Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  The hits keep coming from radio waves and streaming platforms and charts! Enjoy! Olli Halonen - Kylä keskellä ei mitään Eini - Puhdasta nautintoo Eeva Louhivuori - Ruusu Maija Vilkkumaa - Maria

Unlike last year Opeeración Triunfo was brought to the end - and victory of Famous - before they started the search for Euroviison entry and entrant in a separate competition. Out of song submissions  (953 + over 100 from invited songwriters) 17 were chosen and given to the OT artists. Next the public has a chance to select three songs with online voting until January 2 while the jury selects the other seven finalists.... It's good to hear Spain is sticking to the Latin sounds mostly.  Famous – No Puedo Más  *** FINALIST Miki – La Venda   **** FINALIST Alba – Qué Será Luego  * Miki & Natalia – Nadie Se Salva   ** FINALIST Julia – Qué Quieres Que Haga   ** FINALIST Natalia – La Clave   **** ONLINE FINALIST Sabela – Dímelo de Frente  *** Sabela – Hoy Soñaré   ** FINALIST Miki – El Equilibrio   ** Noelia – Hoy Vuelvo a Reír Otra Vez   *** ONLINE FINALIST Marilia – Todo Bien  *** FINALIST María ...

The 61st Castrocaro festival for new voices was won by Maria (or Valentina Ergotelli, 23). And as the facts are, she's got as a winner a right to take part in AreaSanremo wherefrom the artists for December Sanremo Giovani will be selected, and two of them will take part in Sanremo 2019 and the winner going to Eurovision... the journey is long but in theory possible. She's got the look, presence and voice - all she needs now is a killer song! The festival that used to be the pool of new talents in times before all Idols, x Factors and similar took over television seems to be in decline as it wasn't even broadcasted live but almost two weeks later of its July 29 date, and late night on Rai2. Ten artists made it to the final and were judged by four judges, among them Jalisse's Alessandra Drusian.  Castrocaro has been a starting point for the careers of Gigliola Cinquetti (she won in 1963 and got a right to participate in Sanremo 1964 and Eurovision), Giuni ...