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You raise me up - a missed Eurovision winner?

Rolf Løvland wrote this song, Brendan Graham wrote later the lyrics. Both Eurovision veterans and winner. Brian Kennedy provided the first published vocals to the song, later made a big hit by the version of Josh Groban . Now there are over 125 covers of it in various languages. Another Eurovision star, late Jan Werner Danielsen also recorded it as he replaced Brian on Secret Garden's world tour when he fell ill but that has not been released. Elisabeth Andreasson performed it in his funeral with Rolf.  Brian Kennedy later re-recorded the song as well. Westlife did it, Sissel Kyrkjebo did it, Michael Ball did it. Paul Potts and Il Divo recorded it in Spanish. It has also become a regular song for various Idols and Talent show hopefuls. And this brings us to Markku Laamanen , Finland's answer to Susan Boyle in Britain's Got Talent. The song has been recorded in Finnish by - yet another - Eurovision star Kari Tapio . Is this the song with the most Eurovision connecti...

A missed chance: Lisa - Sempre

Ten years ago Annalisa Panetta , or simply Lisa delivered in 1998 Sanremo one of the best songs ever in my books. Sempre . And if it only got to Eurovision.... Chiara might have faced some solid competition in the ballad department! But it didn't as Italy didn't participate and she only came third behind horrid Annalisa Minetti who actually fought over to go to Eurovision while RAI only sent her to Vina del Mar in Chile and Antonella Ruggiero of Matia Bazar fame. Anyways, Lisa had her revenge 3 years later when this very song hit number one in France! She also recorded the Spanish version Siempre of it and Celine Dion who presented her at Sanremo predicted her a shiny future. Yet, where is Lisa? All I know she released two albums in Italy ( Lisa in 1998 and L'essenziale in 1999) before moving to France for three years where she released a compilation album. In 2003 she was back to Sanremo with Oceano , later made worldfamous by Josh Groban , and gained another good p...