Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Fiordaliso did a bit Ricchi e Poveri/Sará perche ti amo with this song. Placing only 5th in Sanremo 1984 it came a huge success both in Italian and Spanish in Latin America outselling the winner in longevity , a real evergreen that has been covered in various languages ( here's Eurovision winner Carola's take on it ) and artists. And here's the latest one from 2023 by Marco Guazzone .  Did you know this is co-written by Zucchero?

Loreen of Sweden is the 15th previous Eurovision song contest winner who has decided and/or managed give it another try. Only Ireland's Johnny Logan has managed to win twice, as we all know. One can't really do a ranking however as the contest had changed so much from the 1950's with maybe a dozen songs to the approx 40 we have these days. In coming days I will feature the winners who decided to come back  after  winning the contest as there also many winners who have won with their second or third try.   Rarely you see such "a star is born" moment and mass hysteria that followed like when only 16 year old Carola (56) won Melodifestivalen 1983 and went to Eurovision for the first time placing third. I was there, in Sweden that night at my aunt's and remember it well. I also went to see her on her summer tour in Sweden that year and it was something else.  But in a decade things went sour and she went from everyone's darling to a religious freak that needed...

"Se dig omkring, Var det det här vi drömde, drömde Är det någonting, Någonting vi glömde, glömde Har vi en planet fylld av mänsklighet Hela mitt liv har jag försökt att fråga Fråga och få ett svar... " Those lines of lyrics are ones that have burned into my mind like no other, since I heard them one summer night in 1983 as opening number of Carola's summer tour in Sweden. She was still behind the stage and her voice alone gave shivers to the audience listening in silence before exploding the applause and cheers when she entered the stage when the beat came in. Priceless moments.  Of course I knew the song from her debut album that I had listened by then about a half zillion times on vinyl. The song stayed with me and I heard it live again in Helsinki when she was doing concert here in 2015. And now thanks to Zara Larsson she has re-recorded and re-released it as a single due to public demand. Sometimes a simple pop song can go so far..... (And it...

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  I got to know Fiordaliso and her original voice from Sanremo where she was present 1982-86 and again 1988-89, finishing in top-10 usually around 5th-6th, including the international megahit Non voglio mica la luna/ Yo no te pido la luna . However my favorite Fiordaliso Sanremo came in 1991 with Il mare piú grande che c'è .... She's still around and tipped for Sanremo every now and then, while  being a regular in the television realities etc.  Check out also

Now what can I say? Carola is one of my favorite artists, an ultimate Eurovision Diva and we go back a long time. Flashback summer 1983: I was spending summer at my aunt's in Sweden. And Sweden was all about Carola after her Melodifestivalen win (full marks from each and every jury - for the first and last time ever) and 3rd place in Eurovision (6,1 million Swedes watched her there!!!) with Främling   (fate is I was also in Sweden when the Mello took place and saw it live on tv. However then I was all for runner up Kikki Danielsson's Varför är kärleken röd ...) Her album was the best selling album in Sweden ever (over 1.000.000 copies). She was everywhere, including a Folketspark near Fagersta where I saw her live.  The tour broke all previous records in 24 out of 25 parks. The year after I saw her live in Finland. And again in the years to come . But then Carola, a controversial figure retired after 3-4 years of success and even an album with the BeeGees in the USA to...

Kati Wolf had a casual coffee at home Andras walked his dog Compact Disco cooked something Cascada met Jane Eric met Kikki Amir had tongue in cheek fun on stage Douwe - the city cowboy Michal undressing Vaclav in shower Valentina and Monica aka Harem B as Kesslers Zoe - the girl with a guitar Lucia at a Hawaii themed birthday party Jamala, the horse girl JOWST are up to something Senhit celebrates Gucci's decision to stop using furs Imri's last night before back to school Gabbani is feeling Foglie al gelo . Winter is coming .. . and beware: CAROLA IS BACK!

  Carola has released a video (her first since forever) to her latest single Til' the end (also her first for years),  the song she wrote together with her current boyfriend. In other news it is reported they have found their dream house and will be moving in soon. One wonders if this video is shot there..... Hopefully she will now walk straight to the stuio as well and record a new pop album asap. 

Carola has released a new song, Til' the end , her first new release since forever it seems. The Voice hasn't been very active in recording studio in the past 3-4 years so a new track is something to joy about. But Christer Björkman, who recently released his autobiography, propably isn't impressed as he says in it Carola's music is uninteresting and that's she's demanding, hard to work with and naive. Like the rest of us he agrees she's vocally like no one else, on league of her own. He describes her as a mix of super professional, always demanding, never boring and always full of surprises, and yet she's like a little 16-year-old girl still in her yellow suit hugging her bible, and mostly leaves Björkman emotionally totally untouched.  To be honest, I must partly agree with Björkman partly. Carola is amazing vocalist and I have been a fan since her breakhtrough in 1983, I have followed her career and bought the albums, saw her live a few times b...

  Krista Siegfrids will perform today in Helsinki's Musiikkitalo some Swedish classics with Tomi Metsäketo who came second in Euroviisut 2006 losing only to Lordi with his Eternamente Maria . The concert Thank you for the music is part of annual Helsingin Juhlaviikot and the songs to be performed were voted by the public over the smmer. Below is the list of the songs to be performed and the original artists, aka the most loved Swedish songs in Finland :-) Krista however performed already yesterday one of the songs, Eva Dahgren's Vem tänder stjärnorna in the Eurobasket Fan Village right next to the venue sporting a huge Krista billboard.... She really did justice to the original, great stuff! She also did her latest single, that sounded just fabulous live  1995 .   Europe – Carrie Herreys – Diggiloo Diggiley Carola – Främling Lisa Nilsson – Himlen runt hörnet Erna Tauro – Höstvisa ABBA – Knowing Me, Knowing You Roxette – Listen To Your Heart A...

 Marija and her dog  Douwe feeding his family  Alexander trying to selfie a duck Vaidas doing good Amber feeling melancholy in Birmingham Amir in photoshoot for the new album! Hovi in photoshoot Iveta launching her own robe collection Aram mp3 inviting you for a bicycle tour Artsvik posing Carola studying new songs Conchita relaxing Yo! Polina adding drama Sertab leaving holidays she needs after breaking the Eurovision  fandom bubble with Turkish rumors....

Jimmie is in Stockholm's Hard Rock Cafe tonight 6pm. Get our lazy asses there! Elsewhere in Stockholm some Eurovision royalty met.... ... while Emma had a bath... ... Alex got a new haircut....  ... Isaiah was in Belgium and did some fashion shoot.... .... Joci got back to studio.... ... Imri wasn't feeling so good.... ... but Douwe enjoyed the summer. with his dog.... ... Senhit enjoyed some Britto in New York.... ... and Sertab was in the Big Apple as well... ... Slavko got back to theater stage..... ... Nathan teased with the Italian version of Running on air and did Vienna Pride.... ... while Timebelle did Zurich Pride.... ... and Tamara continued her lazy holidays in Bulgaria.... ... and Månz his naked holidays in France (?) with some bros.... ... and Lucie gets ready for some Legally Blond action... ... and finally: Coca-Cola comes to Belarus! And Naviband is the face of it. Enjoy!