Powered by www.eurovision.tv maNga had already been very successful, winning the Best European Act award at the MTV Music Awards 2009. So, now it was time they’d try to win the Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Contest. And close they were, placing second! Who are they? maNga’s story began when Yağmur Sarıgül “Yamyam” (Guitar) separated his ways with the cover band he played with at local bars. His plan for his new band was to combine rock music and electronic music bringing hard guitar riffs and rap vocals together. The band began playing “nu metal” and “hard rock” songs. As a result the band was named maNga after the traditional Japanese cartoon art, bringing five different characters, five different music styles and five different world views together. From 2001 onwards, the band released several highly successful albums which all became top sellers in their native country of Turkey. maNga won the Best European Act award at the MTV European Music Awards in November 2009. That was not the only award the band won in 2009 though, maNga has taken numerous other awards as well, including for the best video, the best band, the best song, the best album and the best performance.!
Powered by www.eurovision.tv Juliana Pasha had the prestigious task of representing Albania at the 55th Eurovision Song Contest. She managed it very well, qualified for the Final and finished sixteenth with her It’s All About You. Who is she? Juliana Pasha’s career started at the Albanian Radio Television Song contest in 1999, and in 2000 she was awarded with the Vace Zela prize as the Best Young Vocalist, and almost every year she has won different prizes. As an interesting fact, she’s working on her first album with Christian songs. Her song was written by Ardit Gjebrea and Pirro Çako. The first is one of the best-known singers, loved by the public in Albania and abroad. He is also a very well known composer, a host and television presenter. Pirro Çako is an Albanian artist born in Tirana and is known as a composer and singer.
Powered by www.eurovision.tv Tom Dice really sung himself to the hearts of Europe, when he represented Belgium at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. He managed to get Belgium their first Semi-Final qualification and not only that – he finished 6th in the Final. Tom was the big winner of the first Semi-Final with 30 points in front of number two! Who is he? Ever since he can remember, the twenty-year-old Tom has been working on his music. He started his music career at music school but soon realised he longed for something else. He taught himself how to play the guitar and wrote his very first song when he was twelve years old. At age fifteen Tom started his own band, The Dice. That name now lives on as Tom’s stage name. Tom has always had a special relationship with his fans. Already well-known in his home region, one of his local fans entered him for the auditions of the Belgian edition of talent show X Factor in 2008. Not only did Tom Dice make it to the show, thanks to his magnificent voice and his fans’s never-ending support, he survived all eleven live TV shows and finished second. By June of the same year Tom released his first single, a moving acoustic version of Leona Lewis’s Bleeding Love. The single was an instant success in Belgian hit charts. The next big step for Tom was representing Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in Norway. He managed very well and now has a single that’s popular all over Europe!
Alexander Rybak Norway Eurovision 2009 with his song fairytale. Alexander Rybak (born in Minsk on May 13, 1986) is a Norwegian violinist, singer and composer. #72 – Most Responded (This Week) – Music #9 – Most Discussed (This Month) – Music#58 – Most Discussed (This Month) – Music #83 – Most Responded (This Week) – Music #100 – Top Rated (This Month) – Music#25 – Most Responded (Today) – Music #34 – Most Responded (This Week) – MusicIn 2006 he won the talent competition The Grand Chance (Kjempesjansen) on NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) with his own song Foolin. He was awarded the highly respected Anders Jahres Culture Prize in 2004. Alexander Rybak has collaborated with artists like a-has lead singer Morten Harket and Arve Tellefsen. As of 2007, Rybak plays the fiddler in Oslo Nye Teater’s production Fiddler on the Roof. #73 – Most Discussed (This Month) #14 – Most Discussed (This Month) – Music #86 – Most Viewed (This Month) #22 – Most Viewed (This Month) – Music #60 – Top Favourited (This Month) – Music #28 – Top Rated (This Month) – Music #98 – Most Discussed (This Month) – Music – Global View this brilliant website too for lots of violin stuff tinyurl.com
Powered by www.eurovision.tv Icelandic Hera Björk was a long-time fan favourite at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, topping many charts. She didn’t disappoint her homeland and qualified for the Final with her French-titled song Je Ne Sais Quoi. Who is she? Hera Björk became a household name in Iceland when she co-hosted the variety TV-show Stutt í Spunann (a version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?) during the winter of 1999-2000. She has been a regular star of various radio and television shows ever since, and is famous for her extraordinary vocal range as well as her seemingly effortless ability to glide from one vocal style to another. She has also found time to contribute vocals to Björk’s magnificent, and entirely a cappella 2004 album Medúlla. Eurovision Song Contest trivia fans will be delighted to know that she was also one of the dancers in Selma’s comedy video for her entry All Out of Luck in 1999. She is currently working on her third album, due to be released in 2010 to coincide with the Eurovision Song Contest. Örlygur Smári, the writer of Hera’s song, has produced and composed for the biggest names in the Icelandic music industry, much of his output going on to top the Icelandic music charts. Öggi is renowned for his work with Icelandic singer Paul Oscar. This led to their collaboration on the 2008 Icelandic Eurovision Song Contest entry, This Is My Life, performed by Euroband.
www.festival-eurovision.tk You say you really know me You’re not afraid to show me What is in your eyes So tell me ’bout the rumours Are they only rumours? Are they only lies? Falling out of a perfect dream Coming out of the blue Is it true? (Is it true?) Is it over? Did I throw it away? Was it you? (Was it you?) Did you tell me You would never leave me this way? If you really knew me You couldn’t do this to me You would be my friend If one of us is lying There’s no use in trying No need to pretend Falling out of a perfect dream Coming out of the blue Is it true? (Is it true?) Is it over? Did I throw it away? Was it you? (Was it you?) Did you tell me You would never leave me this way? Is it true? (Is it true?) Is it over? Did I throw it away? Was it you? (Was it you?) Did you tell me You would never leave me this way? (Is it real?) (Did I dream it?) Will I wake from this pain? Is it true? (Is it true?) Is it over? Baby, did I throw it away? Ooh… is it true?
powered by http;//www.eurovision.tv Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira gave one of the most energetic performances of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with their song Run Away. They were rewarded for it and brought back a Final qualification, placing 21st in the Final. Who are they? Sunstroke project is a symbiosis of a violin, saxophone and live vocals, making up a fashionable chaos of music. They’ve given concerts in more than 30 cities and 40 clubs all over Europe and have had many hits. That all is in spite the fact they were founded less than 2 years ago. Olia Tira has moved around a lot in her early years as she was born in the family of an officer. She even lived in the Far East but went to school in her native Moldova. Even though she’s only 21, she’s already achieved a lot, having released an album already and taking part in international song contests. She is hosting a morning show on one of the TV channels and her pictures are on the covers of many popular magazines, her songs are very popular and you can hear them on TV and all radio stations in Moldova.