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Spotify: “Tattoo” just surpassed Alexander Rybak’s Fairytale in streams! | It is now the 4th most-listened Eurovision song of all time!

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Loreen is doing amazing at all streaming platforms, following her big success at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, held in Liverpool, UK. Only three days after the release of her first post-Eurovision single “Is it Love“, her winning song “Tattoo” managed to surpass Alexander Rybak’s “Fairytale“ in streams, at the highly-popular streaming platform of Spotify.

As of Monday, October the 16th, “Tattoo” is the 4th most streamed Eurovision song of all time and has accumulated 307.971.675 streams in total, while Alexander Rybak’s Fairytale has accrued a tiny few less, 306.503.428 streams in total.

Top 10 – Most streamed Eurovision songs of all time (at the time of writing)

  1. “Arcade“ – Duncan Laurence (1,039 Billion)
  2. “Snap“ – Rosa Linn (816,3 Million)
  3. “ZITTI E BUONI“ – Måneskin (423,9 Million)
  4. “Tattoo“ – Loreen (306,8 Million)
  5. “Fairytale“ – Alexander Rybak (306,3 Million)
  6. “Waterloo“ – ABBA (276,1 Million)
  7. “Euphoria“ – Loreen (247,6 Million)
  8. “Soldi“ – Mahmood (226,5 Million)
  9. “Heroes“ – Måns Zelmerlow (152,6 Million)
  10. “Brividi“ – Mahmood, BLANCO (138,5 Million)

Loreen is only the second artist to be in this top 10 with two different songs (“Euphoria” and “Tattoo“) after Mahmood (“Soldi” and “Brividi“) and her success after her second Eurovision victory goes on.

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Photo: Universal Sweden/Charli Ljung

How far do you think Loreen’s Tattoo can go? Will it manage to become the most-streamed Eurovision song of all times? 

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Watch all the eurostars’ performances at Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2022! (Videos)

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Yesterday, the 17th of November, the concert Het Grote Songfestivalfeest took place three years after the last concert, which was back in 2019, at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

More than 30 eurostars performed on stage for the massive audience and Eurovisionfun was there to cover the show! You will get the chance to watch exclusive videos of interviews with your favourite artists and their performances!

You can watch some of the performances of the artists below:

Loreen – Euphoria

S10 – De diepte

Edsilia – On Top Of The World

Netta – Toy

Kalush Orchestra – Stefania

Mans Zermerlöw – Heroes

OG3NE – Waterloo

KEiiNO – Spirit In The Sky

Go A – Shum

Duncan Laurence – Arcade

Subwoolfer & Alexander Rybak – Give That Wolf A Banana

Conchita Wurst – Rise like a Phoenix

Johnny Logan – What’s Αnother Υear

Gjon’s Tears – Tout l’univers

Michael Schulte – You Let Me Walk Alone

TIX – Fallen Angel

Efendi – Mata Hari

The Roop – Discoteque

Sandra Kim – J’aime la vie

Sheldon Riley – Not The Same

Stefania – Last Dance

Antique – (I Would) Die For You

Helena Paparizou – My Number One

Stay tuned at Eurovision Fun for all the latest developments regarding Eurovision 2023!

Greece: Klavdia submitted her proposal to ERT | EXCLUSIVE

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Klavdia submitted her complete proposal to ERT, in order to claim the Greek representation in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, confirming what we exclusively revealed back in the summer.

What does Klavdia’s proposal include?

Klavdia’s proposal includes a melodic, slow ballad, with fluctuations and modulations. The song showcases the young singer’s powerful vocals, in a ballad scattered with emotional outbursts.

The song is written by ARCADE (Greece 2020 and 2021), and it has strong religious elements.

Who is Klavdia?

The 20-year-old  Klavdia rose to fame through her participation in The Voice of Greece in 2018. Klavdia is a special artist with an ethereal voice. She very recently made her record debut, with the song “Lonely Heart” (released, together with a music video by Arcade Music and Panik Records).

She was introduced to the general public four years ago, as a contestant in “The Voice“, where she reached the show’s final, with Elena Paparizou being her coach. Klavdia impressed the judges and the audience with her amazing vocals. In the following years, she continues to “enchant” with her live performances.

Among other things, she appeared alongside the great Dionysis Savvopoulos, as well as Good Job Nicky at the “Summer Nostos Festival”. “Lonely Heart” is an ethnic pop dance track, which stands out from the first listen. The music was written by the creative team of Arcade, which is behind many great hits and Pantelis Loupasakis (Pade). The lyrics of the song were written by Arcade.

Listen to her first single below:

Would you like to see Klavdia representing Greece at Eurovision 2023? Tell us in the comments below!

Don’t miss our Live on YouTube on Sunday at 12pm, right after the end of ERT’s submission window for Eurovision 2023, where we will discuss all the entries, but also reveal many hitherto unknown details.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding the Greek participation at Eurovision 2023!

 

Greece: Joanne submitted her proposal to ERT!

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The battle for the representation of Greece in Eurovision 2022 will be fierce and another candidacy was recently submitted to ERT, claiming the Greek representation at Eurovision 2022.. The reason, of course, for Joanne, better known as Ioanna Georgakopoulou.

As we had revealed to you as early as September 17, the 19-year-old singer was expected to officially be MINOS EMI’s proposal for Eurovision 2022. So it happened. Having the blessings of her coach at The Voice, Elena Paparizou, and her vocal teacher, Manto, the young singer will claim her chances to be the representative of Greece next May in Turin.

The Voice winner’s proposal includes a modern, upbeat and emotional sound, exactly in the style that Joanne wants to represent.

In order to submit the best possible proposal to ERT, Joanne chose to work with familiar faces. She collaborates, therefore, with DJ Michalis Tsousopoulos and ARCADE (Greece 2020 and 2021), who have also edited her first single “Twist in my Sobriety”, by Tanita Tikaram in a dance version.

Also on her team is popular singer and songwriter Sarah De Warren, who has collaborated with great DJs such as Kaskade, Martin Jensen and Mike Perry, while her songs have more than 50 million streams.

Would you like to see Joanne representing Greece at Eurovision 2022? Tell us in the comments below!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun, for all the developments regarding the Greek participation in Eurovision 2022!

Greece: Listen to a teaser from Stefania’s “Mucho Calor”!

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Shortly before its official release on June 25, Stefania presents a 30-second teaser of her new single entitled, Mucho Calor. The song will be presented for the first time on the stage of MAD VMA 2021!

You also read about the history of the song in our previous article. Mucho Calor has karmic relation to the contest, since three times in the past it came close to representing either Greece or Cyprus, but the final choice was always different.

Mucho Calor was originally submitted to ERT for Eurovision 2020. Although the song was first in the focus group voting that dream team held that year, SUPERG! RL was finally chosen, as a song that Stefania could better support.

Then the composers of the song suggested it to Sandro, who even recorded it and it was one of the songs that RIK had on the table, for the Cypriot representation at Eurovision 2020. But Sandro wanted a song that would have his personal of touch and so the song did not end there either.

With some changes, Mucho Calor, but also with a different title (Inferno), the song was submitted in 2021 to ERT. In fact, the artistic committee of the Greek public television initially wanted this to be the song with which Stefania would represent Greece in Rotterdam. Finally, considering the scenarios for the stage presentation, but also other factors, such as the voting of the juries, Last Dance was chosen.

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη Stefania (@stefania_)

We remind you that Mucho Calor is signed by Dimitris Kontopoulos and ARCADE and will be released on June 25.

What are your first impressions of the song? Tell us in the comments below!

Greece: “Last Dance” is Stefania’s song for Eurovision 2021!

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It is a fact, ERT a few minutes ago revealed the title of the song that will represent Greece at the 65th Eurovision Song Contest, in May in Rotterdam. The committee of the Greek public television decided that out of the five songs that Stefania’s synthetic team submitted to the crisis, Last Dance is the one that will be the 41st Greek entry in the contest!

The ERT Press Release:

Με το τραγούδι «Last dance» και τη Stefaniaη Ελλάδα στην Eurovision 2021

Με ένα χορευτικό τραγούδι που έχει τον τίτλο «Last dance» η Στεφανία Λυμπερακάκη (Stefania) θα εκπροσωπήσει την Ελλάδα στον 65o Πανευρωπαϊκό Διαγωνισμό Τραγουδιού της  Eurovision 2021, που διεξάγεται από τις 18 έως τις 22 Μαΐου στο Ρότερνταμ της Ολλανδίας, μετά την περσινή αναβολή του λόγω της πανδημίας του κορωνοϊού. Το «Last dance» είναι μια σύνθεση των Δημήτρη Κοντόπουλου, Arcade, Sharon Vaughn, ενώ creative director για την οπτικοποίηση του τραγουδιού θα είναι ο Φωκάς Ευαγγελινός.

Η σχετική απόφαση ελήφθη από κοινού από την επιτροπή που συγκροτήθηκε στην ΕΡΤ για την επιλογή του τραγουδιού, σε συνεργασία με την καλλιτεχνική ομάδα της Στεφανίας στην οποία ανατέθηκε η επιμέλεια της συμμετοχής στην 65η Eurovision, ύστερα από ακρόαση πέντε τραγουδιών που προτάθηκαν από τους δημιουργούς. Υπενθυμίζεται ότι η Ελλάδα θα εμφανιστεί στον Β΄ Ημιτελικό, που έχει προγραμματιστεί στις 20 Μαΐου 2021.

Stefania’s “last dance” with a recipe for success

Stefania (Stefania Lymperakaki), now 18 years old, will have another opportunity to represent Greece in the Eurovision contest, after its cancellation last year due to the pandemic. With a completely different song from SUPERG!RL, ​​Stefania hopes to move the audience of Europe and Australia, achieving a very good result.

Dimitris Kontopoulos, ARCADE and Sharon Vaughn, all important creators with parchments inside and outside the contest, hope that 2021 will be the year of Greece. Fokas Evangelinos is preparing to do a great job, making another stage presentation that will be discussed.

The next steps of the Greek delegation

On Sunday 10/1 Stefania is coming to Greece again, in order to make the final recording of Last Dance. The song is orchestrated and as a production is in its final form. The video clip will take place in February, with director Kostas Karydas as director for the second consecutive year.

The presentation of the song will take place in March, without having yet decided how. Do not forget that at the end of March, the Greek delegation must deliver to the EBU the live on tape video, while at the meeting of the HoDs, which is scheduled for March 15, in addition to the video clip, it must have submitted the complete concept of the stage appearance.

 

 

ERT’s expectations for Last Dance are high

Both the artistic team and ERT have high expectations from the Greek entry this year. Everyone’s goal is to place high in the standings, achieving the best result of Greece in the last 10 years in the contest.

Eurovisionfun is one of the lucky ones who listened to the song and we agree that this targeting is completely realistic. The song is faithful to the musical current of the time (80s pop), but with a modern orchestration, highlighting in the best way the voice skills of Stefania. It could very well be a song by Dua Lipa, while it also stands out lyrically.

It also has messages for the difficult situation we all experienced in 2020, with young people “missing” important moments, from the most beautiful period of their lives, but the future must be bright, since it can not and will not be the last dance…

We remind you that Greece will compete in the first part of the second semifinal of Eurovision 2021, on May 20.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding the Greek entry, since you are constantly learning everything exclusively and in time here!

 

Greece: This is how Stefania’s song for Eurovision 2021 will be decided! EXCLUSIVE

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The time for decissions in Greece have arrived! In the coming days, ERT will announce the way it will choose the song with which Stefania will participate in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Fun exclusively brings you the latest information.

Five songs for Stefania

As it has already become known, Stefania on her last trip to Athens, recorded five potential songs for Eurovision. Among them there is a song that the young singer and her team choose in order to be the song that will be the Greek entry in the contest.

The composers of these five songs, of course, are the same group that signed SUPERG!RL. Dimitris Kontopoulos, Sharon Vaughn and ARCADE.

ERT’s decision to select the song

In the coming days, the ERT team that deals with the contest, will meet once again, in order to make the final decisions on how to choose the Greek entry in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

According to all our exclusive information, the preferred solution is the internal choice. The new television data due to the pandemic, the time limits that are narrowing at a time when this year requires more time for the artistic team to prepare the live on tape video, but also the difficulties that exist in travel, made ERT revise the initial of her plans, which was to conduct an open selection.

The above practically means that a process similar to the one followed in the last two years will probably be chosen. Before one wonders why there is no an online process like the one in the Czech Republic or in part in Israel, the answer is that it is not possible at the moment. Stefania recorded 5 demos, they are not complete recordings. If this choice was hypothetically chosen, Stefania would have to come to Greece again in the next few days (to pass the necessary quarantine), complete the recordings and then proceed to the online voting. Another month would be wasted, while the candidate songs would have to be made public so early, something the artistic team does not want.

However, fortunately, and if the situation with the pandemic is brought under control, ERT intends even next year to hold a national final for the selection of the Greek entry, listening to the desire of many artists, but also fans.

ERT loves Eurovision and if we think about the shift of Greek public broadcaster to a commercial and entertainment program this year, we are optimistic that we will see beautiful things in the part that concerns the contest.

Stay tuned to Eurovision Fun for all the news regarding the Greek entry in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest!

Greece: Stefania is in the studio for the recording of her Eurovision song l Watch the video!

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After the recording for Uku Suviste and Natalia Gordienko is completed, today it is Stefania’s turn. The Greek representative in Eurovision 2021, has arrived in Athens today, to record the five candidate songs that her team will submit to ERT, for the selection of the Greek entry!

Stefania will have a full week, with recordings, TV appearances and interviews, in the first act of the project, Greek participation for Eurovision 2021.

Stefania has returned to Greece after her summer vacation, but this time for the preparation of her Eurovision participation. In cooperation with Dimitris Kontopoulos, ARCADE and Sharon Vaughn she will record the five final songs that they will submit to ERT, at a later time, in order to highlight the song with which the 18-year-old singer will represent Greece in Rotterdam.

A few minutes ago, Stefania has posted on Instagram a video from the preparations of the Greek delegation, in which she is in studio to record her Eurovision song.

Her first TV interview is expected to be on Nantia Kontogiorgi ‘s flERT, while appearances on private channels will follow. So far it has not been decided how ERT will choose the song that will represent Greece in the contest, with all the scenarios remaining on the table. It is still unknown, if an internal selection or a live show with public vote will be used to determine Stefania’s song in the Eurovision 2021.

Stay tuned to Eurovision Fun for all the Greek news regarding Eurovision 2021!

Greece: Stefania comes to Greece for the recording of her Eurovision entry!

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After the recording for Uku Suviste and Natalia Gordienko is completed, it is Stefania’s turn. The Greek representative in Eurovision 2021, arrives in Athens tomorrow Saturday 3/10, to record the five candidate songs that her team will submit to ERT, for the selection of the Greek entry!

Stefania will have a full week, with recordings, TV appearances and interviews, in the first act of the project, Greek participation for Eurovision 2021.

Stefania returns to Greece after her summer vacation, but this time for purely professional reasons. Dimitris Kontopoulos, ARCADE and Sharon Vaughn have ready or almost ready, the five final candidate songs that they will submit to ERT, at a later time, in order to highlight the song with which the 18-year-old Stefania will represent Greece in Rotterdam.

Her first TV interview is expected to be on Nadia Kontogiorgi ‘s flERT, while appearances on private channels will follow. So far it has not been decided how ERT will choose the song that will represent Greece in the contest, with all the scripts remaining on the table. That is, an internal selection like the last two years or a TV night with a vote by the public.

Stay tuned to Eurovision Fun for all the Greek news regarding Eurovision 2021!