Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Mahmood Summertime is the time for the Eurovision stars to enjoy the sun, sea, sand and beach like any common mortals, and showcase their muscles or bikini bodies. Here's a round up of their Instagrams for your viewing pleasure. Laura Rizzotto Max Jason Mai Iveta Amir Zena ByeAlex Edurne Deen Elhaida Dani Elnur Nina Zilli Miki Samra Mikolas Josef Kaliopi Hovig Amaia John Lundvik

  Albanian Elhaida Dani is out with a new song  Më Mbaj or Keep me. She has written the song herself and is writing and recording her new album in Italy in both Italian and English, but this one's strickly in Albanese. Beautiful. And kinda melancholy. The late summer/early autumn blues continues with Eric Saade 's Another week . Released already some time ago but it has proven to be a real earworm and pops into your head when you last expect it.... and comes with quite a Swedish party video, too! Dima Bilan 's latest is  Держи (Hold). The Russian superstar continues to deliver radio friendly pop tunes and this is another one, a bit groovier and poppier than most lately though. And the video is shot in oh, so fashionable Portugal. And must be sponsored by the car manufacturer.... Lara Fabian has already released a second single Choose what you love most (And let it kill you) off her new album Camouflage , but this first single Growing wings is stuck i...

Summer is clearly ending and the stars back to work as well  as the number of beach photos has dropped dramatically.... But here's Helena enjoying a river.... Claudia looking fierce Elhaida in a cave Nathan in Santorini (don't burn yourself!) Kristian having his Sex and the Beach  (without sex I hope, he's underage after all) And finally Slavko. Enough said. 

Amir continues to deliver amazing photos... As does Vaidas. This is Himalaya. Elhaida joins the very many who did Portugal this summer Dami did Seoul Douwe looks 100% Amsterdam with his dog Måns has his take on the same.... Lindita did Geneve Naviband Lviv Tijana admirred the Bosnian sunset

It seems the male stars were at the beach displaying their beach bodies again this week,  while the ladies were more modest. Here's Imri Tamara Hovig Demy Il Volo's Gianluca... ... Piero... ... and Ignazio Elhaida  Slavko Tijana Måns

Alice Paba (19) from Tolfa near Rome wins the fourth The Voice of Italy in Dolcenera's team. The final was incredibly tight and she beats Charles Kablan (22, from Ivory Coast) with 50,19% of the votes! During the show she sung both Britney Spears and Björk,  not forgetting Mia Martini...... dressed like Polina Gagarina.  Italian media is also reporting Dolcenera would be the very first female coach to win it in all editions around the world. True? Last night she also dueted with the guest of honor od the show, Francesca Michielin in her Eurovision entry Nessun grado di separazione .  Alice follows Elhaida Dani (Albania's Eurovision star in 2015), the singing nun Suor Cristina and Fabio Curto. Hopefully her career will be more succesful than the previous winner's..... 

Albania's Festivali I Këngës has reached edition 54 and will give us the Albanian entry for the Eurovision song contest 2016 in Stockholm. Most likely. Maybe this year they have made all the composers and authors sign a paper that they actually do give their song for that purpose following the drama over Elhaida Dani's entry in 2015. To be far, it all turned out much better so.... let's hear what they have in offer this time around. Listen to the songs here and here .  The Albanian music festival will take place right around Christmas on December 25-27, 2015. Semi-final 1 Participants Egzon Pireci – Triumf Simbol – Artiste Voltan Prodani – Dëgjoje këngën o atë Adrian Lulgjuraj – Jeto dhe ëndërro Sigi Bastri – Engjëll i lirë Dilan Reka – Buzëqesh Luiz Ejlli – Pa mbarim Nilsa Hysi – Asaj Orgesa Zaimi – Një shishe në oqean Erga Halilaj – Monolog Florent Abrashi – Të ndjek çdo hap Teuta Kurti – Në sytë e mi Kozma Dushi – Një kafe Asl...