Lonnie (Devantier) Kjer represented Denmark at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest. Songwriters, her record company and her manager were fighting and the 17 year old girl was scared away. 18 years later she is stronger, more mature and ready with an album in the soft rock style she likes the most. Lise Haavik and Lonnie… Read more
Having been beaten by Kirsten and Søren’s gimicks two years in row Lise Haavik was happy when she won the ticket to represent Denmark at the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest. Lise is still active as singer who sings pop as well as jazz – and then she has found a call teaching in singing. Lise… Read more
The film Mamma Mia based on ABBA’s music has recently beaten Harry Potter in being the biggest film success in United Kingdom. It is now close to reaching Titanic’s record as the worldwide film with the biggest commercial success ever in Great Britain. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” from 2001 sold tickets for 66… Read more
Melodifestival veteran Magnus Carlsson, former member of success bands like Alcazar and Barbados, have collected 40 of his biggest hits on a double CD to be released in a few weeks. The album includes all of his seven Melodifestival entries from 2000 to 2007. Magnus Carlsson is one of Sweden’s most successful singers, first as… Read more
Can you make a horror video to Lordi’s new single "Bite It Like A Bulldog"? The band that made headlines around the world for their participation and victory in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest have opened a horror video contest among their fans in the U.S. Lordi is asking their fans to first download the… Read more
Danish rock singer Sanne Salomonsen who participated in the Swedish final in 2005 is on the way with a new album. It should have been released in November, but has now been postponed to January or February 2009. The new album from Sanne Salomonsen will be her first album since she suffered from a blood… Read more
After representing Finland on home ground at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, Hanna Pakarinen is working on her fourth album which is due to be released in the beginning of next year. The first single from this album can already be heard on the internet. Hanna Pakarinen became famous in her home country Finland when… Read more
Today it was confirmed that it is going to be the international well-known musical composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber who will be writing a song for the United Kingdom’s 2009 representative. He will also be involved in picking the singer himself. Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is famous for musicals like Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita… Read more
Danish Eurovision Song Contest winners from 2000, the Olsen Brothers, released a new album a few weeks ago. The album, where they sing together with Cliff Richard on two tracks, is called ‘Respect’ and that is what the brothers deserve after once again climbing the charts. As previously mentioned here on EuroVisionary, it was a… Read more
With his latest album “Irishman in America” Johnny Logan is back on the Scandinavian charts, which he more or less owned with the previous CD. With a calendar that doesn’t leave space for much else than touring in Denmark, Sweden and Norway this Irishman has really conquered Scandinavia. Johnny Logan has won the Eurovision Song… Read more
The deadline to enter a song to the 2009 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix ended yesterday with 684 songs submitted. Four out of ten songs will be specially invited and rumours are indicating comebacks to Anne Herdoff and DQ. Simon Mathew qualified for the final and ended 15th in Belgrade with his All Nigh Long. Despite… Read more
When the Danish team, AaB tonight plays a champions league match against Manchester United Johnny Logan’s band “The Irish Connection will not be agreeing on who to cheer for – and Johnny himself will be split between the two teams hoping for a draw. Morten Randrup and Peter Dencker from “The Irish Connection” are AaB… Read more
It is now officially announced that it is going to be the popular Dutch trio De Toppers that will represent the Netherlands at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. This brings Gerard Joling back to the Contest after 21 years. De Toppers consists of Gerard Joling, René Froger and Gordon. Gerard represented the Netherlands… Read more
Keld Heick, who has written several Danish Eurovision Song Contest entries, is openly attacking DR for having blacklisted Schlager music. The attack falls together with the Danish Schlager music, the socalled Dansktop, celebrating its 40 years anniversary. It was in September 1968 the Dansktop started. It was meant as an alternative to all the English… Read more
Danish national final runner up Kim Larsen continues his protests against the smoking ban. Together with other prominent singers such as Thomas Helmig, Johnny Madsen and Klaus Kjellerup, he has now recorded a protest song. Kim Larsen has been criticised for his smoking ban campaign called “Gesundheit Macht Frei”, which was inspired by an old… Read more
Danish 3rd placeholder from 1989, Birthe Kjær turned 60 today. Although she started performing at the age of 11 she got her first record deal and her first number 1 hit in 1968 and is as such also celebrating her 40 years jubilee this year. Birthe Kjær is one of those household names all Danes… Read more
It is only 2 months ago Dima Bilan won the Eurovision Song Contest and gave Russia an opportunity to host the 2009 edition. Reports say however that several neighbour countries are considering not taking part. Due to the international crisis between Georgia and Russia there has been speculations about whether or not Russia would be… Read more
For the 2009 Danish final DR will introduce a jury to judge the songs together with the public voting. 10 songs will compete in a final on 31st of January 2009, but only six of them will be taken from the open selection. For the 2009 Danish final DR has decided to go back to… Read more
Danish national runner up from 2004, Zididada, have released their 5th album called “Take It All”. They have a good loyal fan base and have achieved international success despite never really being accepted by the Danish critics. Zididada released their first album in 1999, but their big break through came the year after with the… Read more
Danish national final singer Kim Larsen has launched a campaign called “Gesundheit macht frei”. It is being criticized for the inspiration from the old Nazi slogan “Arbeit macht frei”, a deliberate choice as they believe that strong smoking laws take away people’s personal freedom. Kim Larsen’s manager Jørn Jeppesen says that the slogan is indeed… Read more
With an actual war going on between Georgia and Russia many fans are rightfully asking themselves the question what will happen to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009? Will Russia still host it? Will either of them withdraw? Should EBU even react? There are many questions and even more possible answers. Last year violent fights between… Read more
After the premiere of the film version of the musical Mamma Mia ABBA is back on the charts. Not only is the soundtrack a best seller, but also ABBA’s greatest hits album, Gold, that includes the original ABBA songs is once again selling well around Europe. On the UK album top 100 ABBA’s Gold album… Read more
The album kicks off with the very catchy Get Me High. Simon sings: “I don’t need a prime time TV show to get me high” – it was such a show that brought him fame so can he do without it? Continuing to the second track, Deep, we feel that this is indeed the case. Two… Read more
Since the early 70’s Kim Larsen has been among the most popular names in Denmark with almost all of his albums being best sellers. However, he only came third in the Danish final in 1979. In October he will release a new album full of Danish children songs. Kim Larsen started his career in the… Read more
It looks like 2009 won’t be Annette Heick’s third attempt to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest as she is pregnant and expecting to give birth in February, something that could easily collide with a Danish final. Annette Heick who has often described herself as a big fan of the Eurovision Song Contest has… Read more
After a long successful international career Nana Mouskouri has decided to stop at the age of 73! Thursday evening she is giving her very last concert – and it all ends in her birth country, Greece at Herodion near Acropolis. 10,000 people will attend the full out concert that will mark the end of a… Read more