Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

San Marino will have its party in EuroClub  tomorrow night. Be there!

Another earth in the backdrop, this time for San Marino, at night with the lights and spinning the wrong way apparently. Anita and Michele look young and fresh, casual at their age and the act has some what high school or should I say Glee print on it. If and when the audience will lit their cellphones and create a real chain of lights on the night the view will be stunning, joining the one in the backdop creating a 3D effect with all those lights. And of course we all at home will join the chain and light a candle, a cellphone or anything that gives light for hope and peace.  On internet mixed reviews and thoughts about it most seem to agree it's improving and better than expected. maybe. My heart goes boom for San Marino always for obviosu reasons, and as I have said before Siegel has created another earworm so just sing along in the chain of lights.... you know you want to!

The youngest duo for the tiniest country, Sammarinese teenagers Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola have been building bridges for a more peaceful world with their chain of lights in Moscow's pre-Eurovision party. Anita said in Moscow:  "Our message is peace. Together we can build a chain of light, with our smartphones and with our hearts and m ake the world a better place. "   If you are going to Vienna, be sure to light up your phone and join in. (Better than booing as a protest, isn't it?) Watch their performance here  giving us a glimpse of their chemistry on stage. The youngsters message of peace may sound a bit lame at first but it's more current than ever in the world we live in, even in Europe - just think about Ukraine and the radarless airplanes flying around Baltic Sea area violating other nation's territories for example, as well as submarines like the one caught near Stockholm last October, and yesterday just infront of Helsinki. A little ...

Remember Johnny Blue , the blind singer Lena Valaitis sung back in 1981? He lives on in a musical staged in Czech Republic based on the music and songs by Ralph Siegel. The musical, written and directed by Stanislav Moša and arranged by Karel Cón, features countless Eurovision entries by Siegel from Dschingish Khan and Theater to more recent Crisalide and Maybe . This is in the German speaking world what Mamma mia!  is for Scandinavian – soundtrack of the life of those who grew up in the 1970s-1980s. The world premiere took place in Brno, Czech Republic on March 28, 2015 with many familiar artists attending the event: Katja Ebstein, Dorkas of MeKaDo fame, Valentina Monetta and Penny Mc Lean just to name a few. "For me it's a real priviledge that people still sing my songs, which I started to write 50 years ago. It's quite a long time ago but I still enjoy writing! It was a wonderful evening. It was my dream to see and hear what we have done. I love Eurovision for 20...

After the leak yesterday night today San Marino has officially presented their entry with the video for Chain of lights . If you are interested you can see a longer version of it here with some backstage photos and the lyrics of the song. The video has been shot in various places around province of Molise in southern Italy, in regions of Campobasso and Isernia.  The singers at 16 are young and fresh but the writers are real Eurovision veterans. The song is once again penned by Ralph Siegel with the lyrics by John O'Flynn aka Bernd Meinunger. This is Bernd's 19th Eurovision entry, and Ralph's 23rd. This is also Siegel's fourth consegutive entry for San Marino and they have done better every year and finally qualifying for the final for the very first time (for any microstate) last year. Will Michele and Anita better Valentina Monetta's 24th place in the final last year with Maybe ? Maybe or maybe not, what do you think?