Posts by Virginia

Swiss entry for Austria will be decided on January 31st

The Swiss broadcasters have announced the rules, regulations and dates for the upcoming selection process for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest and, after a successful result in 2014, Switzerland will keep the same lengthy selection method from last year which will consist of three stages. The Swiss broadcasters have revealed the details regarding the 2015… Read more

Lucía Pérez releases her sixth album, Quitapenas

Lucía Pérez has released her sixth album, which is also the first one after her participation at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest representing Spain. Quitapenas marks a turning point in her career, both songs – and production wise.  Quitapenas began to take shape in mid-2012 with different authors writing unreleased tracks for the album. Over… Read more

Dima Bilan as one half of the new electronic music duo Alien24

Former Eurovision winner and Russian pop star Dima Bilan, together with the very well-known producer Andrey Cherny, have joined forces in a new electronic musical project called Alien24. The first song, Music Is In My Soul, and its official music video have just been released. Dima Bilan has represented Russia twice at the Eurovision Song… Read more

Sébastien Tellier to release Brazilian-influenced new album, L’Aventura

French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sébastien Tellier will release his self-produced sixth studio album L’Aventura on the 26th of May. Among the songs of this ambitious project we can find a great variety of sounds including samba, disco or synth-pop mixed with Brazilian tones. Sébastien Tellier, the eccentric and hugely talented artist who represented France… Read more

Amandine Bourgeois releases new album of covers, Au Masculin

Amandine Bourgeois is back with her third studio album where she has recorded 16 covers of classic French songs which have been made popular by men. She has adapted all these songs with her musical style and influences from bossa nova to reggae, pop or rumba and the result is very surprising. After two original… Read more

Daniel Diges releases his third studio album; Quiero

Quiero is the title of the new album from Daniel Diges. The album features ten unreleased tracks, half of them written by Daniel himself and the other half by great authors. It has been self-produced which has given the artist more freedom in choosing the songs. Daniel Diges represented Spain at the 2010 Eurovision Song… Read more

Eurovision 2014: Ten more countries qualify from second semi-final

The second semi-final took place this evening in Copenhagen with the last ten nations being selected to go through to Saturday’s final. It was a fabulous show which, besides featuring the fifteen participant acts, included a guest performance from Australia during the interval act. Five acts would be eliminated with those remaining going through and… Read more

Eurovision 2014: 10 finalists picked from first semi-final

Eurovision 2014 has truly kicked off! Sixteen acts from each their country took the stage and gave it all to achieve one of the ten places available for the final. The great show featured last year’s winner Emmelie de Forest and as usual some surprises as well. The first semi-final of the 2014 Eurovision Song… Read more

Aram MP3 presents his Eurovision entry Not Alone

This evening has been presented Not Alone, the song that Aram MP3 will be performing for Armenia at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The show featured the performances of many former Armenian Eurovision representatives who came to wish Aram MP3 good luck in Copenhagen. The Armenian entry for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest has been… Read more

Festival da Canção 2014: Get to know the participants

After the semi-final which was held last week, only five of the ten acts qualified for the grand final of Festival da Canção to take place this Saturday from the Convento do Beato in Lisbon. Let’s get to know the five candidates vying to represent Portugal at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest a little better. Portugal… Read more

Mei Finegold to sing Same Heart for Israel in Copenhagen

The Israeli public voted that Mei Finegold should sing Same Heart at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The announcement took place in a special program which has been broadcast this evening and the choice was made only by the audience through televoting among the three candidate songs. Earlier this year, the Israeli broadcaster IBA announced… Read more

Attention will be the Lithuanian song for Copenhagen

The longest selection of the season is coming to an end. Last evening took place a new Eurovizijos show and we found out that Attention is the song that will represent Lithuania at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest though we still do not know who of the three finalist acts will sing it in Copenhagen.… Read more

Spain choose Ruth Lorenzo to dance in the rain in Copenhagen

This evening in Barcelona the national final to decide who will represent Spain at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, took place. From Spain it was decided that it will be Ruth Lorenzo who will be flying the flag in Copenhagen with the song Dancing In The Rain. After two years of internal selection, the Spanish… Read more

Selecţia Naţională 2014: Twelve finalists revealed in Romania

Romania’s national broadcaster TVR announced today the names of the twelve candidates and the songs that will participate at the upcoming national selection which will be held on the 1st of March. As expected, there are some familiar names among the singers but also among the authors. We already knew the names of some of… Read more

Spanish national final 2014: Get to know the participants

TVE will be hosting this Saturday Mira Quién Va A Eurovisión, the national final to select the artist who will get the Spanish ticket to Copenhagen. Five established artists are in the running to be the successor of last year’s entrant El Sueño De Morfeo. Let’s get to know them a little better. The Spanish… Read more

A Dal 2014: The final line up is complete in Hungary

After several qualifying rounds, the end of this year’s Hungarian national selection is getting closer. This evening the last qualifying show before the big final to be held next Saturday, took place. Nine acts performed in this second semi and only four of them managed to become finalists of A Dal 2014. This evening, the… Read more

Former French Eurovision stars collaborate on a new album with popular Portuguese singer Tony Carreira

"Nos Fiançailles, France/Portugal" is the name of the album recently released where Tony Carreira duets with some former French Eurovision participants such as Serge Lama, Gérard Lenorman, Natasha St-Pier and Anggun. It also includes a cover of Marie Myriam’s entry L’oiseau Et L’enfant. Tony Carreira is one of the most popular artists in Portugal. In his… Read more