:30)<br />
11. Dame Calor (03:27)<br />
12. </span>Zaleilah (Quentin remix)
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Tracklist Club De Mandinga CD, 2nd edition, commercial release<br />
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<a href="http://www.tvr.ro/eurovisionromania/">TVR Eurovision pages</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mandinga.ro/">Mandinga website</a><br />
Thanks to STHLM MIX for the remix tip.<br />
Thanks to Tom.</div>
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Romania's recent entries<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/17-romania-change-hotel-fm.html">Hotel FM</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/3-romania-playing-with-fire-paula.html">Paula Seling and Ovi</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/19-romania-balkan-girls-elena.html">Elena Georghe</a></div>
Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-38164328836099878342012-05-27T01:27:00.004-07:002013-02-08T04:10:16.373-08:0011. Moldova - Lăutar - Pasha Parfeny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">11 - 81</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">5 - 100</span> pts in semi 1</span><br />
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<u>O Melodie Pentru Europa</u> winner<strong> </strong>Pasha Parfeny represented Moldova with the song <em>Lăutar</em> (fiddler, musician). The song is written by Pavel Parfeny (=Pasha) and Alex Brașoveanu. The song is in English.<br />
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You can listen to the song <a href="http://eurovision.trm.md/2012/participanti.php?starID=69">here at TRM</a><br />
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<b>Versions:</b><br />
Lăutar - Eurovision version ♫<br />
Lăutar - Alex Calancea version<br />
- both on promo cds<br />
Lăutar - Original<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Original as available on the TRM website</span><br />
Lăutar - Karaoke<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Eurovision.tv download shop</span><br />
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<span lang="FR">1. Lăutar<br />
2. Lăutar - Alex Calancea version<br />
3. Dorule (2011 Moldovan final)<br />
4. No crime<br />
5. You should like (2010 Moldovan final)<br />
6. Be yourself<br />
7. In your eyes (<a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/22-moldova-run-away-olia-tira-sunstroke.html">Sunstroke Project</a> ft. Pasha Parfeny)<br />
8. Summer (Sunstroke Project ft. Pasha Parfeny)<br />
9. Tu nu vezi cerul<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Also has bio's, video and photos.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fourth time lucky</span></div>
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<em>Lăutar</em> is the fourth effort for Parfeny in the Moldovan selection. <br />
In 2007 he didn´t make it past the national semi´s as Pavel Parfeny with <em>Steaua Mea </em>(My star). <br />
In 2010 <em>You Should Like</em> did much better, he ended 2nd in the final. In 2011 he performed <em>Dorule</em> and ended third.</div>
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Pasha Parfeny is a former singer of the <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/22-moldova-run-away-olia-tira-sunstroke.html">Sunstroke Project</a> but had already left the band when they entered Eurovision in 2010.<br />
Pascha Parfeny / Parfeni a.k.a Паша Парфений performs and records in Romanian, Russian and English. <br />
His most recent hit (2011) <em>Vishni Krishni</em> (<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Выше Крыши)</span> is released on Sense Music. <br />
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Baku Collection Frontpage</a>
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For composer <u><strong>Alex (Alexandru) Braşoveanu</strong></u> <em>Lăutar</em> is the second Eurovision entry. He wrote the music for <em>Fight</em>, the 2007 Moldovan ESC entry sung by Natalia Barbu (10th place)<br />
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21 songs were selected for the national final, you can still listen to the finalists <a href="http://eurovision.trm.md/2012/participanti.php">here</a>.</div>
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You can still listen to all 85 submitted songs <a href="http://eurovision.trm.md/2012/participanti.php?sort=1">here</a>.</div>
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Among the 85 entrants there were some previous Moldovan Eurovision singers: Olia Tira and the Sunstroke Project (2010), Nelly Ciobanu (2009) and Geta Burlacu (2007).</div>
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Nelly Ciobanu and Geta Burlacu made it to the final, but the Nelly Ciobanu song was withdrawn.</div>
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Eurovision songwriting legends Ralph Siegel and John O'Flyn (Bernd Meinunger) wrote <em>Save A Little Sunshine</em> for Irina Tarasiuc şi MC Gootsa which also made it to the final. All other songwriters are either Moldovan or Romanian.</div>
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<a href="http://trm.md/ro/inregistrati">TRM Eurovision pages</a></div>
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/01/latest-news-at-baku-collection.html">The Baku Collection headlines</a></div>
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Pascha Parfeny <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/pashaparfeni">Reverbnation</a></div>
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2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/12-moldova-so-lucky-zdob-si-zdub.html">Zdob Si Zdub</a></div>
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2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/22-moldova-run-away-olia-tira-sunstroke.html">Olia Tira and Sunstroke Project</a></div>
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2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/14-moldova-hora-din-moldova-nelly.html">Nelly Ciobanu</a></div>
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MKRTV decided on Kaliopi (Bukle, Калиопи Букле<strong>)</strong> to represent Macedonia (f.y.r.) in the Baku contest. <br />
The song for Baku is <em>Crno i Belo</em> (Black and white) which is written by Romeo Grill and Kaliopi herself.<br />
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You can download <em>Crno I Belo</em> and the English version <i>Black And White</i><br />
A promo has been issued with the original and English versions. (MRT promo Kaliopi)<br />
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A Russian version of Kaliopi's Eurovision song is now available for download at <a href="http://www.kaliopi.com.mk/">Kaliopi's website</a>. It's titled Chernyĭ I Belyĭ (Черный И Белый)<br />
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A remix of <em>Crno I Belo</em> has been released too. It has been available at MMM.mk but is no longer.<br />
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Crno i Belo - Original version ♫<br />
Black And White - English version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- both on promo cds and Kaliopi's website</span><br />
Chernyĭ I Belyĭ /Черный И Белый - Russian version<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeL5zMMWJByyH0JEKCAHw6XkfmGXvGfVfbOPKi4KuYNNNUj8ketFtCzgnpC1vsm1TjHDArKKv8XOTAaJ8ZxojzsuOD5N635jZ0r8xQuJcZ6jTFhSmfpQ9C3CeTA42wv7MQrOvPyHabDxn/s1600/kaliopi+poraka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeL5zMMWJByyH0JEKCAHw6XkfmGXvGfVfbOPKi4KuYNNNUj8ketFtCzgnpC1vsm1TjHDArKKv8XOTAaJ8ZxojzsuOD5N635jZ0r8xQuJcZ6jTFhSmfpQ9C3CeTA42wv7MQrOvPyHabDxn/s320/kaliopi+poraka.jpg" width="320" /></a>Kaliopi is not new to Eurovision, but we have not seen her on the Eurovision stage yet. <br />
In 1996 she was selected to be the first singer for Macedonia in Eurovision with <em>Samo Ti</em>, but she didn't make it to the final *<br />
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Kaliopi, one of Macedonia's biggest stars, recorded 11 albums since she started in 1986 with her band Kaliopi and has had over 30 hit songs.<br />
The Skopje Fest (<span lang="mk" xml:lang="mk">Скопје Фест)</span>, responsible for delivering most Macedonian entries, will still go ahead, but has been seperated from the choice for Eurovision.<br />
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Kaliopi was also known as Kaliopi Grill when she won the 1996 Skopje festival. (she was married to composer Romeo Grill at the time).<br />
Two studio recordings of the never to be Eurovision entry are known, but no single was released at the time.<br />
The original version of <em>Samo Ti</em> is a version with an orchestra, the second and most known version is one with a smaller combo (known as the Piano Intro version)<br />
This second version was released on a now hard to find fanclub CD <em>5 Aus 96</em> with some rare 1996 entries (Weber verlag WV ESC 0000103). This year the same version of <em>Samo Ti</em> was re-released on a compilation CD <em>Skopje 2011</em> with all past Skopje winners and the songs of 2011 (see <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/macedonia-fyr-vlatko-ilievski-rusinka.html">here</a> for more details). <em>Samo Ti</em> has never been released on any Kaliopi album. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbF763y553OuH0tI9c07DgwVUOCQevKPKiWCx3_OaMD5MYYBwHBzLNjbE_rODUTAcG5yP1y5s8QvNVah-s8f7_YpF77CX2dhB_GkVg51xOYRZsT9JIqC93NU75-lxx96ws9PN8k8xUlqH/s1600/Kaliopi+Poruka+CD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="196px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbF763y553OuH0tI9c07DgwVUOCQevKPKiWCx3_OaMD5MYYBwHBzLNjbE_rODUTAcG5yP1y5s8QvNVah-s8f7_YpF77CX2dhB_GkVg51xOYRZsT9JIqC93NU75-lxx96ws9PN8k8xUlqH/s200/Kaliopi+Poruka+CD.jpg" width="200px" /></a>Kaliopi's first flirtation with Eurovision was in 1987 when the band finished 10th in the national final of Yugoslavia in 1987 with the song <em>Emanuel</em>.<br />
In 1996 she won Skopje (solo) with <em>Samo Ti</em>.</div>
In 1998 Kaliopi entered the Skopje fest with <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Ne Zaboravaj</em> (Don't forget) and ended 9th</span>.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">In 2006 she finished 6th with </span><span style="color: black;"><em>Silna.</em></span></div>
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In 2009 she participated with <em>Rum Dum Dum</em>, a duet with Naum Petreski. The song became the runner up to the winners Next Time, just one point short.</div>
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Kaliopi's most recent album is <em>Poraka</em> (Порака, Message) from 2010, which she released in a Macedonian version out on Kaliopi Music Productions and a Serbian version <em>Poruka</em>, out on City records. </div>
A Best Of album was released in 2007.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">links and sources:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.mtv.com.mk/mk/vesti/31544/kaliopi_pretstavnik_na_makedonija_na_evrosong_2012_vo_azerbedzhan.aspx">MKRTV</a> <br />
<a href="http://eurocovers.blogspot.com/2011/06/eurovision-collectors-guide-50-years-of.html">Eurovision Collectors Guide</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kaliopi.com.mk/">Kaliopi website</a> (in Macedonian and English)<br />
<a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_country=Macedonia+Presel.&open_search=&action=search">Skopje 2011 at Bearecords</a><br />
<a href="http://natfinals.50webs.com/">National Finals Homepage</a><br />
<a href="http://www.yu4you.com/trazi.php">Yu4You</a> sells some Kaliopi CDs<br />
<a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Kaliopi&open_search=&action=search">Kaliopi at BeaRecords</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span>* <span style="font-size: x-small;">In 1996 an internal qualifying round was held with all songs (except the host nation) to bring the field down to a managable number. Macedonia was one of the seven countries that didn't make it to the Oslo final along with Russia, Israel, Denmark, Hungary, Germany and Romania.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Macedonia's other recent Eurovision entries:</span></span><br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/macedonia-fyr-vlatko-ilievski-rusinka.html">Vlatko Ilievski</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/macedonia-fyrom-jas-ja-imam-silata.html">Gjoko Taneski + Billy Sver</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/macedonia-fyrom-nesto-sto-ke-ostane.html">Next Time</a>Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-53493214493476859092012-05-27T01:27:00.001-07:002016-04-04T02:57:20.441-07:0014. Lithuania - Love Is Blind - Donny Montell<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Donny Montell (Donatas Montvydas) won the Lithuanian multi week selection process to select the entry for Eurovision 2012.<br />
The song is <em>Love Is Blind,</em> written by<em> </em>Donatas Montvydas, Brandon Stone and Jodie Rose.<br />
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Watch the live NF performance <a href="http://eurodiena.lt/28722/atstovauti-lietuvai-i-baku-keliauja-scenos-dzentelmenas-donatas-montvydas-donny-montell-eurovizija/">here at Eurodiena</a>.<br />
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<strike>You can download all official versions except French at the site of Donny's management <a href="http://www.atlikejai.com/?lang=en">Atlikejai.com</a></strike><br />
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<b>Debut Album</b><br />
<i>Fou D'Amour</i> is the French version of <i>Love Is Blind</i>. It can be found on Donny's Debut album <i>Donny Montell / Donatas Montvydas</i>.<br />
The album has several versions of the Eurovision entry, all marked * in the list below. The CD is out now and includes the same tracks as the digital release. There will be no cdsingle.<br />
The CD is in the shops in Lithuania from May 10 and already available at <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Donny+Montell&open_search=&action=search">BeaRecords.</a><br />
The album also includes <i>Let Me</i> from the 2010 Lithuanian final an <i>Running Fast</i> which was disqualified in the race for the 2010 ticket.<br />
The album also includes new single <i>Norim Dar</i> and its English version <i>High Treble Bass</i>.<br />
The album is released by M.P.3 records, see full tracklist below<br />
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Love Is Blind - Radio version* ♫<br />
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<span lang="FR">Nenuleisk Akių - Lithuanian radio version *</span><br />
<span lang="FR">Love Is Blind - karaoke version * (is actually fully instrumental)</span><br />
<span lang="FR">Love Is Blind - New West club remix *</span><br />
<span lang="FR">Nenuleisk Akių - New West club remix</span><br />
<span lang="FR">Nam Lyubovʹ Dana / Нам любовь дана - Russian version *</span><br />
<span lang="FR">Fou D'Amour - French version *</span></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span lang="FR">Dabrundi Chemtan / დაბრუნდი ჩემთან - Georgian version by composer Brandon Stone.</span></span><br />
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Eurovision.<br />
In 2009 he had two songs in the race: <i>Remember Last Time (From The Distance)</i>
and <i>Dainų Daina</i>, a duet with Rosita Čivilytė which got stuck in the semifinel.<br />
2010 song <i>Running Fast </i>won the second semi-final was disqualified because the
song was released too early according to EBU/ESC rules.<br />
In 2011 he had two songs in the Lithuanian final. <i>Let Me</i> ended 5th and <i>Best
Friends</i>, a duet with <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/23-lithuania-love-sasha-son.html"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Sasha Son</span></span></a>,
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Composer <u><strong>Brandon Stone</strong></u> has written several preselection songs for Eurovision selections including one for his birth country Georgia (<em>Call Me</em> by <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/9-georgia-shine-sofia-nizharadze.html">Sofia Nizharadze</a>) . He almost made it in 2010 when he won the first Ukrainian NF with <em>I Love You</em> performed by Vasiliy Lazarovich. <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/10-ukraine-sweet-people-alyosha.html">(What happened?)</a><br />
<em>Love Is Blind</em> is the first song for Stone to make it to the Eurovision stage.<br />
Brandon Stone recorded a demo version in Georgian titled <em>Dabrundi Chemtan</em> (დაბრუნდი ჩემთან, <em>Come Back To Me</em>). <br />
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<a href="http://www.atlikejai.com/?lang=en">Atlikejai</a> management<br />
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2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/19-lithuania-cest-ma-vie-evelina.html">Evelina Sashenko</a></div>
2010 -<a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/lithuania-eastern-european-funk-inculto.html"> Inculto</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/lithuania-eastern-european-funk-inculto.html">Sasha Son</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tracklist CD Donny Montell / Donatas Montvydas</span><br />
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<span lang="FR">01 Listen 2 Your Heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">02 Let Me **<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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10 Mano vasara (Bonus Track)</div>
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11 Leisk mylėt (Bonus Track)</div>
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12 Norim dar (Bonus Track)</div>
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vėlu (žvaigždžių himnas) (Bonus Track)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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17 Fou d’amour (Special Eurovision)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">15 - 65</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">8 - 64</span> pts in semi 2</span><br />
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Gaitana (or Gaytana) won the Ukrainian ticket to Baku with the song <em>Be My Guest</em>. It's the 10th Eurovision entry for the country (see below).<br />
Download the song for free at Gaitana's <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/gaitanaofficial">Reverbnation</a> or use the widget below. (the little arrow is for downloading)<br />
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<em>Be My Guest,</em> an English language song, is written by Gaitana herself and produced with Kiwi Project (Alex Nabrodov and Igor Nicolaev).<br />
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A few minor changes have been made to create the final Eurovision version. The new version can be found on the official CD.<br />
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Versions:<br />
Be My Guest - Eurovision version ♫<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on the Baku 2012 CD and CD <i>Be My Guest</i></span><br />
Be My Guest - Original version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on promo disc as audio file and as download below</span><br />
Be My Guest - Karaoke<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- official Eurovision TV download shop</span><br />
Be My Guest - Instrumental<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Album Be My Guest</span><br />
Gaitana has released a special limited edition 2 disc album to promote her Eurovision adventure. (top picture)<br />
The set has a 10 track CD plus a second promo disc with audio's, video's and photo's.<br />
The set is also used for promotion in Baku. I bought my copy at Ukraine music store <a href="http://www.umka.com.ua/eng/catalogue/dance-pop/gaytana-be-my-guest-2cd.html">UMKA</a>.<br />
See full tracklist below (Lavina Music LM CD 606).<br />
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Another promo is a presskit with 7 videos.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Album Viva Europa</span><br />
<i>Be My Guest </i>can also be found on the album <i>Viva Europa</i>. (Viva, Європа).<br />
The album also includes Gaitana's European Football theme (see below) and other sports related tracks like previous single <i>You Are The Champion</i>.<br />
Most tracks are in Ukrainian.<br />
The album is available through itunes. No details on a CD yet.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiljEYbUCyusoAFMZyn26-yC4niAkUL_BlY92FyEiqMWieWHhdKApdFVI5VFWtZJYcQ0uwhUzFW1tXU31bkbo2Lifk1GDEXrqWiSFRy1xYL5eugrPhDx7npUDCd-gyD9iorn4ikP7zQKuc/s1600/Gaytana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiljEYbUCyusoAFMZyn26-yC4niAkUL_BlY92FyEiqMWieWHhdKApdFVI5VFWtZJYcQ0uwhUzFW1tXU31bkbo2Lifk1GDEXrqWiSFRy1xYL5eugrPhDx7npUDCd-gyD9iorn4ikP7zQKuc/s1600/Gaytana.jpg" yda="true" /></a>Kiev born Gaitana Essami (<span lang="uk" xml:lang="uk">Гайтана Ессамі) is a soul and r'n'b singer who has released six albums since 2003. The most recent album is Только сегодня (Tol‘ko segodnya, Only today) from 2010</span><br />
<span lang="uk" xml:lang="uk">She also released <em>Best Of</em> ballad collection <span lang="UK">Самый Лучший </span>(Samyy Luchshiy) in 2011.</span><br />
She sings in Ukrainian, Russian and English.<br />
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Baku Collection Frontpage</a>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Viva Europa</span><br />
Gaitana has also recorded an anthem for the 2012 European Football championships which are to be held in Ukraine and Poland this summer. The song <em>Viva Europa</em> is released in two versions: one solo and one with 16 football-crazy kids.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine's 10th Eurovision anniversary</span><br />
Be My Guest is the 10th Eurovision entry for Ukraine. Since the country entered in 2003 with <i>Hasta La Vista</i> by Olexandr Ponomaryov they have scored a win (Ruslana's <i>Wild Dances</i> in 2004), and two runners up. Ukraine has never failed to reach the final.<br />
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NTU have uploaded the <strike>22</strike> 21 national final songs on their website.</div>
The clips have some talking and a part of each song. The full songs have also been added, you can <a href="http://1tv.com.ua/uk/eurovision/2012/song/news/217">listen to the songs here</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://gaitana.com/">Gaitana website</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/gaitanaofficial">Gaitana Reverbnation</a></div>
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<a href="http://1tv.com.ua/ru/eurovision/2012/song/national_candidate/18">NTU</a><br />
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Ukraine's recent entries</div>
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2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/4-ukraine-angel-mika-newton.html">Mika Newton</a></div>
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2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/10-ukraine-sweet-people-alyosha.html">Alyosha</a></div>
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2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/12-ukraine-be-my-valentine-anti-crisis.html">Svetlana Loboda</a><br />
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Tracklist<br />
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<span lang="FR">1. Be my guest <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">2. Diamond ring <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">5. I'll do it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">6. Tonight <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">7. For me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">1. Be My Guest (first version)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">2. My Everything (edit)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">1, Be My Guest <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR">2. Diamond Ring <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">16 - 65</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">7 - 91</span> pts in semi 1</span><br />
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Just like in 2011 Cyprus tv (CyBC) was one of the first to announce their Eurovision singer. <br />
Ivi Adamou (<span lang="el" xml:lang="el">Ήβη Αδάμου) h</span>as been selected to represent the country in the Baku contest. She ended 6th in the 2009/2010 season of Greek X-Factor series.<br />
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Cyprus chose their Eurovision entry <em>La La Love</em> for Baku on Januari 25.</div>
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<em>La La Love</em> is written by Alex Papaconstantinou, Bjorn Djupström, Alexandra Zakka & Viktor Svensson. </div>
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You can listen to the winning song here at <a href="http://www.cybc.com.cy/eurovision/">CyBC Eurovision page</a>.<br />
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A slightly altered version has been made for the contest and is released on video. Watch it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yYlH_p_4ic&context=C453b76aADvjVQa1PpcFN9hcQLcBy0eVwgvZzwH4bKUSbtFwc3VlI=">here at the Tube</a>.<br />
A 1 track promo (top pic) is used for promotion in Baku.</div>
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A remix by Arovia (Viktor Svensson) is released on Sony Musics soundcloud. (<a href="http://soundcloud.com/sonymusic_greece/ivi-adamou-lala-love-arovia">listen</a>)<br />
This remix and an extended version are also available at most digital sources.<br />
More remixes have been released. Two remixes by Rico Bernasconi are available through iTunes and Amazon. The edit version is released on the VA CD Thalassa 2012 / <span style="background-color: white;">Θαλασσα 2012</span><span style="background-color: white;"> (Sony Music Greece 8791642)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Another remix is made by Duomo. This one is made exclusively for Club Vogue (Thessaloniki, Greece), but you can buy it at your digital sources anyway. Listen at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bCXA1egCt0" target="_blank">this Sony Youtube</a></span><br />
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<strong>versions:</strong><br />
La La Love - ESC version ♫<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 1 track promo</span><br />
La La Love - Original version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on cds with the re-issued <em>San Ena Oniro</em> CD</span><br />
La La Love - Arovia remix<br />
La La Love - Arovia remix extended<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- both Arovia mixes are digital releases, the extended version also on DJ CD <i>Dance Invasion vol. 93</i> (Do It Yourself records Italy)</span><br />
La La Love - Rico Bernasconi remix<br />
La La Love - Rico Bernasconi remix edit<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- both digital releases, the remix edit can also be found on the VA CD Thalassa 2012</span><br />
La La Love - Duomo remix<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 2013 digital release</span><br />
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<i>La La Love</i> in the charts:<br />
Sweden top 60: 16, 11, 11, 9, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, 7, 7, 9, 12, 16, 25, 26, 35, 47, 53, 58, - <span style="color: lime;"><b>[=4-20]</b></span><br />
(#40 in the Swedish top 100 best selling singles of 2012)<br />
Ireland top 100: 32, 89, -<br />
U.K. top 100: 77, -<br />
Switzerland top 75: 66, -<br />
Austria top 75: 47, -<br />
Norway top 20: 16, -<br />
Denmark top 40: 38, -<br />
Germany top 100: 43, 66, -<br />
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A new edition of the album (The Euro Edition) is out now.</div>
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<em>La La Love, Call The Police, You Don't Belong Here</em> and <em>Fotia Vrohi</em> (Φωτιά βροχή). The last is the Greek version of <em>You Don't Belong Here</em>. (Sony Music 886919 511 420) </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">overversions</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Update: </span>An acoustic coverversion of La La Love was recorded by GM Presents with Jocelyn Scofield. It's available at several digital outlets.(<a href="http://www.gavinmikhail.com/">Check this website</a> for the download sources)<br />
GM Presents is a new moniker of Gavin Mikhael. Earlier he also recorded a version of <i><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/1-sweden-euphoria-loreen.html">Euphoria</a></i>.<br />
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A coverversion in Afrikaans was released by Chrizaan. Available through all digital sources. It's titled <i>Ek kan Nie Wach (Vir Die La La La)</i> which translates as I Can't Wait (For The La La La)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Links and sources:</span><br />
You can listen to some of Ivi's songs at her <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/iviadamou">Reverbnation</a>. <br />
<a href="http://www.iviadamou.com/gr-en">Ivi Adamou website</a><br />
She also has a <a href="http://www.ivi-adamou.blogspot.com/">blog</a> (in Greek)<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sonymusicgreece?sk=wall">Sony Music Greece fb</a> <br />
Thanks to STHLM MIX<br />
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Also check Cyprus other recent entries:<br />
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2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/21-cyprus-jon-lilygreen-islanders-life.html">Jon Lilygreen and the Islanders</a></div>
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2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/cyprus-firefly-christina-metaxa.html">Christina Metaxa</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">17 - 64</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">4 - 116</span> pts in semi 1</span><br />
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Eleftheria Eleftheriou has the Greek national final with the song <i>Aphrodisiac</i> written by Dimitri Stassos (Δημήτρης Στάσσος), Mikaela Stenström and Dajana Lööf<br />
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Eleftheria Eleftheriou was already lined up for the Greek selection in 2010 but was disqualified after her song <em>Tables Are Turning / Kentro Tou Kosmou</em> was leaked by a Eurovision website who were allegedly not keen on her participation. The premature airing of the song was against the rules of ERT's contest.<br />
Eleftheria Eleftheriou nor her crew were responsible for the leak but the damage was done and she was out.<br />
In 2006 she participated in the Cyprus national final together with Maria Zorli. <br />
Their song <span style="color: black;"><em>Play That Melody For Me</em> ended 7th.</span><br />
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A 1 track promo of Aphrodisiac is issued for Baku (Warner 7022113, top picture)<br />
A cdsingle with all four tracks from the Greek national final has been issued by Universal (7001880).Shop for the single at <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Eleftheria+Eleftheriou&open_search=&action=search">BeaRecords</a> or you can buy all four NF songs at digital outlets like <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B007IHKV6G/ref=sr_1_album_3_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B007IHKWUG&qid=1332069014&sr=1-3">Amazon</a>.<br />
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<b>Versions:</b><br />
Aphrodisiac - Eurovision version / original ♫<br />
Aphrodisiac - karaoke version<br />
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Charts:<br />
Ireland top 100: 89, -<br />
Austria top 75: 56, -<br />
Germany top 100: 77, -<br />
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The national final of Greece had four songs this year, all selected by Universal. <br />
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In the final (March 12) it wasbe between:</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Dora Katsikogianni ( Δώρα Κατσικογιάννη) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Baby I'm Yours<br />
2. Cassiopeia (Κασσιόπη) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Killer Bee<br />
3. Velvet Fire </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- No Parking<br />
4. Eleftheria Eleftheriou (Ελευθερία Ελευθερίου) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Aphrodisiac</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ert.gr/eurovision/">ERT</a><br />
<span style="color: black;">http://www.eleutheriou.com = links to her facebook only</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Special thanks to Queens Park Rangers <a href="http://www.wearetherangersboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137957">forum</a> We Are The Rangers Boys</span><br />
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The recent entries of Greece</div>
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2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/7-greece-watch-my-dance-loukas-giorkas.html">Loucas Yiorkas ft. Stereo Mike</a></div>
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2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/8-greece-opa-giorgos-alkaios.html">Giorgos Alkaios</a></div>
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/7-greece-this-is-our-night-sakis-rouvas.html">Sakis Rouvas</a>Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-48338760192341854682012-05-27T01:26:00.002-07:002012-05-28T06:32:18.917-07:0018. Bosnia Herzegovina - Korake Ti Znam - Maya Sar<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" id="twttrHubFrame" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.html" style="height: 10px; position: absolute; top: -9999em; width: 10px;" tabindex="0"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">18 - 55</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">6 - 77</span> pts in semi 2</span><br />
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BHRT have chosen singer-songwriter Maya Sar (Maja Sarihodžić) to represent the country at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.<br />
The song is <em>Korake Ti Znam</em> written by Maya Sar herself with arrangements by Maya's husband Mahir Sarihodžić and Adriano Pennino. <br />
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You can download the song and the video <a href="http://www.bhrt.ba/eurosong2012/">here at BHRT</a>.<br />
It's not the first time for Maya Sar on the Eurovision stage: She was one of the singers in Dino Merlins entourage in 2011 and she also appeared as a backing singer in 2004 with Deen.<br />
<em>Korake Ti Znam</em>: has also been released through digital sources like Amazon and Itunes.<br />
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An English version is recorded. Listen to <em>The Steps I Know</em> at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STkNHuGAoeY">Maya's Youtube channel</a>.<br />
Maya has also recorded an Italian version. You can listen to <em>I Passi Che Fai</em> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG_pU-ASU08&feature=youtu.be">here</a> at the tube.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update:</span> A promo cd/dvd-set includes all three language versions of the song plus instrumental on the CD and the three language viseo's on the DVD.<br />
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Korake Ti Znam - original Bosnian version ♫<br />
Korake Ti Znam - Instrumental<br />
The Steps I Know - English<br />
I Passi Che Fai - Italian<br />
Korake Ti Znam - karaoke<br />
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Maya also recorded <em>Moj <span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ž</span></span>ivot Je Moja Pjesma</em> (My life, My song) with Nina Badrić, Aleksandra Radović and Karolina Gočeva in 2010. The charity song is aimed to promote cancer awareness.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">links and sources</span><br />
<a href="http://www.mayasar.com/">Maya Sar website</a><br />
The news at <a href="http://www.sarajevo-x.com/showtime/muzika/eurosong/maya-sar-predstavlja-bih-na-evroviziji-u-bakuu/111215118">Sarajevo-X</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Maya+Sar&open_search=&action=search">Maya Sar at BeaRecords</a><br />
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Bosnia Hercegovina's recent entries:<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/6-bosnia-hercegovina-love-in-rewind.html">Dino Merlin</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/17-bosnia-hercegovina-thunder-and.html">Vukašin Brajić</a> <br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/9-bosnia-hercegovina-bistra-voda-regina.html">Regina</a><br />
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Thanks to <span style="font-family: inherit;">Jean-François</span>Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-27314434332798264232012-05-27T01:26:00.001-07:002012-07-27T08:30:25.276-07:0019. Ireland - Waterline - Jedward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jedward won the Irish national final and will represent Ireland in Baku with the song <em>Waterline</em>.</span><br />
<em>Waterline</em> is written by Nick Jarl and Sharon Vaughn.<br />
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Of course we all know Jedward from <em>Lipstick</em>, the biggest hit of last years contest. find out all about that one <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/8-ireland-lipstick-jedward.html">here at the Düsseldorf Collection</a>.<br />
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A cdsingle is out now in Ireland on Universal (2796613).<br />
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Waterline - single version ♫<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- both version on the cdsingle and digital releases</span><br />
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<strong>Charts:</strong><br />
Waterline enters the Irish charts (top 100) at #5. The 4th week on chart (at #8) is the week the cdsingle was released.<br />
Chart run: 5, 15, 47, 8, 13, 17, 15, 23, 34, 34, 31, 28, 10, 7, 19, 24, 37, 41, 44, 79, 95, 95<br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update:</span> Waterline spends a week in the Austrian charts at #62 (week 17) ahead of the contest.<br />
Austria top 75: 62, - re-entry: 65, 50, -<br />
Germany top 100: 62<br />
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<em><b>Young Love</b></em> is the title of the third Jedward album, out since June<em>.</em> It includes <i>Waterline</i> as the opening track. (Universal 3707442)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Green Cape</span><br />
Please find out all about Jedwards other new single <i>Put The Green Cape On</i> <a href="http://eurocovers.blogspot.com/2012/05/jedward-put-green-cape-on-euro-2012.html">here at Eurocovers</a> or <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/8-ireland-lipstick-jedward.html">here at the Düsseldorf Collection</a>. It's for charity, it's for the European Football cup extravaganza and it's a new version of Lipstick.<br />
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Twin brothers John and Edward Grimes shot to fame on the 6th series of X factor (UK 2009).<br />
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They scored an Irish #1 with their debut single <i>Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)</i> (#2 in the UK) and their debut album Planet Jedward also went to #1 in Ireland.</div>
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<em>Lipstick</em> became the #2 selling single of 2011 in Ireland only beaten by Adele. <em>Victory</em> was the #18 album of the year.<br />
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Quite soon after last years Eurovision success Jedward announced their return to the contest and for a while it was assumed that they were already internally selected for Baku. But it turned to be a premature conclusion and they had to take on some competition in a national final anyway.<br />
They went up against Donna McCaul, another Eurovision star who entered with brother Joe and the song <em>Love</em> back in in 2005. (but they didn't make it to the final back then) The other artists in the selection were Celtic Whisper featuring Maria McCool, Andrew Mann and duo for the occasion: Una Gibney and David Shannon.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rte.ie/tv/">RTÉ</a><br />
<a href="http://www.planetjedward.net/index.php">Jedward Website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Jedward&open_search=&action=search">Jedward at BeaRecords</a><br />
<a href="http://irma.ie/best2011.htm#albums">Irma Irish charts</a><br />
Eurovision Collectors Guide<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jedward The Second, Return of the Jedward</span><br />
Ireland have quite a history of sending artists to Eurovision for a second run, but Jedward II is the first to do so in two consequetive years.<br />
Tommy and Jimmy <u>Swarbrigg</u> entered in 1975 as The Swarbriggs with <em>That's What Friends Are For</em> (9th place) and as Swarbrigg plus Two with It's Nice To Be In Love Again (3rd place)<br />
Irish <u>Johnny Logan</u>, as Anmary so nicely mentions in her <em><a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/2012/05/latvia-beautiful-song-anmary.html">Beautiful Song</a></em>, won the contest in a distant 1980 with <em>What's Another Year</em> and in 1987 with <em>Hold Me Now</em>.<br />
<u>Linda Martin</u> ended 2nd in 1984 with <em>Terminal 3</em> and won in 1992 with <em>Why Me?</em> (penned by Irish Johnny Logan)<br />
1993 winner <u>Niamh Kavanagh</u> (In Your Eyes) returned in 2010 with <em>It's For You</em> but only ended #23.<br />
And <u>Maxi</u>, Irene McCoubry to her family (<em>Do I Dream</em>, 10th 1973), returned to the Eurovision stage as a member of girl trio Sheeba (Horoscopes, 5th in 1981)<br />
Will Jedward II improve on their success of Düsseldorf? <br />
Now let's only hope that Dustin The Turkey doesn't get any ideas.....<br />
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Find out more about Irelands recent entries, releases, versions and chart histor:<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/8-ireland-lipstick-jedward.html">Jedward</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/23-ireland-its-for-you-niamh-kavanagh.html">Niamh Kavanagh</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/ireland-et-cetera-sinead-mulvey-black.html">Sinead Mulvey and Black Daisy</a>Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-6188537418380512472012-05-27T01:26:00.000-07:002012-12-05T03:45:10.990-08:0020. Iceland - Never Forget - Greta Salomé and Jónsi<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">20 - 46</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">8 - 75</span> pts pts in semi 1</span><br />
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Greta Salóme (Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir) and Jónsi (Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson) won the four week selection Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2012 with the song <em>Mundu Eftir Mer</em> (Remember me).<br />
The song is written by Greta Salomé herself.<br />
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The English version for Eurovision is titled <em>Never Forget</em> and is now available at the 'tunes.<br />
Watch the new version <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8RS0eulXDo&context=C4ccffceADvjVQa1PpcFPbpbXOVbWcbnY4HXjGxJj1tVVewy398i8=">here at Eurovision TV's Youtube</a><br />
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Three promo's have been issued.<br />
The early promo has 1 track, <i>Never Forget</i>.<br />
The second promo cdsingle includes English, Icelandic and instrumental.<br />
The promo used in Baku only has <i>Never Forget</i> and comes in a presspack sleeve.<br />
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Never Forget - Eurovision version in English ♫<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- digital release, all promo's</span><br />
Mundu Eftir Mer - Original Icelandic version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- On CD Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2012 (see below), 3track promo </span><br />
Never Forget - Instrumental<br />
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Never Forget - karaoke<br />
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A 5-track digital release is now available through the likes of itunes and amazon. It has the following tracks:<br />
Never Forget - Eurovision version in English<br />
Mundu Eftir Mer - Original Icelandic version<br />
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Heaven (ESC 2004) - Jónsi (see below)</div>
Never Forget - karaoke<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">* I don't know if this track is recorded by Greta solo or with Guðrún Árný Karlsdóttir and Heiða Ólafsdóttir (see below in Greta section for more info) </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update: </span>November sees the release of Greta Salomés solo album In The Silence.<br />
The album is available on iTunes and<a href="http://www.tonlist.is/Music/Album/973220/greta_salome_stefansdottir/in_the_silence/"> Tonlist </a>(digital). The physical CD will be released soon, more details when I get them.<br />
The album incl;udes <i>Never Forget</i> and the original Icelandic version <em>Mundu Eftir Mer.</em><br />
The album also includes preselection song <em>Aldrei Sleppir Mér , </em>follow up single<em> Everywhere Around Me </em>as well as nine other new songs (all in English).<br />
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Jónsi is no stranger to Eurovision, he ended 19th in the Istanbul contest final of 2004. with the song <em>Heaven</em>. <em>Heaven</em> was chosen internally by RÚV and the song was only released in English. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(cdsingle pictured below)</span> </div>
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In 2007 he entered the Söngvakeppni with Segðu Mér, written by Trausti Bjarnason, and made it to the national final. He ended outside the superfinal top 3. (no exact results were disclosed).<br />
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Before he went on his solo career he joined the band <strong>Í Svörtum Fötum</strong> in 1998 with which he released 5 albums.<br />
Jónsi released one solo album: <em>Jónsi</em> from 2005 features 12 songs in Icelandic.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greta</span><br />
Greta Salóme had two songs in the 2012 Icelandic selection, but when both proceeded to the final she decided to focus just on the one with Jónsi.<br />
The other song was <em>Aldrei Sleppir Mér</em> with Guðrún Árný Karlsdóttir and Heiða Ólafsdóttir who went on to perform the song without Greta in the final.<br />
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Greta is a singer, songriter and also an accomplished violinist. Next to her job at the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra she played violin for the band of 'the other Jónsi' Sigur Rós (on the 2005 album <em>Takk..</em>..), The Telepathetics and heavy metallers Antigone.<br />
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All 15 songs have now been released on the CD <em>Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2012</em> (Sena records)<br />
All songs are there in the original Icelandic versions.<br />
The CD is available in the Icelandic shops and at <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_country=Iceland+Presel.&open_search=&action=search">BeaRecords</a>. <br />
For a digital version you can check out <a href="http://www.icelandicmusic.com/Music/Album/857746/ymsir/songvakeppni_sjonvarpsins_2012/">Tónlist</a>.<br />
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Read all about Icelands recent entries:<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/20-iceland-coming-home-sjonnis-friends.html">Sjonni's Friends</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/19-iceland-je-ne-sais-quoi-hera-bjork.html">Hera Björk</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/2-iceland-is-it-true-yohanna.html">Yohanna</a>Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-29092603706019609232012-05-27T01:25:00.002-07:002012-06-24T22:51:26.732-07:0021. Malta - This Is The Night - Kurt Calleja<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">21 - 41</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">7 - 70</span> pts in semi 2</span><br />
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Kurt Calleja has won the Maltasong contest with the song <em>This Is The Night</em>. The song is written and composed by Johan Jämtberg, Mikael Gunnerås and Kurt Calleja himself.<br />
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A new version was recorded for Eurovision. Watch the official video / new version at <a href="http://kurtcalleja.com/">Kurt's website</a>.<br />
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The original version has been available through a digital download, the new version is out now on iTunes.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">update:</span> cdsingle<br />
The cdsingle of <i>This Is The Night</i> has 6 versions of the Eurovision entry.<br />
This Is The Night - Original version* (= Eurovision version)<br />
This Is The Night - Applejacks short cut<br />
This Is The Night - Promostella club radio mix<br />
This Is The Night - Extended dance mix<br />
This Is The Night - Promostella club remix<br />
This Is The Night - Instrumental/karaoke **<br />
* It is actually a third version of the song<br />
** It has b-vox so can be catalogued as karaoke, it's a different karaoke from the official download shop's version.<br />
The cdsingle also has the music video.<br />
Another promo item is a shoe shaped USB stick, which includes the second version and first karaoke of the song.</div>
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This Is The Night - Original version*<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">This Is The Night - Applejacks short cut</span><br />
This Is The Night - Promostella club radio mix<br />
This Is The Night - Extended dance mix<br />
This Is The Night - Promostella club remix<br />
This Is The Night - Instrumental/karaoke **<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- all on cds</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">This Is The Night - Second version </span><span style="background-color: white;">♫</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- on the official Baku 2012 CD and USB promo</span></span><br />
This Is The Night - First Original version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- original digital release only, now discontinued.</span><br />
This Is The Night - karaoke of 2nd version<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Eurovision.tv download shop and USB promo</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen to the 24 semifinalist for the Maltese selection </span><a href="http://tvm.com.mt/eurovision/songs/"><span style="font-size: small;">here at TVM</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">16 of the songs proceded to the final on Februari 4.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Third time lucky</span><br />
<em>This Is The Night</em> is Calleja's third effort in the Maltasong contest.<br />
2010 Waterfall (duet with Priscilla Psaila, 12th)<br />
2011 Over And Over (3rd )</div>
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<a href="http://kurtcalleja.com/">Kurt Calleja website</a><br />
<a href="http://tvm.com.mt/eurovision/">TVM Eurovision pages</a><br />
<strike>Kurt Calleja at BeaRecords</strike><br />
Thanks to Lior<br />
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2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/malta-one-life-glen-vella.html">Glen Vella</a></div>
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2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/malta-my-dream-thea-garrett.html">Thea Garett</a></div>
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2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/22-malta-what-if-we-chiara.html">Chiara</a>Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-18954137977077644062012-05-27T01:25:00.001-07:002018-04-02T01:29:59.611-07:0022. France - Echo (You And I) - Anggun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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TV France 3 made another high profile internal selection and chose singer Anggun (Anggun Cipta Sasmi) to represent France in the Baku Eurovision Songcontest.<br />
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The song selected is titled <em>Echo </em>(You and I) and is written by William Rousseau and Jean-Pierre Pilot with lyrics by Anggun herself.<br />
The track is mixed by Veronica Ferraro.<br />
Even though the song is similar to the album title, it is not included on Anggun's original <em>Echoes</em> CD . <br />
But a new edition of the album, including the Eurovision song, is released in March**.<br />
The song was presented on Januari 29 at the Midem music fair in Cannes. It is available in the download shops from Januari 30.<br />
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A 1-track promo has been issued by Warner and has been given away on Angguns visits to the National final shows in Malta and Ukraine.<br />
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The official cdsingle was released on April 8. (Warner
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It includes 4 tracks:<br />
Echo (You And I) - Original version <br />
Echo (You And I) - English version<br />
Echo (You And I) - Anton Wick remix<br />
Mon Meilleur Amour (single edit)<br />
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The Baku promo cds has 7 tracks<br />
Echo (You And I) - Original version<br />
Echo (You And I) - English version<br />
Echo (Losing You And I) - with Niels Brinck - English version<br />
Echo (There Is You And I) - with Claudia Faniello - French/English<br />
Echo (You And I) - with Keo - French/Romanian/English<br />
Visszhang (You and I) - with Viktor Varga - English/French/Hungarian<br />
Echo (You And I) - Instrumental<br />
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Listen to the song <a href="http://eurovision.france3.fr/candidat_france_2012.php">here at France 3</a> now<br />
The official video is now ready, take a look <a href="http://eurovision.france3.fr/candidat_france_2012.php">here at France 3</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Duet versions, remix </span><br />
A French / English / Hungarian duet version has been released. It's titled <em>Visszhang (You and I)</em> and the Hungarian parts are recorded by <b>Viktor Varga.</b> You can listen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WMbY-efAuBU">here at Angguns Youtube</a><br />
The song is available at iTunes Hungary. (Hungary only?)<br />
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Another duet version is recorded with Danish Eurovision singer <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/13-denmark-believe-again-brinck.html">Niels Brinck (2008).</a> It's in English and is titled <em>Echo (Losing You And I).</em> Listen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=156p6ofyMyM&feature=player_embedded">here at Anggun's Youtube</a>.<br />
Niels Brinck and Anggun worked together before. In 2003 Brinck produced her album <em>Open Hearts</em> (see below)<br />
A remix of <em>Echo (You And I)</em> is also available at digital outlets, the Anton Wick remix.<br />
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The third duet version Anggun released is Echo (There Is You And I) with Maltese singer <b>Claudia Faniello</b>. Listen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCWuKUZYVo">here</a> at Angguns Youtube.<br />
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The 4th duet version features Romanian singer <b>Keo</b>. The song is a mix of French, Romanian (by Keo) and English. (Listen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcdfDoehyd8">here</a> at Angguns tube)<br />
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A new remix is made by Hakimakli. This is released on 2013 Best Of CD <i>Best Of: Design Of A Decade 2003-2013</i> (April Earth/Sony)<br />
This album also includes the full English version of Echo (You and I)<br />
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Echo (You And I) - Original version in English and French ♫<br />
Echo (You And I) - English version<br />
Echo (You And I) - Anton Wick remix<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- above three versions on commercial cdsingle</span><br />
Visszhang (You And I) - with Viktor Varga - English/French/Hungarian<br />
Echo (Losing You And I) - with Niels Brinck - English version<br />
Echo (There Is You And I) - with Claudia Faniello - French/English<br />
Echo (You And I) - with Keo - French/Romanian/English<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- duet versions are digital releases and also on the promo cdsingle</span><br />
Echo (You And I) - Instrumental
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Echo (You And I) - remix by Hakimakli<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- CD Best Of: Design Of A Decade 2003-2013 (April Earth/Sony)</span><br />
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Charts:<br />
Even though the single has been out for a few months (digital and physical) Anggun enters the French charts only the week after the contest.<br />
France top 100: 74<br />
France top 200: 109, -, re:192, - re:185, 74, 102, -<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Special edition</span><br />
In March the Echos album will be re-released in a special edition. It will of course include <em>Echo (You and I)</em> and also a new 2012 version of <em>La Neige Au Sahara</em>, more details soon....<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anggun facts and figures</span><br />
Anggun was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and moved to Paris in 1995. She scored her first French hit in 1997 with <em>La Neige Au Sahara</em> (The snow in the sahara), also the title of one of her most acclaimed albums. Her most successful album in France is <em>Luminescence</em> which stayed 63 weeks on the French albums charts in 2005/2006 reaching #16.<br />
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Angguns most recent album is <em>Echoes</em> from 2011. <br />
In April an edition with songs in English and Indonesian was released. The album achieved gold disc status in Indonesia in just two weeks.</div>
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In November a version in French was released (as <em>Echos</em>). It includes a duet with another Eurovision singer: Gerard Lenorman*.</div>
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Earlier this year she scored a #1 hit in various Indonesian charts with <em>Hanyalah Cinta</em> / <em>Only Love,</em> a track from Echoes / Echos recorded in Indonesian, English and French (French version: <em>Mon meilleur amour).</em><br />
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Angunn's vocals feature on the 2008 single <em>No Stress</em> by DJ Laurent Wolf. Which was a #1 in France and Belgium and a top 10 hit in several countries. <br />
In her career Anggun has also recorded and / or performed with I Muvrini, Peter Gabriel (stepping in for Kate Bush no less), Serge Lama*, Deep Forrest, Schiller (CD <em>Atemlos</em>), Zucchero and French folk rock band Tri Yann. <br />
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Her soundtrack album <em>Open Hearts</em> (2003) was produced and (co) written by <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/13-denmark-believe-again-brinck.html">Niels Brinck</a>* of Danish Eurovision fame.<br />
In 2007 Anggun featured on a charity single <em>Pour Que Tu Sois Libre</em> with Natasha St. Pier*, Elisa Tovati, Julie Zenatti and other french singers. The song stayed 14 weeks on the charts reaching #21.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">**</span> The last time a Eurovision singer entered with a song named after their current album, but that was not included in it, it won the whole thing. Do you remember who it was?</span></div>
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Anggun<a href="http://www.anggun.com/"> Website</a> (in French and English)<br />
Anggun has Wiki's in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anggun">English</a>, <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anggun">French</a>, <a href="http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anggun_C._Sasmi">Indonesian</a>, <a href="http://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anggun">Azerbaijani</a> and many other languages.<br />
<a href="http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Anggun&titel=Luminescence&cat=a">Les Charts</a> for the charts / hit info.<br />
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Read more on France's last three Eurovision entries.<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/15-france-sognu-amaury-vassili.html">Amaury Vassili</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/12-france-allez-ola-ole-jessy-matador.html">Jessy Matador</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.nl/2009/05/8-france-et-sil-fallait-le-faire.html" target="_blank">Patricia Kaas</a><br />
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Soluna Samay won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 with the song <em>Should've Known Better</em>. </div>
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The song was written by Remee, Chief 1 and Isam B. from Outlandish. (see below).</div>
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The winning song and its karaoke version are available on the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 CD (see below). You can watch the official video clip <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSpfDj9uUJc">here</a> at Soluna's Youtube channel.</div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update: </span>The official Baku CD has a slightly different version, best noticed after 2:27, when the backing vocals singing <i>Shout inshallah</i> from the DMGP version have disappeared.</div>
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The official karaoke release <b>does</b> have the backing vocals (whereas the DMGP CD version is instrumental)</div>
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At Eurovision a version with these backing vocals was performed.</div>
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- Special thanks to Roy for spotting!</div>
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<em>Should've Known Better</em> enters the Danish charts (tracklisten top 40) at # 2 and in the 2nd week the song goes to #1 (more chart trivia below)</div>
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Chart run in the Danish Tracklisten top 40: 2, 1, 3, 8, 16, 28, 31, 33, -, re: 13, 34, - (=1-10)</div>
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Ireland top 100: 98, -</div>
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Switzerland top 75: 67, -</div>
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Austria top 75: 51, -</div>
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<b>Versions:</b></div>
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Should've Known Better (Original DMGP version)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on DMGP CD, see below</span><br />
Should've Known Better (second version) ♫</div>
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Should've Known Better - Instrumental<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- on DMGP CD</span><br />
Should've Known Better - karaoke</div>
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No cdsingle or promo has been released, it's the first Danish entry with no physical release whatsoever.<br />
In July and August Soluna is extensively promoting her music through Sony in Germany.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update 2013:</span> In may 2013 Soluna Samay released her new album Soluna Samay. It includes the Eurovision song, new single <i>L.O.V.E.</i> and eight other tracks. (SME-0888837-245227)</div>
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I missed it, but it seems a remix competition was held to create a mix of the Danish entry. It was hosted by the composers hosted by Remee & Chief1</div>
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You can listen to the results <a href="http://soundcloud.com/groups/soluna-samay-shouldve-known-better-competiton-remixes">here at soundcloud</a>, some pretty good ones, sadly the best one (Lysholm remix) is only an edit, but most are full versions. No clue if anything will be released in any form though.<br />
Others are by Nordberg and Severin, DJ Base, Tobias Rydahl and Headworx.<br />
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Before her solo album she released six albums with her father /one man band / street musician <a href="http://www.kettelbeat.com/">Gee Gee Kettel</a>. These albums mostly include coverversions of 60's to 80's rock and folk classics in acoustic settings. The first Gee Gee (or GeGe) album Soluna can be heard on is <em>Roadsongs</em> from 1999 where she plays the drums and sings on one song.</div>
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The CD <em>The Beat Goes On </em>is the first album with all songs by Soluna and her pappa. <em>Streetwise</em> from 2009 is the last full album Soluna recorded with Gee Gee so far. </div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update:</span> A compilation album by Soluna and Gee Gee has been released. <em>The Best And The Rest</em> features tracks recorded from 2001 to 2011. The digital release is available through itunes and Amazon. (Chocolate Factory records)</div>
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Soluna traveled the world as a kid and performed in Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. The travelling family settled in Denmark in 2000 so Soluna could go to school. Soluna plays the drums and the bass.</div>
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Denmark had a 9-song national final on januari 21. The CD with all songs and their karaoke versions is out now. (Frituna records / EMI 9558802)</div>
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DR now has all nine final songs available for listening <a href="http://www.dr.dk/melodigrandprix/Artikler/2012/sangene.htm">here</a></div>
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A 10th song was disqualified, but it is included on the CD.<br />
DMGP 2012 enters the Danish album charts at #4.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dr.dk/melodigrandprix/forside.htm#/27446">DR Eurovision pages</a><br />
<a href="http://solunasamay.com/">Soluna Samay Website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/solunasamay">Soluna Samay MySpace</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/geegeeandsoluna">Gee Gee and Soluna MySpace</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_country=Denmark+Presel.&search_year=2012&open_search=&action=search">DMGP 2012 at BeaRecords</a><br />
Tracklisten charts at <a href="http://www.hitlisterne.dk/tracklisten.asp?list=t40">Hitlisten.nu</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1516346963"></span><span id="goog_1516346964"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The composers:</span><br />
<u><strong>Remee</strong></u> (Mikkel Sigvardt) is a well known Danish songwriter and producer. His C.V. includes top 10 hits for The Saturdays, S Club 7, Jamelia, Robyn, Darin, Monrose, Blue and many many more.<br />
He co-write the German Eurovision entry <em>Disappear</em> for No Angels (with Hanne Sørvaag and Thomas Troelsen). Remee also was a judge on three seasons of the Danish X-factor.<br />
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<u><strong>Isam B.</strong></u> (Isam Bachiri) is a member of Outlandish, the rap outfit that had a European hit with their version of Cheb Khaled's <em>Aïcha</em>. B. also released two solo albums <em>Institution</em> in 2007 and <em>2200 Carmen</em> in 2009.<br />
Outlandish fooled around with one <u>Eurovision</u> classic: <em>Kom Igen</em> from the album <em>Closer Than Veins</em> (2005) uses a version of Danish 1963 Eurovision winner <em>Dansevise</em> (original: Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann<strong>)</strong> and the Outlandish boys (and guests) are happily rapping along to it in Danish, English, Spanish, Arabic and Urdu.<br />
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<u><strong>Chief 1</strong></u> (Lars Pedersen) wrote produced and / or remixed songs for Ace Of Base, Bryan Rice, Michael Learns To Rock, Jennifer Paige, Patrik Isaksson, Sanne Salomonsen and many other artists. <br />
He was a founder of Rockers By Choice, credited with being the first Danish rap band to perform on MTV in the 80's.<br />
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Also check out Denmarks recent entries.<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/5-denmark-new-tomorrow-friend-in-london.html">A Friend In London</a><br />
2010 - <a href="http://osloeurovision.blogspot.com/2010/05/4-denmark-in-moment-like-this-chanee.html">Chanee and N'Evergreen</a><br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/13-denmark-believe-again-brinck.html">Brinck</a><br />
A remarkable number of worldwide coverversions have been recorded of the Danish 2009 and 2010 entries. You can find all the details if you follow the above links.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some more chart trivia</span><br />
Since the introduction of digital sales in the Danish charts, the Eurovision entries have done quite well at home. (highest/weeks on chart)<br />
2008 All Night Long - Simon Matthew 12/7<br />
2009 Believe Again - Brinck 1/16<br />
2010 In A Moment Like This - Chanee and N'Evergreen 2/6<br />
2011 New Tomorrow - A Friend In London 2/7<br />
2012 Should've Known Better - Soluna Samay 1/...<br />
Before that the last entry to reach the charts was <em>Tell Me Who You Are</em> by Malene which scored a 9/2 hit in 2002.<br />
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<a href="http://bakueurovision.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Baku Collection Frontpage</a>
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Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609562299628517295.post-86242567159646802202012-05-27T01:24:00.002-07:002013-01-10T07:07:48.104-08:0024. Hungary - Sound Of Our Hearts - Compact Disco<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbeVhVpTUNBnKu3HLkQkjplEV-MgjPSyrpUDzUTzJizY9n96Kl7gJ2v7axtyPU5wlYoizw2D3vjU0ZDcLR3Tc_T9tOAyF0sZWGOH65kf5zizzBXS8_RoNOvbdKnu5zhUnO_nPRYzwk6Ba/s1600/Compact+Disco+Sound+Of+Our+Hearts+Remixes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbeVhVpTUNBnKu3HLkQkjplEV-MgjPSyrpUDzUTzJizY9n96Kl7gJ2v7axtyPU5wlYoizw2D3vjU0ZDcLR3Tc_T9tOAyF0sZWGOH65kf5zizzBXS8_RoNOvbdKnu5zhUnO_nPRYzwk6Ba/s320/Compact+Disco+Sound+Of+Our+Hearts+Remixes.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">24 - 19</span> pts / <span style="font-size: large;">10 - 52</span> pts in semi 1</span><br />
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Compact Disco represented Hungary at the Baku contest.<br />
They won the <b>A Dal: Eurovision 2012</b> final with the song <em>Sound Of Our Hearts.</em><br />
The song is written by the band themselves: <br />
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Walkó Csaba, Pál Gábor, Sándor Attila and Benham Lotfi.<br />
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You can watch the song <a href="http://premier.mtv.hu/Hirek/2012/02/11/22/A_Compact_Disco_utazik_az_Eurovizios_Dalfesztivalra.aspx">here at MTV</a>.<br />
The lyrics are <a href="http://www.zeneszoveg.hu/dalszoveg/76576/compact-disco/sound-of-our-hearts-zeneszoveg.html">here</a> at Zeneszöveg</div>
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The song is already available as a digital release on CLS music through sources like <a href="http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/compact-disco/compact-disco-sound-of-our-hearts/13097331/">emusic (HU)</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Compact-Disco-Sound-Our-Hearts/dp/B006YW51MK">Amazon</a><br />
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<strong>Remixes</strong><br />
A digital release by CLS with 10 versions (9 remixes plus original) of <em>Sound Of Our Hearts</em> is available now <a href="http://www.zenewebshop.hu/mufajok/elektronika-dance-ambient/sound-of-our-hearts-the-remixes.html">here at <span id="goog_31840699"></span>Zene.hu</a>.<br />
The same 10 versions have now also been released on cdsingle (CLS records).<br />
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Sound Of Our Hearts - original ♫<br />
Sound Of Our Hearts - Midnight Run remix<br />
Sound Of Our Hearts - Analog Cuvee remix<br />
Sound Of Our Hearts - Monoscope remix<br />
Sound Of Our Hearts - Karmatronic radio remix<br />
Sound Of Our Hearts - Julia Carpenter remix<br />
Sound Of Our Hearts - Nobody Moves remix<br />
Sound Of Our Hearts - Stereo Palma remix<br />
Sound Of Our Hearts - Lauer and Canard feat. Greg Note remix<br />
Sound Of Our Hearts - Dave Martin remix<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Compact Disco Two Point Five</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update: </span>Januari 2013: Compact Disco release their new album Two Point Five including <i>The Sound Of Our Hearts</i>. (original version)<br />
The band, now a trio, have re-recorded songs from their previous albums Disco Steroid and <b>// </b>for <i>Two Point Five.</i><br />
Included are 2010 singles <i>I'm In Love</i> and <i>Without You</i> plus new single <i>Leave It Up To Me</i> (ft Columbo)<br />
The album has 14 tracks and is out on CLS records in Hungary. No details on international (digital) release yet.<br />
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Compact Disco was founded in 2008. The have released two albums: <em>Steroid</em> from 2009 and <em>II</em> from 2011. Their 2010 hit I'm In Love was picked up by Age Media and Universal and released internationally in 2011.<br />
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MTV (Hungarian Television) had chosen 20 songs for the national selection. Eight proceeded to the final.<br />
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You can listen to the songs <a href="http://videotar.mtv.hu/Kategoriak/Eurovizios%20Dalverseny%202009.aspx">here at MTV</a>. (You have to use the video bar under the main screen, but it also includes other videos)<br />
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A CD with all 20 songs is released by Universal. <br />
The CD will be advertised on Hungarian radio and TV.<br />
It's available at <a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_country=Hungary+Presel.&open_search=&action=search">BeaRecords</a> now.</div>
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<a href="http://compactdisco.hu/">Compact Disco website</a> (in Hungarian)<br />
Compact Disco <a href="http://www.myspace.com/compact.disco">MySpace</a> has some older songs<br />
<a href="http://premier.mtv.hu/Rovatok/eurovision.aspx">MTV Eurovision page</a><br />
<a href="http://cls.hu/?wtpage=artist&id=15">CLS records</a> (in Hungarian)<br />
Special thanks to László at CLS<br />
<a href="http://www.bearecords.nl/shop.php?search_artist=Compact+Disco&open_search=&action=search">Compact Disco at Bearecords</a></div>
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All about Hungary's recent Eurovision entries<br />
2011 - <a href="http://dusseldorfeurovision.blogspot.com/2011/05/22-hungary-what-about-my-dreams-kati.html">Wolf Kati, Kati Wolf</a><br />
2010 - no entry<br />
2009 - <a href="http://moscoweurovision.blogspot.com/2009/05/hungary-adok-zoli-dance-with-me.html">Ádok Zoli, Zoli Ádok</a>Eurocovershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413380863882361643noreply@blogger.com0