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sunevphoria · 10 months

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IF YOU LIKE ANY OF THESE EUROVISION SONGS, PLEASE BE MY FRIEND (sorry if this is long, i have way too many faves plus it has some oldies but goodies):

-Évidemment (🇫🇷 2023)

-Den Vilda (🇸🇪 1996)

-Sentimentai (🇱🇹 2022)

-Hold Me Closer (🇸🇪 2022)

-My Sister's Crown (🇨🇿 2023)

-När jag blundar (🇫🇮 2012)

-Dinle (🇹🇷 1997)

-Hombres (🇪🇸 1993)

-In Corpore Sano (🇷🇸 2022)

-Oro (🇷🇸 2008)

-Lapponia (🇫🇮 1977)

-Fantasiaa (🇫🇮 1983)

-Hunter of Stars (🇨🇭 2014)

-La Mia Città (🇮🇹 2014)

-Moja štikla (🇭🇷 2006)

-Oniro Mou (🇬🇷 2018)

-One More Day (🇬🇪 2011)

-Crisalide (🇸🇲 2013)

-Hemel an aarde (🇳🇱 1998)

-Vrede (🇳🇱 1993)

-De Troubadour (🇳🇱 1969)

-O meu coração não tem cor (🇵🇹 1996)

-Ai coração (🇵🇹 2023)

-Cvet z juga (🇸🇮 2007)

-Vrag naj vzame (🇸🇮 2008)

-Forogj vilag (🇭🇺 2005)

-Story of My Life (Belarus 2017)

-La vie à vingt-cinq ans (🇨🇵 1974, idc if it withdrew last minute, it's still a masterpiece <3)

-Both of Loreen entries 🇸🇪

-Both of Go_A's entries 🇺🇦

-Any Greek entry from the 90s (especially 🇬🇷 1992, 1993, 1995, and 1996)

-Any French entry honestly (with some exceptions, but they're always ironically high in my rankings.)

-Any of the older Swedish entries mostly (bonus points if you like the older Melodifestivalen classics, ESPECIALLY if you like any Nanne Grönvall entry. <3)

Aaand that's it mostly, but I like wayyy to many ESC entries to compile them all into one post so yeah :')

#Eurovision #eurovision song contest #Esc #Yes I like the older ESC editions sorry

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singing-show-alums · 2 years

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Singing Shows and Eurovision: Sweden 🇸🇪 (Introduction)

I know it’s been a loooooooonnnnnnggggg time since I’ve posted anything on here, but that’s about to change. This is the start of a new series I’m planning to do on this blog, and I will be reblogging these on my Eurovision side blog, @american-eurovision-nerd. Some say that the Idols format was, in part, inspired by Eurovision. And although the Idols format has fallen in popularity in recent years, artists who first made their name on the format have found their way onto the Eurovision stage, a stage that has made and broken many a singer over its six decades of existence. I’ll be profiling different singing competition formats, specifically Idols, The X Factor, and The Voice, the countries where one or more of those formats may be popular, and their contributions to Eurovision.

In my first posts of this series, I’m going to be profiling what is likely the most successful country when it comes to Idols alums crossing over into Eurovision: Sweden 🇸🇪.

Sweden first began airing its version of Idols, Idol ____ (the blank there because the official title of the show uses the year that each season is taking place), in 2004 with Daniel Lindström crowned its first winner. Since then, it has run for 17 seasons, taking a one-year break in 2012 when The X Factor aired instead. The X Factor Sweden was canceled after one season and Idol 2013 returned the following year. Over 17 seasons, 12 men and 5 women have won Idol Sweden (and women have never won in back-to-back years on this particular version).

The male winners are: Daniel Lindström, Markus Fagervall, Kevin Borg (the only Idols winner to ever come from Malta), Erik Grönwall, Jay Smith, Kevin Walker, Martin Almgren, Liam Cacatian Thomassen, Kristoffer Kläfford, Sebastian Walldén, Tusse Chiza (originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Birkir Blær (full name Birkir Blær Óðinsson, who is originally from Iceland).

The female winners are: Agnes Carlsson, Marie Picasso, Amanda Fondell, Lisa Ajax, and Nadja Holm.

Some American readers may recognize Erik Grönwall (who appeared as Simon Zealotes in NBC’s concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar) and Christoffer Kläfford (who would later compete on America’s Got Talent in 2019, where he made it to the Semifinal rounds before being eliminated).

This particular version of Idols has also produced a whole bunch of non-winning alumni who have gone on to great success, thanks in no small part to Melodifestivalen. Melodifestivalen (Swedish for “The Melody Festival” or “The Song Festival”) is the Swedish national selection competition to choose its entry for Eurovision. It was first staged in 1959, for Sweden’s second Eurovision appearance (its debut the previous year is the only time that Sweden has ever used an internal selection to select its Eurovision entry), and since then Melodifestivalen (also affectionately known to fans worldwide as “Melfest” or “Mello”) has taken place almost every year except for three: 1964 (cancelled due to an artists’ strike, which led to Sweden withdrawing from Eurovision that year), 1970 (when the Nordic countries boycotted Eurovision over the 1969 Contest ending in a four-way tie with four winners crowned because there was no tiebreaker), and 1976 (due to protests arising after Sweden hosted the 1975 Contest; Sweden ultimately withdrew from the 1976 Contest and returned the following year). Melfest for much of its history has made stars of up-and-comers and has either validated established stars or nearly ended their careers. Melfest has produced a total of six Eurovision winners (four of those coming before Idol’s debut in Sweden) and 24 Top Five placings at the Contest.

So...with that out of the way, let’s take a look at how many Idol Sweden alums have gone to Melfest, and then we’ll cover the Idol alums who have actually won Melfest more in depth. We’ll be looking at the overall alums season by season, with those reaching the Melfest Final at least once in bold. Those who also won Melfest are in bolded italics. The highest finishing contestant from each season is listed first, followed by finalists and then semifinalists (if any). All alums listed went to Melfest as performers. If they competed at Melfest under a stage name, it will be shown in parentheses.

Season 1 (2004): Darin Zanyar (Darin), Lorén Talhaoui (Loreen)

Season 2 (2005): Agnes Carlsson, Sibel Redžep, Måns Zelmerlöw, Ola Svensson

Season 3 (2006): Erik Segerstedt, Danny Saucedo (Note: both competed once as part of the trio E.M.D., and each competed at least once more as a solo artist)

Season 4 (2007): Daniel Karlsson (The Moniker), Mattias Andréasson (Note: as part of E.M.D. as well as solo), Christoffer Hiding

Season 5 (2008): Alice Svensson, Robin Bengtsson, Anna Bergendahl, Loulou Lamotte (Note: as both a backing singer for John Lundvik and as part of The Mamas, a group formed from those singers), Linda Pritchard

Season 6 (2009): Mariette Hansson, Eddie Razaz

Season 7 (2010): Andreas Weise

Season 8 (2011): Robin Stjernberg, Molly Pettersson Hammar (Molly Hammar)

Season 9 (2013): No contestants from this season have appeared in Melodifestivalen as of 2022.

Season 10 (2014): Lisa Ajax

Season 11 (2015): Martin Almgren, Axel Schylström

Season 12 (2016): Liam Cacatian Thomassen (LIAMOO), Rebecka Karlsson, Renaida Braun

Season 13 (2017): Hanna Ferm

Season 14 (2018): Kadiatou Holm Keita (Kadiatou), William Stridh, Natalie Brydolf

Season 15 (2019): Tusse Chiza (Tusse)

Season 16 (2020): No contestants from this season have appeared in Melodifestivalen as of 2022.

Season 17 (2021): No contestants from this season have appeared in Melodifestivalen as of 2022.

If you’re keeping count, Idol Sweden has produced 32 Melodifestivalen contestants, 7 Melodifestivalen winners, and among those 7 winners, 2 of them went on to win Eurovision: Loreen and Måns Zelmerlöw.

So, in order of their appearances on Idol (and in the case of season 5, the order they won Melfest), we’ll be learning a little more about those 7 alums who have gone on to win Melodifestivalen and grace the Eurovision stage. For each one, I will include a pic from their Idol run and a pic from their Eurovision appearance.

This series will be spread out over three posts: the first post will cover Loreen and Måns Zelmerlöw, who both appeared on Idol Sweden earliest in its run as well as won Eurovision. The second post will cover the three Season 5 alums who have gone on to win Melodifestivalen a combined four times: Anna Bergendahl, Robin Bengtsson, and Loulou Lamotte. The third and final post in this series will cover the two alums who competed latest in Idol Sweden’s run to win Melfest: Robin Stjernberg and Tusse Chiza.

You won’t have to wait long for Part 1, as it will be posted (and hopefully reblogged to my Eurovision side blog) tomorrow to mark the First Semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2022! The other two parts will each be posted on the next two Saturdays after that.

Stay tuned for Part 1!

#idol Sweden #melodifestivalen #singing shows and Eurovision

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jannav19 · 3 years

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Kijk 'ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down (Lyric Video)' op YouTube

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ABBA

Ik ben grote fan van ABBA. Het is mijn favoriete band en naar mijn mening ook de beste muziekgroep aller tijden. Hun liedjes zijn ook tijdloos. In 2019 ben ik ook naar het ABBAmuseum in Zweden geweest. Ik vond dat echt fantastisch. De studio’s nagemaakt, de iconische outfits,… . Je kon er zelf ook van alles doen. Je kon zelf liedjes maken, een videoclip maken op verschillende liedjes,… . Ik ben daar heel wat meer te weten gekomen. Over het Eurovisiesongfestival dat ze wonnen in 1974. Over hoe ze als groep samen zijn gekomen en de redenen waarom ze uit elkaar zijn gegaan.

Ik heb voor het lied ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’ gekozen. Ik vond het een erg moeilijke keuze want ik vind elk lied echt fantastisch. Zoals het slot van ‘Chiquitita’ waar Benny het lied afsluit met een mooie pianosolo. Of ‘SOS’ waar het lied traag begint en wanneer het refrein begint het lied opgang komt. Maar ik heb uiteindelijk voor dit gekozen omdat het een nieuw lied is en ik niet had gedacht dat ze ooit nog nieuwe muziek zouden uitbrengen. Ik was dus mega blij toen ik hoorde dat ze op 2 september hun eerste 2 nieuwe songs gingen loslaten op de wereld. Op 5 november komt het nieuwe album ‘Voyage’ uit. Ik kan echt niet wachten. Ik heb voor dit lied gekozen omdat ik er vrolijk van word. Als het op de radio komt, draai ik de volume knop helemaal naar rechts. Ik heb het nu ook opstaan op Spotify terwijl ik dit werkstuk typ. Wat mij aanspreekt in dit lied, alles. De tekst, de crescendo als het refrein eraan komt, de piano,… . Agnetha en Anni-Frid hebben na al die jaren nog steeds dezelfde mooie stem. Ik was in het begin bang dat de liedjes anders zouden klinken maar het is echt ABBA.

Ik heb dit lied voor het eerst gehoord op YouTube. Ik was aan het wachten tot het uitkwam en heb het lied meteen aangetikt. Daarna heb ik ook ‘I Still Have Faith In You’ beluisterd dat was erg mooi en de videoclip was ontroerend.

Nog een aantal weetjes:

• In 1969 nam Frida deel aan de Melodifestivalen, de voorronde van het Eurovisiesongfestival.

• Agnetha en Björn trouwde op 6 juli in 1971.

• Alle 4 de leden zaten al in een band vooraleer ze samen kwamen en ABBA vormden.

• De 2 nieuwe nummers waren oorspronkelijk voor in 2018 maar het werd telkens uitgesteld.

#Youtube

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eurofan78 · 4 years

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Having won Melodifestivalen twice out of three contest appearances, Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter Björn Skifs recent induction into the Hall of Fame comes as no surprise. Skifs' timeless singalong classic "Michelangelo" from 1975, "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" (1978) and "Fångad i en dröm" (1981) are a testament of his success as a solo artist in the mid- to late '70s and early '80s, and carrying on into the 21st century

Björn Skifs' career started when he formed his first musical group named Slam Creepers in 1962. Slam Creepers split in 1969 and Skifs went on to form a new band, Blåblus (which translates roughly into English as "Blue Suede" – Suede being the word borrowed from French describing Swedish-style brushed leather) in 1972

Blåblus was showcased on the 1973 album Pinewood Rally, comprised largely of English-language standards. In 1974, a cover of the 1969 B.J. Thomas song "Hooked on a Feeling" became a surprise number one hit in the United States, prompting the re-release of Pinewood Rally as Hooked on a Feeling under the English-language name Blue Swede rather than Blåblus. He left the band in 1976 to pursue a solo career

During Björn Skifs' time period of peak success, he represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), in 1978 and 1981

At the ESC 1978 held in Paris, France, Sweden performed last. Skifs intended to cause controversy by singing in English, which could have disqualified him from the contest. Although he decided to perform the song "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" in Swedish he forgot some of the words during the performance, replacing them with gibberish

Performing last again at the 1981 ESC held in Dublin, Ireland, Skifs co-wrote "Fångad i en dröm" with Bengt Palmers

In the late '80s, Skifs resigned from the music scene for a decade and a half, during which time a number of greatest-hits compilations were issued. Back on Track (2001), a Top Ten hit album, signaled his return to the music marketplace

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organizedstudy · 5 years

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Iconic Melodifestivalen winners

Melodifestivalen (the Swedish contest where we decide who we’re sending to Eurovision) is a really big deal in Sweden (honestly, that shit goes on for 8 weeks in 8 different cities and has an enormous budget and viewer count) and it has produced a lot of hits so I decided to compile my favorites/some very iconic ones that a lot of (if not every) swedes know. I might do a second one with songs that didn’t win but that are iconic nevertheless if you’re interested.

1968 Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej Claes-Göran Hederström (please look at his dance it’s so smooth) 1969 Judy, min vän Tommy Körberg (I love the fact that Judy wanting a TV and a car is wanting luxury and things, oh the 60′s, Tommy is still active btw, a real champ, he was only 21 here) 1974 Waterloo ABBA (y’all already know what’s good, Sweden’s big pride, the first time we won) 1978 Det blir alltid värre framåt natten Björn Skifs (in the beginning he forgets the text and just sings some gibberish, a classic) 1979 Satellit Ted Gärdestad (WHAT is happening at the beginning of this video?? Anyway it’s a good song and Ted is a really appreciated artist, recently there was a very controversial film about him) 1980 Just nu! Tomas Ledin (Please look at this performance it’s so 80′s! This is one of those songs that you know like 2 lines from) 1983 Främling Carola Häggkvist (now THIS is a real classic, a bop and an anthem, she was only 16 here and she’s still active, I linked the version from Melodifestivalen and not ESC because this yellow outfit is so iconic, as is the move she does at the end, apparently she also recorded an English, German and Dutch version) 1984 Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley Herreys (also very iconic, one day I’ll learn this dance, the second time we won) 1985 Bra vibrationer Kikki Danielsson (the background dancers are the most iconic part of this performance, also her 80′s look is on point) 1987 Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola Lotta Engberg (a very colorful entry, they had to change the text though to not favor Coca Cola, Lotta is still active) 1988 Stad i ljus Tommy Körberg (Tommy is back at it, I really like this song and got a chock when I learnt it came from Melodifestivalen) 1991 Fångad av en stormvind Carola Häggkvist (another Carola classic, the big ass fan and the background dancers are again very iconic, third time we won) 1992 I morgon är en annan dag Christer Björkman (iconic because it got second to last in ESC but the singer is now the main man behind Melodifestivalen so skrattar bäst som skrattar sist as we say in Swedish) 1999 Tusen och en natt Charlotte Nilsson (this look is very 90′s, fourth time we won (with the English version called Take me to your heaven)) 2000 När vindarna viskar mitt namn Roger Pontare (very iconic, not that sure how ok his clothes are though) 2004 Det gör ont Lena Philipsson (the dance she does with the microphone stand got a lot of attention) 2006 Evighet Carola (yeah she’s back at it again, a classic) 2012 Euphoria Loreen (our crab queen, the fifth time we won) 2015 Heroes Måns Zelmerlöw (you know him, made Sweden angry because we won 3 years earlier and it’s expensive to host Eurovision, sixth time we won)

#melodifestivalen #eurovision #svenska #Swedish #mello #swedish music #Swedish langblr #langblr #mine #iii #my youtube recommendations after this will be so messed up #wow look at me actually making a true langblr post go me #organizedstudy

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mexicaneurolover · 5 years

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Eurovision 1970 my top 12

Hello and welcome to another episode of this ESC top series, and we go now till March 21st, 1970 where the 15th edition was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands after their joint win in 1969, and after winning a toss of coin with France and after the UK and Spain declined to host the contest in a short period of time for both of them. 12 countries took part and Sweden, Norway, Finland and Portugal declined to participate because of the tie last year. This was the first contest with postcards before the songs and the winner this year was Ireland with Dana and the song All Kinds of Everything, being their first ever win. And now, let’s review the participating songs.

1st Place: IRELAND/Dana-All kinds of everything (Real Placing: 1st-32 points)

THIS IS SO CUTE AND PERFECT!!! Makes me feel warm and happy every time I hear it, and she is so cute on stage and such a simple performance, and the lyrics are amazing, truly describes what you feel when you’re in love. Such a deserved winner.

2nd Place: GERMANY/Katja Ebstein-Wunder gibt es immer wieder (Real Placing: 3rd-12 points)

This one is amazing!!! She’s such a wonderful singer and her outfit is stunning, and the song is cute and very accurate for 1970, just a wonderful entry and a deserved 3rd place.

3rd Place: SWITZERLAND/Henri Dès-Retour (Real Placing: =4th-8 points)

I ADORE THIS ONE, so playful, catchy, upbeat and happy, and Henri is such a great singer and his performance makes me so happy because it’s very cheeky. A great entry and one of my favorite songs of all time.

4th Place: SPAIN/Julio Iglesias-Gwendolyne (Real Placing: =4th-8 points)

I love this one as well, the music is superb and Julio is, as always, a good singer. The lyrics are heartbreaking and very sad, this is one of my favorite songs of the 70′s and one of Spain’s classics in the contest.

5th Place: UNITED KINGDOM/Mary Hopkin-Knock, knock who’s there? (Real Placing: 2nd-26 points)

Mary Hopkin’s voice is very cute and the song is very lovely, the music is very early 70′s and it’s very catchy, such a wonderful song.

6th Place: BELGIUM/Jean Vallèe-Viens l’oublier (Real Placing: =8th-5 points)

Also this one is great, I enjoy so much his voice and the music is very lovely, a cute song overall.

7th Place: FRANCE/Guy Bonnet-Marie-Blanche (Real Placing: =4th-8 points)

I love this one!!! His voice is mysterious and the music is dark but lovely, such a nice song from France.

8th Place: YUGOSLAVIA/Eva Sršen-Pridi, dala ti bom cvet (Real Placing: 11th-4 points)

The music on this one is very lovely and cute, and I don’t know what to think about the lyrics, the theme reminds me about a Swedish song in Melodifestivalen 1975, but anyway she has a nice voice.

9th Place: ITALY/Gianni Morandi-Occhi di ragazza (Real Placing: =8th-5 points)

This one makes me feel happy and he is such a singer, what a voice does he has. The music is very good and from what I can understand about the lyrics, they are very beautiful. Nice song from Italy.

10th Place: THE NETHERLANDS/Hearts of Soul-Waterman (Real Placing: 7th-7 points)

I kinda like this one because it’s groovy and has a lot of rhythm, they sing it so well and makes me feel hypnotized, such a good song. Also that change of music at the last part is amazing.

11th Place: LUXEMBOURG/David Alexandre Winter-Je suis tombé du ciel (Real Placing: 12th-0 points/last)

This isn’t a bad song, but it’s kinda mediocre in a quite strong field, also this didn’t deserve nul points, the chorus is catchy though.

12th Place: MONACO/Dominique Dussault-Marlène (Real Placing: =8th-5 points)

Okay this one is weird, her voice is quite annoying and the song is not my cup of tea, and also annoys me at some point, but I love her clothes, so lovely.

#eurovision #luis' eurovision tops #eurovision 1970

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betweenthetimeandsound · 3 years

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Three Minutes to Eternity: My ESC 250 (#90-89)

#90: Carola -- Främling (Sweden 1983)

“Som Mona Lisa har sitt leende Så gömmer också du en hemlighet Stjärnor jag ser dem, vill gärna ta ner nå’n till dig”

“Just like Mona Lisa has her smile You are hiding a secret too Stars, I see them, I would like to take one down for you”

Even at sixteen years old, Carola shows that she is a fantastic performer, strutting onto Munich's stage without a sense of hesitation. Beyond the microphone failure, it’s a masterclass in schlager, as Framling asks the subject to open up to them and hopefully start a companionship with them.

The verses and chorus work really well; in most cases, a "minor-verse/major-chorus" structure would have a very jarring chorus that didn't work with the rest of the song (see for reference: Pas pour moi and Sata salamaa). Carola's singing and the orchestral arrangement help bridge the gap between them.The verses are still better because of the mysterious build, but how it works in context with the rest of the song turns it from good to great.

Both of these things allowed her to sweep all the jury groups in Melodifestivalen from that year; when the similarly-titled debut album came out a few months later, it sold even more copies than ABBA's debut album, with 1,000,000 sold. Despite these successes, it seems like Framling is overlooked amongst Carola's successful trilogy of Eurovision entries, don't you think?

Personal and actual ranking: 3rd/20 in Munich

#89: Frida Boccara -- Un jour, un enfant (France 1969)

“Un jour se lèvera Sur trois branches de lilas Qu’un enfant regardera Comme un livre d’images”

“A day will dawn Upon three branches of lilac That a child will watch Like a picture book”

Out of the four winners of 1969, this is the most “classic” of them all. Especially as the real music world saunters towards folk rock and psychedelia, this seems like it's frozen in the past, But Frida sells this really well, telling the story of the world through a child’s eyes. There's a certain innocence within the lyrics, as well as a sense of magic in how one can create a perfect world.

Frida has a really calming voice, one which allows for a graceful composure (despite the minimal movement on stage). It's surprising knowing that she had caught a bad cold before the actual show, so she had to restrict performances before the big night. The fact that The use of orchestration makes it sound like a fairytale, and it just feels like a dream. It feels like I'm laying in a park somewhere and taking in the breeze and the wind at the same time--the sheer peace is how it arose to become my favorite of the four winners (though once again, De Troubadour is never far behind!)

Also, the audience applauded Frida midway through the song—how real is this, I don’t know, but it’s still cool! Had the modern-day tiebreaker rules were used, France would've won, because they got points from more countries (tied with Spain with 9, but got a higher score from one of them). Which makes it quite ironic considering the French jury gave the Dutch 6 votes, which would've let them win under the countback rules of 1989-2002.

Personal ranking: 2nd/16 Actual ranking: =1st/16 (with Spain, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands) in Madrid

#eurovision song contest #eurovision #esc 250 #esc top 250 #esc sweden #carola #Carola Häggkvist #esc 1983 #frida boccara #esc 1969 #the sweden-france configuration will become very important later on #both are very classic and wonderful #i also liked capturing frida boccara's smiles here #vintage eurovision #three minutes to eternity

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glamprixparty-blog · 5 years

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Michael (f. 1997) har erfaring fra britiske All Together Now - som han vant - samt X Factor. Han deltok i den nasjonale finalen som en av kun seks deltakere, med låta “Bigger Than Us” som for øvrig er skrevet av John Lundvik - mannen som tilfeldigvis også er Sveriges representant i år. Egentlig var det meningen at Lundvik skulle bruke låta som sitt eget bidrag i Melodifestivalen, men da han valgte en annen låt, ga han den til Michael.

FAKTA:

Storbritannia deltar for 62. gang.

Landets beste plassering er fem seire fra 1967, 1969, 1976, 1981 og 1997.

Landene de utveksler flest stemmer med er Irland og Sverige.

Bidraget fremføres i finalen den 18. mai.

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roundaboutmidnight · 5 years

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29 de janeiro

Bom dia a todos!...

Neste dia:

Em 1959, realizava-se, em Estocolmo, Suécia, o primeiro Melodifestivalen.

Nasceu, em 1860, o grande escritor russo Anton Tchekhov.

Nasceu, em 1940, a ótima e linda atriz Katharine Ross.

O Melodifestivalen é o festival da canção organizado pela estação publica de televisão sueca SVT, que se realiza desde 1959. É, entre todas as seleções nacionais das músicas representativas de cada país na Eurovisão, a mais importante e a maior, visto que muitos dos seus artistas integrantes são famosos. Podemos tomar como exemplo o grupo ABBA. O fato da Suécia ser um país com um excelente desempenho no Festival Europeu é, em parte, consequência da grandeza do Melodifestivalen. ABBA é um grupo sueco de música pop, integrado por Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus e Agnetha Fältskog, ativo em 1972-1982.

Katharine Juliet Ross nasceu em Walnut Creek no dia 29 de janeiro de 1940. É uma atriz e escritora norte-americana. Sua carreira artística iniciou na década de 1960 em filmes como Shenandoah', The Singing Nun, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ou The Graduate. Em sua atuação na comédia romantica The Graduate, foi agraciada com o Globo de Ouro de 1968 como melhor atriz estreante além da indicação ao Oscar (1968) de Melhor atriz coadjuvante. Ganhadora de prêmios por excelentes pápeis na década de 1970, nos anos seguintes trabalhou no cinema e em séries para a televisão e a partir de 1984 tornou-se escritora de livros infantis. É casada com o ator Sam Elliott desde 1984, com quem tem uma filha, Cleo Rose Elliott.

Anton Pavlovitch Tchekhov, em russo Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов, nasceu em Taganrog no dia 29 de janeiro de 1860 e morreu em Bandenweiler em 15 de julho de 1904. Foi um médico, dramaturgo e escritor russo, considerado um dos maiores contistas de todos os tempos. Em sua carreira como dramaturgo criou quatro clássicos e seus contos têm sidos aclamados por escritores e críticos. Tchekhov foi médico durante a maior parte de sua carreira literária, e em uma de suas cartas ele escreve a respeito: "A medicina é a minha legítima esposa; a literatura é apenas minha amante."

O seguinte e brilhante texto encontra-se no livro de contos “A Dama do Cachorrinho (e outros contos)”.

"A folhagem das árvores estava quieta, cigarras cantavam e o ruído surdo e monótono do mar, vindo de baixo, falava de repouso, do sono eterno que nos espera. Esse barulho já se fazia ouvir ali quando não havia nem Ialta, nem Oreanda; ele se faz ouvir agora e será assim também no futuro, surdo e indiferente, quando nós não mais existirmos. E nessa constância, nessa completa indiferença em relação à vida e à morte de cada um de nós, esconde-se, talvez, a garantia de nossa salvação eterna, do incessante movimento da vida na terra, do seu contínuo aperfeiçoamento."

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A linda cena da Bicicleta do filme Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, de 1969, com Paul Newman e Katharine Ross, ao som da linda música Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head. No elenco também está Robert Redford.

Um medley de músicas do ABBA no final do Melodifestivalen de 2014.

Marie Bergman canta Knowing me Knowing you.

Malena Ernman canta Chiquitita.

Charlotte Perelli canta Gimme Gimme Gimme.

Robin Stjernberg canta Thank You for the Music.

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