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Italy: Måneskin win Best Rock Video award at the MTV VMAs!

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Eurovision Song Contest 2021 winners, Måneskin, were present at yesterday’s MTV Video Music Awards that took place in New Jersey.

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Greece: Stefania to Participate in Het Grote Songfestivalfeest in Amsterdam!

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For the second year running, Stefania will grace the Het Grote Songfestivalfeest with her presence. The talented singer, who represented Greece in the Eurovision in both 2020 and 2021, is ready to captivate the audience again at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on the 16th of November, in one of the most anticipated events of the year.

The 20-year-old artist, who lives and thrives in her music career in the Netherlands, has become one of the most talked-about names in the local music industry. Our “Supergirl” is set to deliver her special “Last Dance ” to Dutch fans for the third consecutive year, after her performances at Eurovision in Rotterdam in May 2021 and at the Het Grote Songfestivalfeest in Amsterdam in November 2022.

Stefania’s performance at the Het Grote Songfestivalfeest won’t be the only one featuring a Greek, as Eleni Foureira will also be part of the event. Foureira, who represented Cyprus and finished in the second place at Eurovision 2018, is among the biggest names to perform at this grand celebration in November in the Dutch capital.

Het Grote Songfestivalfeest is a large-scale concert that pays tribute to the Eurovision Song Contest, with performances from numerous artists who have made their mark on the contest by performing their songs. For its third edition, after 2019 and 2022, the following artists will take the stage:

  • Charlotte Perrelli (Sweden 1999, 2008)
  • Johnny Logan (Ireland 1980, 1987)
  • Emmelie de Forest (Denmark 2013)
  • Verka Serduchka (Ukraine 2007)
  • Ruslana (Ukraine 2004)
  • Bobbysocks (Norway 1985)
  • Ell & Nikki (Azerbaijan 2011)
  • Måns Zelmerlöw (Sweden 2015)
  • KEiiNO (Norway 2019)
  • Eleni Foureira (Cyprus 2018)
  • Serhat (San Marino 2016, 2019)
  • Alessandra (Norway 2023)
  • Gjon’s Tears (Switzerland 2020, 2021)
  • Gustaph (Belgium 2023)
  • Gali Atari (Israel 1979)
  • Alika (Estonia 2023)
  • Käärijä (Finland 2023)
  • WRS (Romania 2022)
  • Luca Hänni (Switzerland 2019)
  • Stefania (Greece 2020, 2021)

Let’s not forget that the previous edition of Het Grote Songfestivalfeest in 2022 also featured Greek talent with the presence of Elena Paparizou, both as a solo artist and as part of Antique, and of course, Stefania.

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Stefania Liberakakis has landed a new role as a Misfit girl!

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Stefania Liberakakis, Greece’s representative in Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam, has landed a role in the fourth Misfit film. The fourth installment in the Misfit series is called “Misfit: The Switch”.

The film’s plot

Stefania takes on the role of Noah, a girl who has only one dream, namely to participate in a major dance competition for schools. To make that happen, she secretly swaps school with her best friend. In doing so, she is labeled as an outsider at that new school where she faces new challenges and obstacles. It remains to be seen whether her dream will indeed come true. Other roles in the film include Bettina Holwerda, Timor Steffens, Anique Dreamon and Duncan Tromp.

 

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“Misfit: The Switch” is directed by Erwin van den Elshof, who also directed the previous three Misfit films and Misfit: The Series, which is available on Netflix. The film is produced by NewBe in co-production with Splendid Film and it will be out in Dutch cinemas from 5 October.

Eurovisionfun: Join The Team | Become a Eurovision blogger!

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Do you want to be involved with the Eurovision Song Contest and its national selections? And do you want to work together with others who share your passion? It is not as difficult to get started as you might think. Eurovisionfun is a community of more than 20 contributors reporting on the Eurovision Song Contest from around the globe. We’re always looking for new correspondents to join our team, but now we are also looking for social media managers.

On Eurovisionfun everyone who shows the right skills for it can get their own responsibilities as with us, no-one is higher in ranks – everyone is equal. Whether you’re keen on writing reviews, conducting interviews, making graphics, working on social media or simply finding news for us to cover, there are countless ways for you to contribute.

You don’t have to be a professional journalist, photographer or designer. It will be an advantage if you have previous journalistic experience, but it is not a requirement as we can teach you what you might need as long as we see the talent being present. As we need writers for the English section of our website, it is needed that you are confident writing in this language, and consider yourself being fluent.

You will be writing from home so a good internet connection is needed. If you wish to cover on the spot at a national final or join our team at the Eurovision Song Contest, we will be very happy to see if we can make that happen.

The job is voluntarily, but we help you get contacts, working experience and are of course always willing to provide you with a good recommendation. If you have any professional ambitions in the field of media, journalism or social media, Eurovisionfun is a good place to start! If you also have good video and photo skills, this can be combined.

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We are now looking for one or two people who has experience in managing and operating social media (Instagram and Twitter). It’s not mandatory to have experience but it will be valuated.

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If you want to apply you just have to send an e-mail to the following adress, telling us your full name, your country, your age and a small bio, describing your self. Our chief in editor will reply to you, as soon as possible.

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Anxhela Peristeri: “I want to represent Greece in Eurovision next time”!

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Invited to the show “Night with Avlona”, Anxhela Peristeri, who represented Albania at Eurovision 2021, spoke about her personal life, but also the Eurovision song contest.

The popular singer who made a career in Greece and whose father is of Greek origin, as she mentioned in an exclusive interview she gave us last year, said that next time in the Eurovision contest she would like to represent Greece.

I would represent Greece because I know the culture and I lived there. Although my song was orchestrated by a Greek composer, Dimitris Kontopoulos, this was not discussed. But I would like (to represent Greece).

We remind you that Anxhela Peristeri’s song was orchestrated in the studio of Dimitris Kontopoulos in Athens.

We who had the good fortune to meet Anxhela Peristeri last year in Rotterdam, wish from the bottom of our hearts that she claim her dream and why not see her on the stage of the contest with the Greek colours. She is one of the best female voices to hit the Eurovision stage in recent years.

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Iceland: Daði Freyr wants an end to pre-recorded backing vocals at Eurovision!

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Daði Freyr called for an end to the  pre-recorded vocals in the Eurovision Song Contest. The singer who represented Iceland in Rotterdam , made a post on Twitter to express his feelings.

In  the tweet , which you can see below, Daði Freyr commented on the use of pre-recorded vocals. Mentioning  that it is less interesting to use vocals on a backing tape, as he would prefer to listen all the vocals live on stage.

Several Twitter users pointed out that last year, Daði og Gagnamagnið themselves made the most use of pre-recorded vocals. ” 10 Years”  was accompanied by a large pre-recorded choir of fans.

The pre-recorded vocals

In 2021, the new Executive Supervisor, Martin Österdahl , announced that pre-recorded vocals will be used in Rotterdam’s competition. EBU took the measure to create smaller delegations amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. A smaller delegation would most likely ensure a safer contest, as less people would be on the ground in Rotterdam.

In addition, EBU said that as the music landscape evolves, this change will allow live shows to be even closer to their studio counterparts. Examples of songs that had to be adapted due to the previous set of rules include Poli Genova’s “If Love Was a Crime” and JOWST ‘s “Grab the Moment” .

Prior to the 2022 competition, the EBU decided that the pre-recorded vocals would remain for the competition in Turin. The information originally came from the Icelandic television network RÚV and in the end turned out to be true.

Daði & Gagnamagnið and the song “10 Years” , represented Iceland in 2021, winning 4th place with 378 points.

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#EurovisionAgain returns to Rotterdam!

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On the evening of Saturday 7 May, #EurovisionAgain returns to its home on Twitter, in a fresh new format through which to enjoy the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, which came to us from Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena just under a year ago.

This time around, the viewing will be done exclusively on Twitter, with a stream set up especially for the occasion on the social media platform. Viewers will be joined by some special guests that #EurovisionAgain has lined up to take us through the contest. And it will be an even more interactive experience than usual, with the fans’ all-important Twitter takes and musings forming a bigger part of the re-run of last year’s event from Rotterdam.

Stay tuned to the official Eurovision Twitter, as well as the #EurovisionAgain Twitter, and join us as we Open Up one more time to the spectacular Grand Final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, with everyone invited to take part.

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Serbia: Hurricane split one year after Eurovision!

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The producers of  Hurricane announced that the members of the group will not make music together. They claim that there was no disagreement during the collapse of the group and that the members made such a decision because they were tired due to the heavy load of the industry. Although Hurricane fell apart, they stated that the band’s name would be would be preserved and that the band would re-enter the music world with different members.

The statement for the split of the group came from their production company:

After a five-year successful collaboration, which peaked this year, we are obliged to inform the public and the media about the novelties in our production team and further activities! Hurricane Group Members – Sanja Vucic, Ivana Nikolic, and Ksenija Knežević’s contracts expire in September this year, so we have jointly decided not to renew the contract, as it did not fit our team’s new business plans.

 

Thanks to the fans, the audience, and the great interest, a farewell tour is being prepared that will continue until November, in which the media and the public will be informed over time. It was an immense honor to work with Sanja, Ivan, and Ksenija who have proven to be stars and professionals over the past five years thanks to their hard work, dedication, and talent!

 

As a production company, we would like to state that Hurricane has never let us down. For this reason, we reiterate once again that the decision to terminate the cooperation was taken by mutual agreement. In other words, our friendly relations, which are very rare in this profession, remain intact and there is no room for doubt in this regard. In these five years of wonderfully successful collaboration, Sanja, Ksenija and Ivana have had to neglect their families and private lives, even during their vacations — just as other musicians work as the industry brings — so we all need a break and rest. Of course, each of them will take greater steps to achieve careers that will fit their plans and expectations, we wish them greater success than the successes achieved during our collaboration.

 

As a result of all this, we have decided that Hurricane will go on tour with a few new songs that will polish and complement their efforts and success in this formation. On the other hand, we would like to state that half of our quota is already full and we will do our best to meet the expectations of everyone who wants to participate in this farewell tour.

 

After all, we should sometimes end certain collaboration when everything planned is realized, and as we have realized it, we have agreed that it is a smart and wise decision for everyone to put an end to working together for now. In the next few months, we will enjoy and have fun through songs and music, which has been our channel of communication with our supporters for the past five years. In addition, we would like to inform you that the members of the group Sanja, Ivana, and Ksenija will not be guesting or giving interviews on any media channels until September, except for the promotion of new songs. Also, please note that a new lineup of Hurricane group members is being formed.

Hurricane participated in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Loco Loco  , finishing 15th with 102 points.

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Greece: Watch Stefania and Amanda perform Last Dance together!

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Through the morning show of Alpha, Super Katerina , exclusive footage was broadcast from the  special show of ERT  Amanda, on the way to Eurovision.

In the video we watched , we saw Amanda’s meeting with our last year’s representative Stefania .

Amanda meets Stefania at Silia Kritharioti‘s studio and they talk about Stefania’s experience at Eurovision 2021. Also, Stefania gives her advice to Amanda but they also sing Last Dance , with which Greece returned to the top ten after nine years.

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Greece: Constantinos Christoforou speaks to Europhoria, about his song for Eurovision 2022!

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Last Saturday, Constantinos Christoforou was a guest on CyBC’s radio show Europhoria, hosted by Melina Karageorgiou. Among other things, he gave more details about the song with which he claims the Greek representation for Eurovision 2022!

Memories of the previous three entries

Constantinos Christoforou, who twice represented as a solo (1996 and 2005) and once with the band ONE (2002) his homeland, talked about all three of his previous participations, while of course he commented on his effort this year to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest for a fourth time, this time with the Greek colors.

About 1996 and “Mono Yia Emas“, which he described it as his favorite of his three entries, he stated that it was essentially the occasion for the beginning of his career, since he had the opportunity to introduce himself to such a large audience.

1996 was followed by “Gimme” and the participation with ONE in 2002. Constantinos reveals that the second candidate song was “Matia Mou“, with English lyrics, which was included in their album that was released later. He considers the sixth place an injustice one, since everyone believed that they would be at least in the Top 3.

Making his self-criticism for 2005, Constantinos Christoforou comments that perhaps the choice of “Ela Ela” was wrong, since in now he believes that the song She’s No Fool, written by Mike Connaris, would have achieved a better result, as it was very ahead of its time.

In fact, Constantinos Christoforou does not hesitate to say that RIK should have made an internal choice then and chosen this song, without holding a national final with the participation of the public, who voted in the vast majority of “Ela Ela“.

The song he submitted to ERT for Eurovision 2022

Melina Karageorgiou asked Constantinos Christoforou about the song he submitted to ERT, for the internal selection of the Greek entry in Eurovision 2022.

It’s a song I love very much. It is a ballad. A Mediterranean ballad, not ethnic, Mediterranean… There are two versions. One in Greek and English and one in Italian, which I love as a language despite not speaking it. The Greek lyrics are by Gioula Georgiou, the English are by Stefanos, my brother, the Italian ones are a surprise, you will see it when I release it.

Constantinos Christoforou states that it was a decision of his record label (MINOS EMI), to send the song to ERT for Eurovision, something of course that he immediately agreed with. All he asked was that they not bother him about anything other than telling him the result of the internal choice.

The above practically means that Constantinos Christoforou was not positive either in the participation in a national final, fully confirming everything we told you, for the refusal of most of the 25 artists participating in the ERT process to compete in an open television national final.

Concluding his interview with Europhoria, Constantinos Christoforou states that he will not speak publicly again about the effort to claim Greek participation in Eurovision 2022, since his decision is to keep a low profile, simply talking with his work, when and if needed.

You can listen the interview HERE (In Greek).

Would you like to see Konstantinos Christophorou representing Greece in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest?