So the song is called Facebook. How weird is that? Maybe more than weird, up to date! With a lot of sarcasm. Where do we spend way too much time these days? Where the news come from? Where we find long lost friends, or (re)connect with people or even flirt and fall in love? Yes, in Facebook. It has changed the life as we knew it, one can't deny that. Probably you ended up reading this thanks to Facebook as well, didn't you?
And uncle Ralph is back. This is Siegel's 20th Eurovision entry and 5th country (or 6th if count also Malta 2004) after Germany (14 entries), Luxembourg (3). Switzerland (1) and Montenegro (1). besides that he has had songs in national finals in Ireland, Portugal, Moldova and Ukraine, at least. He has also gathered one win, three runner ups, two third and two fourth places over the last 38 years. In short out of his 31 national finals songs 20 have won. Who can beat that? Yes, right. No one. Certain G:sons, Babics and Borgs - just to name a few - have a long way to go....
And no, the lyricist isn't Bernd Meinunger this time but Timothy Touchton and José Juan Santana Rodriguez. Timothy grew up in North Florida and graduated from Florida State University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a triple minor in psychology, advertising and photography. In 1971 he signed with CBS records and toured the US and Canada with the Bobby Gentry show. He moved to Germany in 1972 to perform the role of Pontius Pilot in Jesus Christ Superstar. He has co-written 11 top 40 English language hits in Continental Europe and England including 3 top 5s in Germany. As a lyricist he delivered multiple sound tracks for major, International motion pictures and title songs for German TV series. His lyrics have twice been featured on American Idol ... America's number one TV show. As a copywriter for English advertising campaigns he has conceived and written numerous International brochures for Siemens and other major companies. He is also a professional vocal coach, speaker and music publisher.
José Juan Santana Rodríguez is already a familiar name in Eurovision. He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) and is translator and interpreter, journalist and Spanish language teacher. He started with the music in 2004 writing lyrics for the Spanish representative in the Mediterranean Song Contest held in Turkey. After this he started to work with several singers and in the musical industry. In 2007 his song “The queen of the night” become second in the Spanish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest and the song was also released in other countries as Serbia and Montenegro. He has worked with artists from Spanish reality shows as Operación Triunfo and X factor. In 2009 he formed part of the International team with Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinuger representing to Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest and the same year he had a song in the Andorran final. Last year he got the second prize as author in one of the most important national festival in Spain
And for the record, Valentina's Facebook is here. Click I like! As she is fabulously bubbly and simpatica!
And no, the lyricist isn't Bernd Meinunger this time but Timothy Touchton and José Juan Santana Rodriguez. Timothy grew up in North Florida and graduated from Florida State University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a triple minor in psychology, advertising and photography. In 1971 he signed with CBS records and toured the US and Canada with the Bobby Gentry show. He moved to Germany in 1972 to perform the role of Pontius Pilot in Jesus Christ Superstar. He has co-written 11 top 40 English language hits in Continental Europe and England including 3 top 5s in Germany. As a lyricist he delivered multiple sound tracks for major, International motion pictures and title songs for German TV series. His lyrics have twice been featured on American Idol ... America's number one TV show. As a copywriter for English advertising campaigns he has conceived and written numerous International brochures for Siemens and other major companies. He is also a professional vocal coach, speaker and music publisher.
José Juan Santana Rodríguez is already a familiar name in Eurovision. He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) and is translator and interpreter, journalist and Spanish language teacher. He started with the music in 2004 writing lyrics for the Spanish representative in the Mediterranean Song Contest held in Turkey. After this he started to work with several singers and in the musical industry. In 2007 his song “The queen of the night” become second in the Spanish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest and the song was also released in other countries as Serbia and Montenegro. He has worked with artists from Spanish reality shows as Operación Triunfo and X factor. In 2009 he formed part of the International team with Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinuger representing to Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest and the same year he had a song in the Andorran final. Last year he got the second prize as author in one of the most important national festival in Spain
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