Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Hurricane was only formed in November 2017 but has already taken the Serbian (and not only) music scene by like a.... hurricane. The three girls all have already experience in the music business before their joint effort. Sanja Vučić (26) is no stranger to Eurovision having already represented Serbia back in 2016 with Goodbye (Shelter) . She studied opera singing before joining band ZAA that did most everything from ska to dub and punk. She studies philospohy and Arabic among other things. Ivana Nikolić (24) has studied moderm dance and music and has done some collaborations before joining Hurricane. Ksenija Knežević (23) has done Eurovision as backing singer to her father Knez in 2015 for Montenegro with Adio . She started as a child star and has ended in Hurricane after being in various other groups. Hurricane has been busy releasing singles and videos, and Hasta la vista is their 9th but they have already released another two after that, Guellame el pantalon and Roll ...

Another classy article from Daily Star I just have to share. LOL. Apparently the Serbian sassy Sanja Vucic ZAA is all over Joe and Jake's Joe, "like a rash. She's obsessed with him." Eurovision officials and fellow acts have been "shocked" by Sanja's antics. It all started at the Welcome Party and she allegedly tried to get Joe back to her hotel room. Yup. Poor little Joe has resisted her charms. 

Five hours. That's all I had in the wonderful Eurovision bubble. Just enough time to meet some dear friends and fellow bloggers, delegation members and OGAE friends and enjoy the glittery sunlight in Stockholm. But now back at home and enjoying the event from home sofa......  Amir's J'ai cherche welcomed me to the Globen area on tha music bridge, there couldn't have been a better start for the day. Next two hours were spent next to Sanja, Frans, Amir, the guys from Minus One, Francesca Michielin, Gabriela Guncikova, Ivan, Månz Zelmerlöw, quite a few head of delegations and commentators, waiting two hours for Ira Losco who didn't show up, and all things Eurovision. Life's good. Next stop EuroClub/Fan cafe meeting Justs and Aminata.  The most famous Eurovision beard  Frans Justs Then I had just enoug time to check out Eurovision vilage, NK's lovely Eurovision windows  and their very, VERY sad "Eurovision shop"..... and wo...

It's not a goodbye! Listen to music, have a good time and vote!

Changes. New LED backdrop. New camera angles and shots. New make up and hairdo for the backing. They are also wearing their stage dresses today and Sanja belts out the song about violance against women like there's no tomorrow. Big message but it won't overpower the song's power. A lot of black and red all over. I'm loving this. Sanja is fantastic, love the song, love the staging. One of my favorites. 

All about domestic violance in Serbia's staging, as the song suggests. Despite the heavy topic the song'sgreat and the performance fitting without being too underlining. The four female backing singers cover their eyes and mouths, a male dancer comes in later and and lifts one of the females who tries to get away. Powerful. As are Sanja's vocals, and the song. Silver and red in the backdrop but Sanja's dress is still a mystery. It seems only positive comments all over the media and as being one who loved the song to start with this is all kinds of wonderful. Straight to the final and hopefully very high on the scoreboard in there. In the choreography there's a hint of Serbia's winning performance in Helsinki 2007. Both red color and the choreography in the end. In the Meet & Greet Sanja shines, too, edgng stand up show at parts. . She says it was a wonderful experience to be on that stage, the biggest she's ever been to so far. She's born to do ...

A couple of artists returning in this one, a country returning and one country returning to more autenthic sound. And here are the other two non-English including songs besides Austria this year. MACEDONIA - KALIOPI - DONA (Romeo Grill) Kaliopi returns to Eurovision after her 2012 experience. Once again she was internally selected - due to public demand by her fans it seems - and her song is written by her ex-husband. Blogilkar: I adore Kaliopi. This out of the way let's get to the song. It wasn't quite what I expected after 2012 and her songs since. It's been labeled dated and oldfashioned and boring and ridiculed with references to donuts. The fact remains she's amazing live and can make this work on stage no mattr what. And I do like the song, too. It starts off a bit like a lullaby but even if I don't understand a word I believe every word. She deserves the final as this is a real song, not manufactured for Eurovision. 9 Jack:  The Macedonian queen...

Tonight also Serbia and ZAA aka Sanja Vučić released their song and it's a classy ballad titled Goodbye. Makes me think of Nina Zilli and Sanremo for some reason..... Very nice. Shame it's not in Serbian though as then it would be awesome.