Estonia - Goodbye To Yesterday - Elina Born and Stig Rästa

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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

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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

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

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

Quick links to all countries:
Albania - Armenia - Austria - Australia - Azerbaijan - Belarus - Belgium - Cyprus - CzechRepublic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - FYR Macedonia - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Malta - Moldova - Montenegro - The Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - San Marino - Serbia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - United Kingdom

Record Releases from the Vienna Collection

Yay! Vinyl is back!!
The Finnish entry is released on a 7"inch vinyl single. It has already been available since januari.
We all love vinyl singles, I think the last entry to receive a vinyl single release was the French entry of 2008, Divine by Sebastien Tellier.

CD singles in the shops
The first officially released CDsingle (or mini album) is the 7-track disc Sanremo Grande Amore by Il Volo (Italy)
Germany: Ann Sophies entry Black Smoke is out on cdsingle from March 20.
The U.K. entry cdsingle is out now and reaches No 1 in the UK physical top 100.
A cdsingle for the Lithuanian entry has 6 versions of This Time.
Sweden and Australia have released official cdsingles out.

National Final Compilations
Denmark, Iceland, Hungary, Macedonia and Sweden have released their entire National Final output on compilation CDs

Slovenia's RTVSLO releases an interesting compilation entry featuring Slovenian entries including a few from Yugoslavia days.
Find out more here in the Slovenia section.

DVD

The Official One
The 2CD with all 40 entries is out now. Release dates in various countries may vary. Of course it's also released digitally.
The karaoke versions have been released digitally only. Some versions are instrumental, others have backing vocals.
In each country's section you'll find the details on these versions.
The DVD is out on on June 22, it has three discs with all the shows and bonus material.

It seems that the Australian edition of the 2CD (SBS 0602547222425) has some problems including errors in the tracks of the UK, Australia and Switzerland. I don't have all the details, but if you do, please let me know.
Another problem is the mix of the Portuguese entry which sounds bad on my CD and the digital album, but fine on the digital single release.

The Albums Of This Years Eurovision Stars

Norway's entry can be found on Morlands 2016 CD Make A Sail.
Noid, mr Barta from the Czech Republic has an album out which includes the Eurovision duet.
Spains Edurne has her new album Adrenalina out June 16.
Maria Elena from Greece release her album One Last Breath including the Eurovision version and the Greek version of the Greek entry.
Australia: Guy's Madness album gets a European release on May 22 with Tonight Again added to the original tracklist.
Estonia's Elina Born has her debut album out in Eurovision week.
Måns Zelmerlöw released his new album Perfectly Damaged on May 23.
Finlands rowdy bunch PKN have 37 tracks on their Greatest Hits CD
Austria: The Makemakes debut album is out now (May 15).
Walk Along, the album by Trijntje Oosterhuis (Netherlands) is out on May 15.

France's Lisa Angell released her new album on May 11.
Ann Sophie (Germany) released CD Silver Into Gold on April 24.
Aminata's debut, Inner Voice, out now,  of course includes the Eurovision entry for Latvia.
Half of Lithuania's duo has a solo version of the Eurovision album on his new album Iš Naujo.
Hungary's Boggie has her entry Wars For Nothing on her 2014 album All Is One Is All.

More details on the CDs, also on promos, digital releases and internet versions will be featured in each country's section.

Albania - Armenia - Austria - Australia - Azerbaijan- Belarus - Belgium - Cyprus - CzechRepublic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland- France - FYR Macedonia - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland -Ireland - Israel - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Malta - Moldova - Montenegro - The Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia 

- San Marino - Serbia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - United Kingdom

Eurovision 2015: The Top 10 at the Vienna Collection

Sweden - Hero of his time: Måns Zelmerlöw Wins the 60th Eurovision Song Contest

 Go To The Vienna Collection Frontpage

2. Russia - A Milllion Voices for Russia, Polina Gagarova wins the first semi final.
3. Italy - Sanremo winner Il Volo, CD out now!, CD/DVD on May 12.
4. Belgium - Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside. Belgium got their Rhythm back.
5. Australia - One off date with Guy Sebastian, fifth place for Tonight Again
6. Latvia - Aminata wins Supernova and gets Latvia back into the final ánd the top 10.
7. Estonia - Goodbye To Yesterday for Stig and Elina
8. Norway - It's a Duett!, A Monster Like Me wins NMGP
9. Israel - Golden Boy Nadav Guedj wins Rising Star contest and wants to show you Tel Aviv
10 Serbia - Bojana Stamenov: Beauty Never Lies.

This years records in the shops.

ESC-zine 2015, your must have guide to Vienna Eurovision

OGAE have published their yearly guide to the Eurovision Song Contest.
And again it is bigger and better!. If you just get one book or publication this year, this should be it.
It features details and backgrounds on all artists and this years National Selections.
All illustrated with great pictures of the artists.

Special thanks to Ivor Lyttle.
The book is availble through the National Fan Clubs.
The 160 page booklet is also available through BeaRecords.
ESC-zine website

All details on the CDs, also on promos, digital releases and internet versions will be featured in each country's section of the Vienna Collection.

Albania - Armenia - Austria - Australia - Azerbaijan- Belarus - Belgium - Cyprus - CzechRepublic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland- France - FYR Macedonia - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland -Ireland - Israel - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Malta - Moldova - Montenegro - The Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia 

- San Marino - Serbia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - United Kingdom