HAPPY EUROVISION WEEK 2012!!!!


Enjoy!!!!

Please Vote for 'Live on Forever'!

http://eurovision.trm.md/2012/favorit.php?starID=25

Hi Everyone,

I am asking a big favour today. The song written by me,composed by the wonderful Gorgi and sung by the fabulous Marianna has one more shot at making the Moldovan Eurovison final 2012.

We were not one of the top 20 decided by the jury but the public decide the last remaining spot from the songs that didn't make it.

We are in the lead so far but there is still a chance we could be overtaken.

Please click the link above and click like and that is it!

Please share!

Thanks a million,

hugs,

Aidan.

http://eurovision.trm.md/2012/favorit.php?starID=25

The Hero returns!

Need we say more?

Welcome back Charlotte. You are 'The Girl'!

Check out the infectious song that was in the Swiss Pre Selection. Totally cheesy but downright feel good!!

Please Vote For 'My Beat' in the Swiss selection!

Just 2 days left to vote for our song 'My Beat' sung by German dance artist Mave O' Rick in the Swiss Eurovision selection.

Written by: Mave O' Rick and Aidan O' Connor
Composed by: Mave O' Rick and Ian Coleen

http://www.eurovisionplattform.sf.tv/videos/my_beat

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The videos are arranged in alphabetical order. Click through them and take time to listen to the

entries. Feel free to vote for any of the other 215 entries ahem!

You have four votes to cast. You can vote for one entry four times. Any votes would be greatly appreciated!

To vote for your favourites, you need a user account with SF. If you already have one, all you have to

do vote is log in. If you do not yet have a user account, please go to SF Login to register.

The entries that have qualified for the decider show will be announced after mid-November.

Mave has another exciting project ongoing at the moment.
38 years after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 for Luxembourg, Anne Marie David has been working in collaboration with Mave O'Rick to re-release her winner Tu Te Reconnaitras(Encore Un Fois) for the 2011 market!

http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=39443&_t=anne_marie_david_re-releases_1973_winner


To vote in the Swiss Selection:
Go to:

www.eurovisionplattform.sf.tv

If you speak German it will be very straight forward but if not here are the translations you will need:

Press „SF Login“ in the small

the left side

Press

„Neu Registrieren“

Fill the form

Anrede* - Title

Herr

– Mr.

Frau

– Ms.                                                   

- Country

E-Mail*
-E-Mail Adresse
Geburtsdatum*
(TT.MM.JJJJ) - Date of Birth
Benutzername*
 User Name
Passwort*
 Password
Passwort wiederholen*
- Repeat your Password Vorname*
- First name
Name*
- Name
Adresse*
- Adresse
PLZ*
- Postal Code

only 4 Numbers

Ort*

- Village
Land*

Thanks!!

Picture of Melodifestivalen jury beginning their judging!

The Melodifestivalen jury have sat down today to go through the 2915 songs in submitted in the 'regular' contest (570 go through the Webjoker selection)

There is an interesting article here (In Swedish) Power ballads and dance tracks seem to be quite popular this year but as usual a diverse range of styles have been received by SVT.
I am thrilled to have submitted songs to Melodifestivalen this year as I have so much love and adoration for their national final.

Rumours of who has submitted entries has already started with two former winners Charlotte and Helena Paparizou expected to be in the mix. Others include Timoteij, E.M.D.(as soloists), Magnus Carlsson, Lina Hedlund, Marin (BWO), Jenny Berggren (Ace of Base, DMGP 2011) and Molly Sanden.

Check out the Aftonbladet article here.

Semi 1 Predictions!

Here are my predictions for tonight:

To Qualify

Azerbaijan
Russia
Norway
Hungary
Serbia
Greece
Turkey
Poland
Finland
Armenia


Borderline:

Iceland
Albania
Georgia

Not Qualifying:

Portugal
Malta
San Marino (would love it to be a shock qualifier!)
Lithuania
Croatia
Switzerland

Happy Eurovision Week!

As semi 1 is only 3 hours away I just wanted to wish everyone an amazing eurovision week. We all know how special this contest is to us and Dusseldorf will be epic!

Have fun, keep smiling, dancing and partying!!

Stella arrives in Dusseldorf! Let the madness begin!

Vote for Jamie!

My song is in the Maltese selection 2011!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011

Good luck Jamie!!!

Romania Rings in the New Year!

Tonight Romania choose their 2011 entry for Germany aided by international judges Niamh Kavanagh, Johnny Logan and Chiara!

The fan favourite is Claudia Pavel with a powerful song written and produced by a team of Swedes, how could i not be fabulous?!

There are a number of strong songs and 1 rubbish one (Facebook Girl!). Others of interest include:

Dalma (She made it to bootcamp in this years UK X Factor!)
Blaxty Girls (They have made it to the Romanian final a number of times, could this be their year?)

Directia 5
Laeticia
Hotel FM

These are three big contenders with Laeticia's 'Dreaming of You' offering something that could stand out amongst the 13 finalists.

It all kicks off at 8 CET. Happy New Year!!!!

Have a fantastic Christmas Euro Lovers!

What a mix!

This years Swiss selection is certainly different, so far we have Malta's Rosman Pace, Johnny Brady (Eurosong Ireland 2009), Todomondo (Romania '07), Maggie Toal (NF Ireland '90, '95 and '97), American Idol contestant Sarah Burgess and Big Brother's Kemal Zuleyka!

Check them out here.

Bengtzing is Back!

The Bengtzing is back!! Melodifestivalen 2011 is already shaping up to be a cracker with Linda announced in the first four performers with 'E de fel på mig' or 'Wrong with me'
Written and composed by: Pontus Assarsson, Thomas G:son and Jörgen Ringqvist!!

This sounds amazing!

Here she is(Yes, it really is her!) looking like she is ready to release that schlager diva again in 2011!

It is Eurobash weekend here in Dublin.To celebrate here is Pernilla's schlagertastic song submitted for Melodifestivalen 2008. More of this for 2011 Christer!

Happy Friday!

Dusseldorf is espected to be announced as the host city in the coming days according to Bild with the Esprit Arena being the main contender as the venue. It can hold up to 60,000 people!!

In other news, The melodifestivalen deadline passed yesterday with a total of 3832 songs submitted! I want to listen to them all!

This is a record number of songs with a big increase from 2010.

Year Number of Songs

1995 600 songs
1996 1 475 songs
1997 1 223 songs
1998 1 126 songs
1999 1 315 songs
2000 1 394 songs
2001 1 567 songs
2002 1 830 songs
2003 2 620 songs
2004 3 228 songs
2005 3 131 songs
2006 3 326 songs
2007 3 234 songs
2008 3 489 songs
2009 3 440 songs
2010 2 794 songs (incl 180 Web wild cards)
2011 3 832 songs (incl 424 Web wild cards)

The Countdown Begins!

Our Eurovision queen Niamh will be mixing with the burly bears and tiny twinks as she plays Limerick Pride next weekend!

The committee is headed by Alternative Miss Ireland queen and Ireland's Verka Serducha, Shelia Fitpatrick Shinnors. Check out the launch with Heidi Hotlips! and Mr. Gay Limerick on Thursday the 9th@ 31 Thomas St.

They have put so much into this project and I hope everyone can support this fabulous event!

Check out www.limerickpride.ie for more details

Have a blast:)

Eurovision singer says sorry..

Nadja Benaissa a member of the German girl band No Angels has admitted to having unprotected sex with several partners without warning them that she was HIV-positive.

Nadja Benaissa, 28, was speaking at the opening of her trial in the German city of Darmstadt.

"I am so sorry," she told the court.

She faces charges of grievous bodily harm for allegedly infecting one man, and attempted bodily harm over two men who were not infected.

If convicted, Ms Benaissa faces a prison sentence ranging from six months to 10 years.

The singer was arrested in Frankfurt last year, shortly before she was due to perform a solo concert, and spent 10 days in custody.

Aids gala declaration

Aids campaigners were critical of the authorities' handling of the arrest and warned against a rush to criminalise the transmission of HIV, the BBC's Tristana Moore reports from Berlin.

According to prosecutors, Ms Benaissa knew she was HIV-positive as early as 1999.

A former lover, who is HIV-positive, has said the singer infected him in 2004 and is due to appear in court in Darmstadt as a co-claimant.

Last November Ms Benaissa appeared at an Aids charity gala in Berlin and openly declared: "My name is Nadja Benaissa, I'm 27 years old, I have a daughter - and I'm HIV-positive."

No Angels were formed in 2000 on the international TV show Popstars, before recording a series of hits and emerging as Germany's most successful girl band.

They re-formed in 2007 and competed in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 23rd with the song 'Disappear' with a total of 14 points – taking 12 points from Bulgaria, band member Lucy Diakovska's native country, and 2 points from Switzerland only. Only the United Kingdom and Poland placed below the four-member female band.