Posts by Charlotte

Denmark to do a ghost dance at Eurovision Dance Contest

Danish broadcaster had planned a big show to select this year’s Danish participants for the Eurovision Dance Contest, but the show was cancelled and they have now internally selected pop star Patrick and Infernal dancer Katja who will perform inspired by a famous Danish ghost. Last year Denmark selected their representative in a live TV… Read more

Gerard Joling invites his fans for coffee

In relation to his newly operation Gerald Joling has received many greetings and encouragements from his fans. To show his appreciation he wants to invite six of them over for coffee. Via his website everyone can participate and the six lucky winners will be picked from a draw. Gerald Joling is still in recovery after… Read more

ABBA reunited for Stockholm’s Mamma Mia premiere

A few days ago three of the four ABBA members turned up for the premiere held in London. Friday evening it was Stockholm’s turn and this time Agnetha Fältskog made ABBA complete by her appearance. It was the first time in 22 years that they were all seen together in public. For many years there… Read more

Is Sanna Nielsen’s relationship over?

Within the past few months both Richard Herrey and Charlotte Perrelli have announced that their marriages have come to an end. Swedish media outlets are speculating that Sanna Nielsen will be the next one after she showed up to a performance on Tuesday evening without her engagement ring. Sanna Nielsen herself has always aimed to keep her private life… Read more

Sandra Kim in TV advert for washing powder

Belgian Eurovision Song Contest winner is starring in a new episode of a docu soap TV advert for the washing powder Dash. Her winning song is being changed from J’aime la vie to J’aime le blanc with blanc being the French word for white. The TV advert shows housewife Rita and her husband Marcel, who… Read more

ABBA’s Mamma Mia film premiered in England

Monday evening the film version of Mamma Mia was premiered on Leicester Square in London. Three out of the four ABBA stars turned up, only Agnetha Fältskog didn’t show up for the premiere of the film that features Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan. Benny Andersson turned up together with his wife Mona Norkit. His previous… Read more

The Russians suggest Moscow as host city

The Russian TV station Channel One has proposed to the EBU that the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest is to be held in Moscow. EBU’s reference group will still have to decide, but at the moment it looks like we will all be going to Moscow. As soon as it was clear that Dima Bilan had… Read more

Celine Dion to have made the worst ever cover song?

The music magazine, Total Guitar, have announced their top 20’s with the worst and the best cover songs ever made. Celine Dion’s version of AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long has been awarded as the worst ever with a plea to stick to sinking ships! The British magazine have published the full top 20… Read more

New album from Johnny Logan on the way

After the big success with The Irish Connection Johnny Logan is now preparing a new album. The release date and the name are not yet mentioned, but the album is being recorded in Denmark, Germany, Ireland and the USA. The latest album from three times Eurovision Song Contest winner Johnny Logan that contained his own… Read more

Franklin Brown to be a classic crooner

Franklin Brown who finished 7th in the Eurovision Song Contest together with Maxine in 1996 is now ready to seek other ways. After singing in various musicals in recent years he has now started a trio that will sing a la Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. The trio that simply call themselves… Read more

It’s Douze Points for Denmark

After the two Danish fan clubs merged into one the members have been voting on the best name for the magazine that will launch later this summer. The new name was presented on a meeting in Århus Saturday and its “Douze Points” for the Danes. The members of the now only one Danish OGAE club,… Read more

Eighties not coming back: Laban does not reunite

The annoucement of Laban reuniting has been turned down by Ivan Pedersen. Two 20 year old girls made up a story that made it to most Danish medias. Lecia says that she would actually have liked it to be true, but Ivan does not want to reunite the popular duo 20 years after they split… Read more

Separation wave among Swedish Eurovision winners

During the last couple of day’s two former Eurovision Song Contest winners, Charlotte Perrelli and Richard Herrey, both from Sweden have announced that they are separating from their partners with a possible divorce to follow. First Charlotte Perrelli and Nicola, her Italian husband for five years announced that they have decided to separate. Charlotte was… Read more

Better promotion for Swedish Eurovision participants

Swedish broadcaster SVT aims to make a stronger connection between Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest. This will bring better promotion for their participants and, hopefully, better results, although Charlotte Perrelli finished 18th despite a big European tour in private jet. Last year The Ark brought home an 18th position from the Eurovision Song Contest… Read more

NRK to close Norwegian selection for foreigners

After a successful fifth place in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest NRK will now close the national selection for foreign songwriters. This will in particular affect the many Swedes who have seen the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix as an easier way to get through to the Eurovision Song Contest. For Norway this year’s Eurovision Song… Read more

Allsång på Skansen 2008 full program

The program for SVT’s popular series of open air sing along concerts offers many familiar names in the 2008 edition, where Arja Saijonmaa, Sanna Nielsen, BWO, Christer Sjögren and Maria Haukaas Storeng are among the many who will be performing at Skansen during the summer. Allsång på Skansen is a very popular TV program that… Read more

Euro 2008 program and results

The Euro 2008 championship held in Switzerland and Austria started today. We’ll keep you updated with the latest results throughout the whole tournament where 14 Eurovision countries plus two former ones, Italy and Austria, compete against each other. Ok, football might not be the Eurovision Song Contest, although many football fans will claim that this… Read more

Crash! ready to conquer the world

After participating in the Norwegian final two years in a row with a 3rd place from 2007 as best result the Norwegian rock band Crash! are now pursuing an international career with the USA and Romania as next stops. Crash! came third in the 2007 Norwegian final with their song WannaBe written by Trond Holter… Read more

2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest to be hosted in Ukraine

While preparing for the 2008 Contest, which will be held in Cyprus later this year, it was today announced that Ukraine won the bid for the 2009 edition. After hosting the Eurovision Song Contest three years ago Kyiv already has some experience to rely on. One of the major differences between the Eurovision Song Contest… Read more

Eirikur Hauksson tour schedule

Having participated three times in the Eurovision Song Contest doesn’t stop Eirikur’s career as a rock singer. All through the summer he will as such be performing in Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary and of course Norway where he lives. The list of concerts shows that Eirikur will twice be performing solo… Read more

Eurovision Song Contest artists hit the Danish charts

This week seven of the participants from the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest are to be found on the Danish charts. The winner, Dima Bilan, is nowhere to be found on the Top-40 while Sebastien Tellier and Kalomira joins the Nordic participants in a success in Denmark. The Tracklist Top-40 shows that seven 2008 participants have… Read more

Simon Mathew live at Hjallerup Marked

Yesterday evening, Denmark’s largest market, the Hjallerup Marked, ended with a performance of Simon Mathew who represented Denmark in Belgrade just a week ago. We are proud to bring you videos and a large selection of pictures from yesterday’s concert. Hjallerup Marked opened Friday with a performance from Birthe Kjær, Denmark’s representative for the 1989… Read more