Posts by Charlotte

Kraljevi ulice & 75 Cents to Belgrade

Despite being neighbours it probably cost more than 75 cents to get from Croatia to Serbia, but that is the way Kraljevi ulice & 75 Cents will be going in May after winning a tiebreaker in the 2008 edition of Dora, the Croatian national final. After being close to winning in both 2006 and 2007… Read more

Experience and fame v. high school children

The third Swedish final offered 8 different songs by a good mix of experienced well-known names and young talents with a lot of energy. And that was indeed what the Swedish population went for when they picked BWO and Frida feat. Headline for the final. The host Kristian Luuk entered the stage to the tune… Read more

Dana International – Diva

Dana Internationa won the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Diva. She created a lot of headlines due to the fact that she used to be a man! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LCP2KzDad0&feature=related Read more

1969uk Lulu – Boom Bang A Bang

This was one out of four winning songs from the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest. United Kingdom, Spain, The Netherlands and France all recieved the same amounts of votes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWkH4ee8TQ Read more

Serbia postpone national selection due to political reasons

The Serbian broadcaster, RTS, announced this evening that their national selection, Beovizja, has been postponed due to the political situation with Kosovo, that Sunday declared themselves independent from Serbia. Through several months there has been a tense situation in Kosovo as it was only a matter of time before they would declare themselves independent. The… Read more

Olsen Brothers to regroup and record with Cliff Richard

The Olsen Brothers and Cliff Richard will meet in the studio in September to record the song Walk Right Back that was used as opening song for the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest. Just as tradition says the Olsen Brothers, who won the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, had the pleasure of opening it the year after.… Read more

Måns Zelmerlöw – Cara Mia

Måns came third in the Swedish final, Melodifestival, in 2007 with this song Cara Mia. He didn’t go to Eurovision – but managed to get a big hit on the charts in his home country. Read more