Sunday, June 29, 2008
La Perrelli K.O.
Friday, June 27, 2008
25.000 thank yous!
On the spotlight: Bearecords
Eurovision stars in minor festivals this summer
Ani Lorak instead performs in the Turkish Cesme Music Festival and Sebastien Tellier is touring Europe.
Lordi on tour
July 5: Waldrock 2008 (Belgum, Netherlands)
July 12: Oluset festivaali (Iisalmi, Finland)
July 25: Benatska Noc Festival (Czech Republic)
August 2: Wacken Festival W:O:A (Wacken, Germany)
August 16: The Black Swan Festival (Whitney, UK)
August 23: Rock to the river (Imatra, Finland)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
It's Moscow 2009!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Mr Lordi gets gold... and a piece of land!
Also, Mr Lordi or Tomi Putaansuu finally gets the promised piece of land from the city of Rovaniemi. He will build a house there. The chosen land lies about 20 kilometers from the center of Rovaniemi to the south in the village of Muurola. The city of Rovaniemi quickly renamed its main square as Lordi Square after the Eurovision win.
The new yet unnamed album will be released October 20, 2008. The previous album The Arockalypse including the Eurovision winning song Hard rock hallelujah has sold 350.000 copies worldwide gaining gold records in Sweden and Germany and triple-platinum in Finland. The new album will be much rockier than melodic The Arockalypse and the band will have, as usual, new masks for the new album!
Watch the latest video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuIkINDV0tg
Monday, June 23, 2008
Serj Tankian for Armenia 2009?
System of down has been very succesful in Finland where they have even scored two platinum albums. Serj was travelling from Helsinki to Seinäjoki where he performed in train. "I wanted to see this country better. I love it here, very beautiful." He is also a self confessed fan of Finnish salmiakki: "I went to a supermarket and bought all different types and brands so now I can pick up the best of them all myself!"
Serj Tarkian or System of down to represant Armenia in Russia 2009? Time will tell....
Friday, June 20, 2008
Summer f**k??!!
January = Euroviisut
The semifinals start already on January 9 and will be held on three Fridays.
The list of the artists, chosen by record companies, will be revealed in September.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Whatever happened to Paparizou?
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Katri Helena strikes it rich
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Hanna Pakarinen returns!
Meanwhile she is leading the poll of who is going to win the Iskelmä-Finlandia Award later this summer. If she wins she will be the youngest winner ever.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
EDC: Maria and Mikko for Finland
Dima Bilan - The album
The single Believe has now been released in Europe...
Dima Bilan has finally released the long awaited album in English.... Written and produced by Timbaland team it was recorded in Los Angeles and Philadephia and includes a duet with Nelly Furtado. American release is scheduled later this year, as well as a Spanish version for the Latin America. (I guess this isn't the sleeve though....)
The fear is here - on DVD
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Celine Dion Vs Kylie Minogue
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
HOLIDAYS!!!
I'm off to Rome for some holidays and will be back sooner than you know so come back after 13th! There might be some Kylie news then. Nothing to do with Eurovision but wouldn't she be perfect to rescue UK from the bottom-5? And Celine Dion will be in Helsinki next week, too, but I'm not. Too bad! See you all!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Gisela wins Barbara Dex Award
Watch the award winning creation here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnDtWSVPGZY&feature=related
Viewing figures on the rise
Eurovision song contest 2008 was a success if you look at the numbers. More than 90 million people watched the contest live in Europe, and a few more millions can be added from Australia, New Zealand and other countries in Asia and Americas. Plus the internet viewers all over the world. More than 8 million votes were given (6 of them in the final), a new record.
In some markets the contest made numbers compearable to the contest's golden age: Norway 1.5 million, Finland 1,2 million and Portugal 1,7 million. Obviously the host country Serbia did very well, too: 4,5 million. Also Spain was takén over my Eurovision with 9,3 million viewers, the same number UK managed to gather. Germany stopped at 6,4 million while France kept declining with only 3,1 million this year....
Marcel Bezençon Awards 2008
I have completely forgotten to post about the Marcel Bezençon Awards announced in the After party as usual. Marcel (1907-1981) was the father of Eurovision song contest. He was until 1970 the director of EBU and created Eurovision based on Sanremo festival. However, to the point:
The composers present in Belgrade voted for their favourite and this year's Composer's Award goes to Andrei Tudor and his song Pe-o margine de lume, the Romanian entry.
Previous Eurovision winners have also voted for Artistic Award for the best performer and the lucky winner is Ukraine's Ani Lorak.
Accreditated press in Belgrade voted for Portugal's entry Senhora do mar by Vania Fernandez as the best song or Press Award.
Finally, the readers of gylleneskor.se website were able to vote for the Fan Award, given to an artist under 25 years. Armenia's Sirusho and Qele qele took this one home.
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