Posts by Virginia

Spanish national final to be held on the 22nd of February

TVE has announced today the date of the national final where the Spanish representative for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen. It will take place on the evening of the 22nd of February and the show will be broadcast live from Barcelona. The artist and song that will represent Spain in Copenhagen will… Read more

2014 Malta Eurovision Song Contest: Fourteen finalists chosen

This evening was held the semi-final of the Maltese national selection. In a very entertaining and lengthy show of three hours, the judges and the audience eventually decided which fourteen out of twenty songs went through to tomorrow’s final. This weekend we will know who will represent the island nation at the upcoming Eurovision Song… Read more

TVE releases the five finalist songs for the Spanish selection

TVE has today released the audio files of the five candidate songs to represent Spain in Copenhagen. Every day this week, one of the candidates will participate in a digital meeting hosted by the broadcaster on its official Eurovision website where the artists will answer questions from fans. Today the songs with which Brequette, Jorge… Read more

Dziesma 2014: first six finalists chosen in Latvia

This evening Latvia began its quest to select the entry that will represent them at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest and twelve acts were competing for one of the six spots in the final. The slogan of the selection was ‘Made In Latvia’ and only Latvian authors were allowed to enter the competition. The Latvian… Read more

Big names among the authors invited to take part in Festival Da Canção

The Portuguese broadcaster RTP has revealed the names of the ten composers invited to write the ten entries that will participate at the upcoming Festival Da Canção. Among them are several known names whose songs have represented different countries in recent editions of the Eurovision Song Contest. Portugal has unveiled more details about their national… Read more

Revealed: the snippets of the three French finalist songs

Today the snippets of the three entries competing to represent France at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest was released. We have to wait until Sunday to listen to the full songs, but what is clear is that they are three very powerful songs, each with their unique style. Former representative and host for the upcoming… Read more

Sinplus releases new album, Up To Me

Ivan and Gabriel Broggini, the brothers who represented Switzerland at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, have recently released a new album titled Up To Me. It comes with a clear and meaningful message: "whatever I do, if it is good or bad, it will always be Up To Me. Make the most of it and… Read more

TVR reveals details of Romanian national selection and dates

TVR has announced its plans regarding the selection of the Romanian representative for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. Twelve acts will be picked by an internal jury from all the submitted songs to perform at the televised show which will be held on the 1st of March. As in previous years, the upcoming Romanian Eurovision representative will… Read more

Listen to the Belarusian finalist songs for Eurofest 2014

The audio files of the songs for the Belarusian national final are now available online on the website of the broadcaster BTRC. The final will be held on the 10th of January when, after the withdrawal of one of the candidates, fourteen acts will compete to wave the Belarusian flag in Copenhagen. The songs taking… Read more

Patricia Kraus releases Divazz, the final album of the trilogy

It has been a long time since Patricia Kraus represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1987 with No Estás Solo but she is still a renowned artist on the national music scene. She has just released her latest album, Divazz, with which she completes the trilogy that began four years ago. This trilogy… Read more

Lithuanian hopefuls for 2014 revealed

The national selection season is about to kick off in Lithuania and this weekend the twenty shortlisted acts that will compete for the ticket to Copenhagen were revealed. The presentation took place at the special concert commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Lithuanian Eurovision debut. The Lithuanian selection for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest will… Read more

Switzerland has chosen their six finalists

Yesterday, the eighteen acts that had been shortlisted by the regional broadcasters faced the Expert Check where the jury panel evaluated all the songs after listening to them performing live. Six of them have been chosen to go through to the national final. The eighteen shortlisted acts met yesterday in the SRF studios in Zurich… Read more

Gaia Cauchi wins the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest for Malta

The 11th Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held this evening in Kyiv with twelve countries taking part. Gaia Cauchi from Malta received a total of 130 points with the song The Start making her the winner. Host country Ukraine finished second Belarus came in third. The two-hour show began with two children (Andriy Boiko and… Read more

Review: Sergio Dalma – Cadore 33

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His voice is unique and instantly recognizable, and his ability to convey pure emotion in his music draws the listener in from the very first word of every song. In this album, he has put together a bunch of songs that complement each other perfectly almost as if they never should have been apart. Sergio… Read more