Sunday, May 24, 2015

Sweden - Heroes - Måns Zelmerlöw

Congratulations Sweden
Måns Zelmerlöw wins the 60th Eurovision Song Contest.

Digital release image
1 - 365 pts / 1 - 217 pts in semi 2

2 track cds
Third time Melodifestivalen entrant Måns Zelmerlöw has won the 2015 edition of the Swedish national final extravaganza. His song. Heroes, is written by Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb and Linnea Deb.

Heroes has been released as a digital single and is also available on the Melodifestivalen 2015 2CD. (see below)
A 1-track cdsingle was released on May 20. (Warner Music Sweden WMS-5054196-624521)
A 2-track cdsingle was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on June 5.. It includes a short edit of the Axento remix as track 2. (Warner Music Central Europe 5054196-624552)
A 1-track promo was issued by Warner Music Benelux. It comes with an insert/sleeve similar to the black and white digital release image.

Måns' new album Perfectly Damaged was released June 5 and of course includes Heroes.
The album entered the Swedish charts at No. 1 on June 11. It remained in the album top 60 for 27 weeks and was the 36th best selling album of the year (excluding compilations)
A digital release is the remix EP with four remixes of Heroes. See versions below.
Also out on Spotify.

2016
A new edition of the album is titled Perfectly Re:Damaged. It's released in May 2016 and features the single  performed in the 2016 Eurovision final show Fire In The Rain as the only added track. Fire In The Rain is also released as a single (2-track cdsingle and digital).


cdsingle
Versions
Heroes - Eurovision version
- MF 2CD, Vienna 2CD
Heroes - B.o.Y. remix
Heroes - 7th Heaven remix
Heroes - Axento extended remix
Heroes - Eray Oktav remix
- remixes are digital releases
Heroes - Axento remix single edit
- on cdsingle, see above
Heroes - Karaoke
- on official karaoke album, digital release
2016: The new acoustic version of Heroes performed with the kids at Melodifestivalen and the first 2016 semi final remains unreleased.

The first two Melodifestivalen entries by Måns Zelmerlöw were very successful.
Cara Mia ended 3rd in the final of 2007 and was a No. 1 in the Swedish top 60. In 2009 he ended 4th with Hope and Glory, which made it to No. 2 in the charts.
In 2010 Måns hosted the Festivalen together with Christine Meltzer and Dolph Lundgren.



The album
Tracklist Perfectly Damaged
01 Stir It Up
02 Heroes
03 Someday
04 Live While We're Alive
05 Let It Burn
06 Should’ve Gone Home
07 Fade Away
08 Hearts Collide
09 The Core of You
10 Unbreakable
11 Kingdom In the Sky
12 What’s In Your Eyes (ft. Tilde Vinter)
The extra track on the 2016 re-issue, Fire In The Rain, is track 1, with all the other moving down a place.

Album 2016 re-issue
The Songsmiths:
We know the Debs from 2013 entry You by Robin Stjernberg and last years Melodifestivalen runner up and #1 hit up Busy Doin’ Nothin’ by Ace Wilder.
Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad has had a few MF entries in the past, but he had four in this year of which three ended up in the final (Heroes, Linus Svenning’s Forever Starts Today and Groupie by Samir and Viktor).

Charts
Måns Zelmerlöws Heroes enters the Swedish digital sales charts at No. 2 the week before the MF final. In the 'old' official charts he enters at 16.
Sweden Digilistan top 60: 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 10, 6, 15, 10, 1, 1, 1, 4, 10, 11, 13, 11, 14, 19, 25, 22, 31, 35, - (from now digilistan is a top 40 list)
Official Swedish top 100: 16, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 21, 25, 24, 5, 6, 11, 16, 16, 23, 28, 32, 34, 37, 44, 50, 55, 59, 70, 75, 75, 75, 90, 90, 99, -
- Platinum in the 4th week on chart, double platinum in week 8. 4 x platinum was announced week 18.
Spain top 50: 7, 3, 17, 17, 15, 27, 21, 24, 22, 24, 26, 22, 27, 41, 49, -
Austria top 75: 1, 1, 4, 7, 9, 19, 23, 28, 38, 43, 53, 56, 63, -
Germany top 100: 3, 15, 20, 25, 28, 35, 45, 54, 68, 73, 84, 76, 95, -
Netherlands sales top 100: 12, 31, 38, 41, 45, 49, 51, 57, 76, 89, -
Belgium top 50 FL: 5, 2, 5, 5, 9, 12, 18, 23, 33, 36, 48, -
Belgium top 50 WA: 7, 6, 21, 26, -
Ireland top 100: 10, 26, 41, 50, 88, -
U.K. top 100: 11, 51, 71, 96, -
Switzerland top 75: 1, 17, 25, 32, 41, 49, 62, 70, -
Australia top 100: 19, 61, 99, -
France top 200: 38, 33, 173, -
Finland top 20: 16, 5, 11, 13, 19, -
Norway VG lista top 40: 37, 4, 9, 11, 11, 17, 18, 29, -
Denmark Tracklisten 40: 7, 12, 15, 27, -
Heroes also scores on various charts in Iceland (No. 1), Greece, Slovenia, Estonia, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia.
See below for Swedish charts statistics.

Melodifestivalen
The Melodifestivalen concept has been slightly altered. (Why????) 28 songs have participated in the 6-night extravaganza.
For the 15th* time all the songs have been released on CD, so plenty of fun to be had for the collectors.
(Metronome / WMS 5054196-479329)
I shopped for my MF 2CD at BeaRecords.

MF CDsingles released so far this year are by Magnus Carlsson,  Kirstin Amparo, Dolly Style, Isa, Linus Svenning, Samir och Victor and Jessica Andersson.

* In 2001 a CD with all 10 Melodifestival songs was released some time after the (one show) event took place.
The 32-song multi-night ran from 2002 to 2014. This year there are 28 songs participating.

The official Melodifestivalen CD has been the #1 selling album of the year in Sweden every year since 2007.
In 2004, 2005 and 2006 it was #2, in 2003 it was #4, in 2002 it was #13

Links and sources:
Måns Zelmerlöw FB
SVT Melodifestivalen pages
Thanks to Emma at Warner Music Sweden

Swedens efforts in recent years
2014 - Sanna Nielsen
2013 - Robin Stjernberg
2012 - Loreen
2011 - Eric Saade
2010 - Anna Bergendahl
2009 - Malena Ernman

Melodifestivalen 2015 2CD Tracklist
1. I'll Be Fine - Molly Pettersson -Hammar
2. Pappa - Daniel Gildenlöw
3. One By One - Elize Ryd & Rickard Söderberg
4. Hello Hi - Dolly Style
5. Det Rår Vi Inte För - Behrang Miri Feat. Victor Crone
6. Can't Hurt Me Now - Jessica Andersson
7. Sting - Eric Saade
8. Forever Starts Today - Linus Svenning
9. Där Och Då Med Dig - Emelie Irewald
10. Groupie - Samir och Viktor
11. If I Was God For One Day - Neverstore
12. Nonetheless - Marie Bergman och Sanne Salomonsen
13. Möt Mig I Gamla Stan - Magnus Carlsson
14. Don't Stop Believing - Mariette

15. Insomnia - Ellen Benediktson
16. För Din Skull - Kalle Johansson
17. Bring Out The Fire - Andreas Weise
18. Living To Die - Andreas Johnson
19. Don't Stop - Isa
20. I See You - Kristin Amparo
21. Jag Är Fri (Manne Leam Frijje) - Jon Henrik Fjällgren
22. Don't Say No - Midnight Boy
23. Black Swan - Caroline Wennergren
24. Building It Up - JTR
25. Guld Och Gröna Skogar - Hasse Andersson
26. Make Me (La La La) - Dinah Nah
27. Ett Andetag - Annika Herlitz
28. Heroes - Måns Zelmerlöw
(Warner Music Sweden 5054196479329)

MF In the charts
So Melodifestivalen is big business and it makes Lotta Svenska Kronor, but it's good to see a good part of money going to good production of both the TV shows and the records. And a large part of the often recordbreaking televoting revenue always goes to charity, åååååh....
Check out all the updated statistics of modern MF in the 2016 Sweden section.

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Russia - A Million Voices - Polina Gagarina

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2 - 303 pts / 1 - 182 pts in semi 1

Polina Gagarina (Полина Гагарина) was selected to represent Russia in Vienna with the ballad A Million Voices.

The song is written by Gabriel Alares, Joakim Björnberg, Katrina Noorbergen, Leonid Gutkin, Vladimir Matetskiy,
Listen and watch here at Eurovision.tv's Youtube.

Versions:
A Million Voices - Eurovision version
- on official Vienna 2CD
Миллион Голосов (Million Golosov) - Russian version
- digital release
A Million Voices - Karaoke
- on official karaoke album, digital release

A 2-disc promo set features a 1-track CD and a disc with with video.
promo set
Russian version
A Russian version of A Million Voices has been released through iTunes. It's titled Миллион Голосов (Million Golosov) and is released as a single track through Sound Media.
Listen on Youtube.

Digital release image Russian version
Greatest Hits EP
A promo two disc set (CD+DVD) has been issued by Soundmedia.ru in 2016.
It has five tracks on the CD and the same tracks as videoclips on the DVD
1. A Million Voices      
2. Миллион Голосов  (Russian version of A Million Voices)  
3. Я Не Буду     
4. Не Пара         

5. Любовь Тебя Найдет           
Greatest Hits CD+ DVD

Charts:
Austria top 75: 10, 48, 66, -
Sweden top 100: 48, 26, 50, 100, -
Sweden Digilistan top 60: 9, 9, 36, -
Netherlands sales top 100: 98, -
Belgium top 50 FL: 22, 22, -
Belgium top 50 WA: 38, 44, -
Germany top 100: 46, -
Ireland top 100: 86, -
U.k. Top 100: 97, -
Switzerland top 75: 39, -
Australia top 100: 79, -

Links and sources
Polina Gagarina Website FB and VK
Eurovision.tv
Thanks to Jean-François and to Andy of ESCKaz


Pic from Polinas VKontakte
More from Russia
2014 - The Tolmachevy sisters
2013 - Dina Garipova
2012 - Buranovskye Babusky
2011 - Alex Sparrow
2010 - Peter Nalitch
2009 - Anastasia Prikhodko

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Belgium - Rhythm Inside - Loïc Nottet

Digital Release Image
4 - 217 pts / 2 - 149 pts in semi 1

Loïc Nottet, finalist in The Voice Belgique, will represent Belgium in Vienna.
This year it's RTBF's turn to select an entry for Eurovision (Wallonian TV).

The song presented on March 10 is titled Rhythm Inside and is written by Loïc Nottet himself with Beverly Jo Scott (lyrics).
The song is out on March 11 (digital release).

A 1-track promo is issued.

Loïc Nottet hasn't released any record before Rhythm Inside but he's working on his debut album with Sony.

Versions
Rhythm Inside - Eurovision version
- on the official Vienna 2CD
Rhythm Inside - dance version
- videoclip
Rhythm Inside - Karaoke version (Instrumental)
- on the official karaoke album, digital release

Charts
Belgium WA: 18, 48, -, 21, 33, 1, 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 17, 14, 16, 16, 33, 44, 39
Belgium FL: 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 10, 20, 32, 35, 49
Austria top 75: 50, 2, 12, 17, 34, 39, 53, 63, -
Sweden digilistan top 60: 8, 7, 29, 38, -, 50, -, 59
Sweden top 100: 25, 12, 21, 43, 50, 91, -
Netherlands sales top 100: 26, 48, 95, -
Germany top 100: 21, 74, -
Ireland top 100: 83, -
U.K. top 100: 69, -
Switzerland top 75: 34, -
Australia top 100: 61, -
France top 200: 85, 127, -


Links and sources
Loïc Nottet FB
Thanks to Jean François, to Ivor and to Matthias

Picture from Loïc Nottet's Facebook
Find out more about Belgiums recent Eurovision adventures:
2014 - Axel Hirsoux
2013 - Roberto Bellarosa
2012 - Iris
2011 - Witloof Bay
2010 - Tom Dice
2009 - Copycat

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Australia - Tonight Again - Guy Sebastian

Digital release image Short edit
5 - 196 pts / not in semi

Guy Sebastian was chosen to be the singer for Australia at the Vienna Eurovision Song Contest.
The song selected is Tonight Again, written by Guy Sebastian, David Ryan Harris and Louis Schoorl
Watch and listen here at Eurovision.tv's Youtube.

Tonight Again is not a song from Guy's original Australian Madness CD, but it has been added to the European release of said album, planned for May 22. (See tracklist below)

The digital release of the single version is out since April 7. The Eurovision edit can be found on the official Vienna 2CD but has also been released seperately (digital)

A 2-track cdsingle is on the cards for May 22. It includes the single version of Tonight Again and Australian 2014 hit Mama Ain't Proud. (Sony 0888751106321)
cd single
Australia?
Earlier this year the EBU surprised friends and enemies with the announcement of Australia's guest participation in the contest.
The contest celebrates its 60th birthday and Australian TV (SBS) has already been broadcasting the contest for 30 years, all in all good reasons for this special treat.

Versions
Tonight Again - Eurovision edit a.k.a. Short edit
- digital single, on the Official Vienna album
Tonight Again - single version (3:23)
- digital release, cdsingle
Tonight Again - Karaoke version
- on the official karaoke album, digital release

Charts:
Australia top 100: 12, 18, 31, 50, 90, -
Sweden digilistan top 60: 19, 51, 55, 50, 4, 8, 26, 30, 28, 38, 43, 43, 32, 42, 40, 50, 55
Sweden top 100: 41, 22, 35, 49, 46, 57, 92, -
- In the digilistan Tonight Again charted 4 weeks ahead of the official Swedish top 100.
Austria top 75: 16, 58, 68, -
Netherlands sales top 100: 71, -
Germany top 100: 44, -
Switzerland top 75: 47, -
Only reached 178 in the U.K. top 200.


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Who's this Guy?
Guy Sebastian won the first season of Australian Idol in 2003. He also participated in the one-off World Idol, where he reached 7th place.
Guy Sebastian scored about 20 hits in Australia since 2003, including six No. 1 hits.
He also fared well in New Zealand with two No. 1's and nine top 40 hits.
Some of his recent records have been noticed outside the Australian continent: 2012 hit Battle Scars (with Lupe Fiasco) was a No. 2 hit in Norway, 46 in Sweden and 71 in the US. Like A Drum from 2013 was a No. 49 in Sweden.
Logo Sebastian Foundation

Guy and his wife Jules have founded a charity organisation named the Sebastian Foundation.
You can find out about their work here (website) and here (FB)

Links and sources
Guy Sebastian website and FB 
Thanks to Jean-François




Madness - European Tracklist
CD album Madness
With singles chart info for the Australian ARIA Top 50 (Highest place/weeks on chart)
1. Madness
2. Mama Ain’t Proud (feat. 2 Chainz)
                                         - third single 17/6 hit
3. Like a Drum - first single, 4/18 hit
4. Elephant
5. Alive
6. Light and Shade
7. Linger (ft Lupe Fiasco)
                                      - fourth single, 17/9 hit
8. One of Us
9. Imagine the Sunrise
10. Lightning
11. Come Home with Me - second single, 13/7 hit
12. Animal In Me
13. The Pause
14. Tonight Again (Single version)

Like A Drum was also a No.13 in New Zealand, 49 in Sweden and 183 in France.
Please note that Tonight Again is not featured on the original editions of the Madness CD.
The new edition spent two weeks on the Swedish album charts (34, 50). The original album was a #6 in the Australian album list. (16 weeks in top 50)

Monday, May 18, 2015

Estonia - Goodbye To Yesterday - Elina Born and Stig Rästa

Digital Release Image
7 - 106 pts / 3 - 105 pts in semi 1

Elina Born and Stig Rästa have won the Estonian selection Eesti Laul 2015 with the song Goodbye To Yesterday. The song is written by Stig Rästa. Listen here at Stigs Youtube.

The song is released through iTunes and other digital sources.
Goodbye To Yesterday is also be included on Elina's debut album.

A promo cdsingle includes the Eurovision and instrumental versions.

Versions
Goodbye To Yesterday - Eurovision version
- on the official Vienna 2CD
Goodbye To Yesterday - Karaoke (Instrumental)
- on the official karaoke album, digital release

Charts
Austria top 75: 58, 8, 30, 19, 24, 35, 37, 33, 35, 39, 46, 39, 52, 48, 52, 63, 60
Sweden top 100: 56, 51, -
Sweden Digilistan top 60: 10, 12, -
Netherlands sales top 100: 73, -
Belgium top 50 FL: 32, 39, -
Belgium top 50 WA: 42, -
Germany top 100: 71, -
Switzerland top 75: 68, -
Also No. 1 in various charts in Estonia.


Elina Born - The Album
Elina has released her debut album Elina Born including Goodbye To Yesterday and singles Mystery, Miss Calculation and Enough.
The album is out on CD and of course available through digital shops. (Star Management)

Stig Rästa
Goodbye To Yesterday is the 8th attempt for Stig Rästa to represent Estonia at Eurovision.
He was a (founding) member of Slobodan River, Traffic and Outloudz, all bands who tried their luck on the Eesti Laul stage.
He also co-wrote 2014 Eesti Laul entry Enough for Elina Born (see below)
Stigs Eesti Laul:
2003 What A Day - Slobodan River (7th)
2004 Surrounded - Slobodan River (3rd)
- both tracks can be found on the Slobodan River CD Surrounded (2QS 2004)
2008 It's Never Too Late - Traffic feat. Luisa Värk (8th)
- digital single
2009 See päev (This day) - Traffic (2nd)
- on CD Traffic 2 (Star management 2008)
2011 I Wanna Meet Bob Dylan - Outloudz (2nd)
- on CD Wide Awake (Star management 2011)
2012 NASA - Traffic (9th)
- on CD Siirius (Star management 2012)
2014 Für Elise - Traffic (3rd)
- digital single

Elina Born
Elina shot to national fame in Estonia when she ended second in the talent show Eesti Otsib Superstaari in 2012. She entered the Estonian selection in 2013 with the song Enough, ending 8th.
She has released three singles since: Enough, Miss Calculation and Mystery. All were co-written by Stig Rästa.


Links and sources
ETV-ERR Eurovision and Eesti Laul pages
Stig Rästa FB
Elina Born FB
Elina and Stig FB
National Finals Homepage
Thanks to Jean François

Estonia's recent entries
2014 - Tanja
2013 - Birgit Õigemeel
2012 - Ott Lepland
2011 - Getter Jaani
2010 - Malcolm Lincoln
2009 - Urban Symphony

Quick links to all countries:
Albania - Armenia - Austria - Australia - AzerbaijanBelarus - Belgium - Cyprus - CzechRepublic - Denmark - Estonia - FinlandFrance - FYR Macedonia - Georgia - Germany - Greece - HungaryIceland - Ireland - IsraelItaly - LatviaLithuania - Malta - MoldovaMontenegro - The Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - RussiaSan Marino - Serbia - SloveniaSpain - SwedenSwitzerland - United Kingdom

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Norway - A Monster Like Me - Mørland & Debrah Scarlett

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8 - 102 pts / 4 - 123 pts in semi 2

A Monster Like Me by Mørland & Debrah Scarlett wins the chilling superfinal of the 2015 Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix.
The song is written by Kjetil Mørland himself.

A Monster Like Me has been released as a digital single through the usual sources.
Promo details are below (see EPK)

A longer version recorded with the Oslo Philharmonic Choir was released as a digital track.
It also features the original middle section of the song that was axed for the Eurovision version.

DRI Philharmonic version
Versions
A Monster Like Me - Eurovision version
- on the official Vienna 2CD
A Monster Like Me - Instrumental
- on the EPK, see below
A Monster Like Me - ft the Oslo Philharmonic choir
- digital release
A Monster Like Me - Karaoke
- on the official karaoke album, digital release.




The EPK
NRK EPK 
The promo for Norway's entry is a de-rom disc housed in a DVD style case with the electronic press kit (pic below).
The disc includes biographies, lyrics, videos and pictures.

The audio section has A Monster Like Me as mp3 and wave file plus the instrumental version of the Monster and a coverversion of Alexander Rybaks Fairytale.
The instrumental version has no backing vocals at all, wheres the karaoke version from the official digital karaoke album does.

The video section includes the official video, a making of video, a video of Fairytale (the cover version of the 2009 winner), the MGP (National final) performance and a direct unplugged performance of A Monster Like Me.


Make A Sail
Make A Sail 2016
Mørland released his album Make A Sail in May 2016.
It includes A Monster Like Me in its original (ESC) version and nine other tracks.
The CD version (in card sleeve) and vinyl LP can be ordered here at Mørlands website
Tracklist:
1. Skin
2. A Monster Like Me (feat. Debrah Scarlett)
3. Make a Sail
4. Pretend
5. Army of One
6. Clownfeet
7. No Firewall
8. Keep Me Dancing
9. Fearless
10. Change

Charts
Norway VG Lista top 40: 24, - re: 31, 23, -
Germany top 100: 92, -
Sweden Digilistan top 60: 20, 37, -
Switzerland top 75: 45, -
Austria top 75: 17, -

Links and sources
NRK MGP pages
Mørland and Debrah Scarlett FB
Debrah Scarlett FB
Mørland FB and Website


Picture from NRK
Norway in recent contests
2014 - Carl Espen
2013 - Margaret Berger
2012 - Tooji
2011 - Stella Mwangi
2010 - Didrik Solli-Tangen
2009 - Alexander Rybak

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Israel - Golden Boy - Nadav Guedj

Image used on cdsingle
9 - 97 pts / 3 - 151 pts in semi 2

Israel has chosen Nadav Guedj (נדב גדג') to represent the country in Eurovision. Winning the talent show Rising Star got him his ticket to Vienna.
The song title was announced on februari 26. It's titled Golden Boy and is written by Doron Medali.
The song is fully in English, which makes it the first Israeli entry not to include the Hebrew language.

Watch and listen here at Tel Aviv Pride Parade.
The song has been released through digital sources.

A 1-track promo cdsingle has been issued.
A 'golden' USB stick has also been handed out.
An official remix by Yinon Yahel and Mor Avrahami can be heard at Nadav's Youtube channel.
The remix has been released as a digital track and can also be found on the CD Now That's What I Call Running 2015 (Various Artists, Israel edition on Helicon records only)
so called promo cdsingles with remixes are not official and should be avoided.

Remix DRI
Versions
Golden Boy - Eurovision version
- 1-track promo, and on the official Vienna 2CD
Golden Boy - Remix by Yinon Yahel and Mor Avrahami
- digital release, listen at Nadav's Youtube, VA CD
Golden Boy - Karaoke (Instrumental)
- on the official karaoke album, digital release

Charts
Sweden top 100: 54, 44, 56, -
Sweden Digilistan top 60: 15, 23
Belgium top 50 FL: 36, 43, -
Germany top 100: 45, -
Switzerland top 75: 54, -
Austria top 75: 14, 47, 62
France top 200: 178, 187, -
Also No. 169 in U.K. top 200

2016: Nadav Guedj - The Album
Nadav Guedj, the album
In May 2016 Nadav released an album with nine songs including Golden Boy.
The CD is out in Israel on the Unicell ACS label.
Digital release in Israel, don't know about a other territories.
Tracklist:
1. Jump
2. Hold The City
3. Never Over
4. Make You Mine
5. Can't Control It
6. Good Vibes
7. Elle M'rend Fou
8. Broken
9. Golden Boy



Dream Escape Metal Boy image
Metal Boy
Loud band Dream Escape have recorded a metal version of Golden Boy. It's not officially released but you can get it for free at the Dream Escape Soundcloud.

Golden Girl
Eleni Foureira (Ελένη Φουρέιρα), one time Greek National Final participant and 2018 hopeful for Cyprus has recorded a greek version of Golden Boy. The song is titled Στο Θεό Με Πάει / Sto Theo Me Paei and you can have a listen at the tube of Panik records


2nd Digital release image
Links and sources
Eurovision.tv
Nadav Guedj FB
Thanks to Jean François and to Jussi.








1st Digital Release Image
Israels recent Eurovision adventures
2014 - Mei Finegold
2013 - Moran Mazor
2012 - Izabo
2011 - Dana International
2010 - Harel Skaat
2009 - Noa and Mira Awad

Friday, May 15, 2015

Serbia - Beauty Never Lies - Bojana Stamenov

10 - 53 pts / 9 - 63 pts in semi 1

Serbia returns to Eurovision with Ceo Svet Je Moj (Цео свет је мој, The whole world is mine), a song performed by Bojana Stamenov (Бојана Стаменов) and written by Vladimir Graić and Leontina Vukomanović.
See Links and sources below to download the song legally.
Promo cds/DVD set
In Vienna the song was performed in English.
Watch the lovely audience/fans video of Beauty Never Lies here at Eurovision.tv's Youtube.

The English version is titled Beauty Never Lies, with lyrics by Charlie Mason of Rise Like A Phoenix fame. You can find that one here at Evropesma.

Digital release image (Amazon)
Languages
Bojana deserves this years Eurovision Collectors Guide award for all the versions she recorded and for making them available to the fans. Brava!
A Spanish version was released on April 6, a French version was revealed on April 13, the German one on April 17.
The German version, Die Ganze Welt Ist Mein, has a different 'alpine' arrangement and has accordion by Milaan (Milan Nikolić) (of Cipela fame) and even some yodeling. Needless to say, it's fab!.




The promo cds includes all versions, 11 in total.
It comes in two variations. One is the cdsingle the other also includes a DVD with info, bio's photo's and videos.
1. Beauty never lies (English)
2. Ceo svet je moj (Serbian original)
3. Le monde est à moi (French)
4. El mundo bajo mis pies (Spanish)
5. Die ganze Welt ist mein (German)
6. Beauty never lies (Ricardo Autobahn Radio Edit) 
7. Beauty never lies (Ricardo Autobahn Extended Remix) 
8. Beauty never lies (KOBO mix) 
9. Beauty never lies (Instrumental) 
10. Beauty never lies (English karaoke)
11. Ceo svet je moj (Serbian Karaoke)
promo cds

Vladimir Graić
Outside his home country songwriter Vladimir Graić  is probably best known for writing Molitva (with Saša Milošević Mare). The song by Marija Šerifović won the 2007 contest in Helsinki.
This year Graić wrote all three songs in the Serbian final. See links and sources below

Picture from Bojana's Facebook
Versions
Beauty Never Lies - English
- digital release, Vienna 2CD
Ceo Svet Je Moj - Original Serbian version
El Mundo Bajo Mis Pies - Spanish
Le Monde Est A Moi - French
Die Ganze Welt Ist Mein - German
Beauty Never Lies - English karaoke
- also on the official karaoke album, digital release
Ceo Svet Je Moj - Serbian karaoke
Beauty Never Lies - Instrumental
- all above audio's at website (see below)
Beauty Never Lies - Ricardo Autobahn remix
- listen here at Ricardo Autobahn's Youtube.
Beauty Never Lies - Ricardo Autobahn Radio edit
Beauty Never Lies - Kobo remix
- listen here at RTS youtube
- All versions on promo cdsingle

Charts
Austria top 75: 55, -

Links and sources
RTS 2015 Eurovision pages, plus Cyrillic version
See the live performance here at RTS Youtube.
Bojana Stamenov FB and another (fan?) FB
Evropesma page with all audio's.
You can download all three Serbian final songs (wav format) here at RTS
Thanks to Jean-François

Serbia's entries the past few years
2014 - No participation
2013 - Moje 3
2012 - Željko Joksimović 
2011 - Nina
2010 - Milan Stankovic
2009 - Marko Kon and Milaan

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