(Photograph Courtesy of Sven-Erik Svensson @ http://www.hd.se) Brandishing his bass guitar Eric Gadd takes to the stage to perform his Melodifestivalen 2013 entry “We Will Never Lose”. A pop/rock song in the vein of “Journey” where he interacts with the audience and uses the catwalk to great effect. To […]
(Photograph courtesy of Sven-Erik Svensson @ http://www.hd.se) Mary N’Diaye is next to perform with her song “Gosa”. There is a children’s schoolyard appeal to this song that makes it very memorable. Mixture of musical styles and up tempo in contrast to Jay-Jay Johanson that preceded Mary. Hint of the […]
(Photograph courtesy of Sven-Erik Svensson at http://www.hd.se) Jay-Jay Johanson takes to the stage to sing the melancholic song “Paris“ A simple stage to compliment the simple song. Again it is different to Cookies N Beans beforehand. The song is staged in dark blues and some light smoke to resemble […]
(Photograph Courtesy ofSven-Erik Svensson @ http://www.hd.se) Cookies N Beans take to the stage second in the rehearsals with the anthemic ballad “Burning Flags” that is in stark contrast to David Lindgren’s dance song “Skyline”. A dark stage with burning flags/curtains lend atmosphere to this song and staging. The […]
(Photograph Courtesy of Sven-Erik Svensson @ www.hd.se) David Lindgren has taken to the stage for his first performance of his Melodifestivalen 2013 entry “Skyline”. It is an up tempo song and David is accompanied by 4 male dancers. With slick dance moves and lots of “Vogue” gestures. This is […]
(Photograph Courtesy of SVT) Melodifestivalen 2013 starts today as the first set of Semi Finalist arrive for their dress rehearsals. Yesterday morning the 8 acts in Saturday’s Semi Final arrived in Karlskrona – the host city for the first Semi Final. SVT has very kindly provided a […]
Back in December the Macedonian broadcaster, MRT announced that Roma musician Esma Redžepova (69) would represent Macedonia along with pop singer Vlatko Lozanoski (27). MRT have since announced that they are keeping the song selection within the Redžepova household by having one of Esma’s children compose the song. […]
BNT, the Bulgarian National Broadcaster will choose their candidate for Malmo through an internal selection committee with a specialised television show to choose the song that the successful representative will sing for Eurovision 2013. BNT will announce the singer(s) on the 10th February. The singer(s) will then present […]
Tonight NRK held their final preview show for the Semi Finals of Melodi Grand Prix 2013. The 7 acts that will compete on Saturday for the last 3 places in the Grand Final are Gothminister – “Utopia” http://youtu.be/bopA-d_Alf8 (YouTube Video Courtesy of danielbones) Adelen – “Bombo” No Video Available […]
(Photograph Courtesy of NRK) Who will represent Norway at Eurovision 2013? Well after a show stopping Round 2 last week, Margaret Berger found herself in the number 1 position. Just like last week, NRK will be hosting the show “MGP Direkte 30.01.2013″ tonight at 20.15 (CET) The […]