Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

The Balcan rock queen has cu her hair, too. She was wearing her stage dress, black and white, and was in good spirits. As we remember after the first one she wasn't too pleased but now all seems to be fine. New graphics and new lights have improved the act a lot. No backdrop to talk about, only spotlights for Kaliopi. Looks good, sounds great. And yes there's her trademark scream in the end. Love it. I am so hoping this will qualify for the final! (I know I'm saying this to most every entry, but I like almost everyone this year :-)

Kaliopi. Who doesn't love her? She's back by public demand as she says. She will be wearing a long black dress with white back when it matters but today she was in casual. Four backing vocalists and a drummer with her on stage. Dark blue stage with spotlight on her only to start with, and then the stage lightens up eventually. Kaliopi is a fantastic live performer and could sing the shopping list convincingly if needed, especially if in Macedonian. And she puls out her famous high note as well. What's there not to love? The song may be old fashioned and all that but then, among all these manufactured and calculated acts this stands out as real and autenthic, full of passion and emotions. Real ones (take note, Australia) Kaliopi was not happy with her first rehearsal, she tells in the Meet & Greet. But she's sure everything will be fixed in time. She also has actively forgotten her 1996 Eurovision and counts only these last two ones. Then she praises the Eurovisi...

The Queen of Balcans, Kaliopi has revealed her entry Dona for the Eurovision 2016. Gone is the rock of Crno i belo from 2012. Dona is a passionate ballad that firs her like a glove.