Because the Eurovision Song Contest is approaching, we take a closer look at an entry every day. Today: France. Once Domenico Modugno sang it in Italian: “Volare”. Now there is Barbara Pravi who sings it in French: “Voila”. Barbara Pravi is actually called Barbara Pievic and has both Serbian and
The Eurovision Song Contest is coming up. That is why we take a closer look at an entry every day. We will start with the entries that have been directly placed for the final.Jendrik Sigwart is participating for Germany: an unknown singer, who is especially notable for his ukulele and
There will be no Belarusian entry in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. After the EBU decided that the song “Ya nauchu tebya” by the band Galasy ZMesta did not comply with the rules, they got a new chance. The band submitted a new song. However, today the EBU came up
from left to right: Gerben Bakker, Getty Kaspers, Lenny Kuhr Six legendary former winners will be put in the spotlights again during the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Lenny Kuhr (1969), Teach-In (with Getty Kaspers, 1975), Sandra Kim (1986), Helena Paparizou (2005), Lordi (2006) and Måns Zelmerlöw (2015)
“The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the second half of May, with at least three TV shows and possibly adapted activities in the city of Rotterdam”, a spokesman of the organisation said today to news agency ANP. “The Eurovision song contest is a valuable opportunity for the event
As you all could read here there is a lot of opposition against Vasil’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Vasil came up with his own statement today: “I am a music ambassador, and in music there is no religion, politics, orientation, race or color. I had absolutely no intentions to hurt anybody. Quite the opposite! I am so proud of this project which not only embodies me, but my country and culture – musicians and featured artists in the gallery. I do not apologise for being me. I never will – I didn’t have a choice in that. However, if I hurt ANYBODY in ANY WAY, from the bottom of my heart … I am sorry. Forgive me.”
A storm came up when the video of the North Macedonian entry “Here I stand” appeared. In the video, the colors of the Bulgarian flag are shown. Vasil, the North Macedonian singer, is a member of the Bulgarian minority in North Macedonia. Many people in North Macedonia objected against Vasil as a participant. A petition was signed already 17.000 times.
Also Georgia has presented its song. Tornike Kipiani will sing “You”. The song was published today. Tornike was chosen to represent Georgia in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest and was supposed to sing “Take me as I am”. We all know that didn’t happen. This year, Tornike will perform in the 2nd semifinal.
photo: Instagram Today, Azerbaijan presented its entry “Mata Hari”. It will be sung by Efendi. It is the 2nd time a song with the title “Mata Hari” is presented at the Eurovision Song Contest. Funny coincidence: the other one, a Norwegian entry, also came on stage in The Netherlands, back in 1976. The singer in
photo: PBS/Destiny And finally, also Malta publised its entry. The song is called “Je me casse”and will be performed by Destiny. Despite the title, the song is not sung in French but in English. Destiny, who already knows what winning a song contest is as she won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest,