ESCCY starts a webpoll for who should represent Cyprus. The result’s will be send to CyBC (Cypriot Broadcasting Corporation) as their reader’s opinion.

Click to vote: Who should represent Cyprus in 2008? 

source:eurovision-cyprus.ueuo.com

You can watch a full video from Sarbel party for Golden Album Award HERE

See also Evridiki and Korgialas perform at Evanescense concert HERE 

more news on www.eurovisionnews.blogspot.com

On 19 June the second edition of the Cyprus Music Awards took place in Nicosia, Cyprus. The show attended by many Greek and Cypriot Eurostars some of them performing on stage. The show will be aired by Sigma TV next week while a Greek TV station will also air it within the month. Here are the gatherings of awards which the Greek and Cypriot Eurostars got last night.

Best Newcomer - Tamta

Best Song Of The Year - Constantinos Christoforou - Stasou Ena Lepto

Best Female Singer - Evridiki

Best Male Singer - Michalis Hatzigiannis

Best Album - Michalis Hatzigiannis - Fili Kai Echtri

Best Single - Michalis Hatzigiannis - Ola I Tipota

Best Video - Anna Vissi - Everything

 from oikotimes.com

Information is flooding out of Cyprus at the moment with regards to next year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest; and this reference to water it quite appropriate for us to exclusively reveal to you some details about the stage. Broadcaster CyBC is planning to have water on the stage for the first time in the contest and its adult equivalent. From this water the Greek Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite (who was of course born in Cyprus), will appear during the show. Who will construct the stage is not known for sure yet, but oikotimes.com has been told that it is looking increasingly likely that Spectra (who have built many a Eurovision stage in the past) or the BBC will be constructing and managing it.

More details about the design of the stage will be made known later with CyBC’s promotional video- check back for details!

CYBC’s promotional video 

LIVE UPDATE from ESCMALTA.com

The show has begun.

Snow and ice are the theme representing the magical coldness of Finland. A dance on the Ice is presented.

FLASH NEWS

Uncofnirmed news has arrived at ESCMALTA.com that the white drapes during Olivia’s performance have been changed. It is believed that the colour of the drapes has been changed.

Live Coverage

Winter turns into Spring on stage. Flowers bloom all around…and “HELLO EUROPE!”

The hosts are on stage, they start on the catwalk. The male host is wearing white whilst the female one is wearing yellow.

The first thing they do is explain that only 10 songs will pass and that tele viewers are the judges. Televoting will start after the 28 songs.
and the songs begin…”The semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest starts now!”..(fireworks on stage)

1. Bulgaria

Finnish people featured on postcard…Lightning, water and power fill the Arena with the first powerful Bulgarian performance.

2. Israel

The background is the same as in the previous rehearsals. Teapacks give a jumpy performance. At the moment this is see as being one of the songs to find it difficult to qualify.

3. Cyprus

Blue background, smoke and a glittery Evridiki on stage. The audience loved this.

4. Belarus

Notwithstanding the weak vocal performance, Koldun got a big round of applause from the audience.

5. Iceland

Erikur rocked the Hartwall Arena. Celtic background on stage, a pure rock ballad performance. Perfect vocally, as always Erikur impressed on stage.

6. Georgia

Georgia’s debut projects the traditional aspects of the country during the performance. The background shows Gerogian flag colours, pyros are used and in the key change the dancers get out swords and have a choreography with them.

Hosts

The hosts come in and say that this was Georgia’s first performance, and they also say that it will be the first time for the Czech Republic as well as for Serbia and Montenegro as independent countries..”And now it is back to business”.

7. Montenegro

Green background for Montenegro. More Eurovision rock on stage. Thsi came out well vocally. Hmmm it is said in the Arena that this year in the semi-final neighbour voting will be a main factor to determine who passes on to the final.

8. Switzerland

Vampires came to live in Helsinki as DJ Bobo and his team went on stage. Bats, vampires, maniquins, toutrageous hairstyles and pyros make sure that this show will not be forgotten by the end. A vocally better DJ Bobo than the previous rehearsals compliments the show. This is not only a definite finalis, but a possible contender for the final trophy.

9. Moldova

Warm colours, red and orange fill the stage. White and red drapes are used at the beginning of the song. This year we are going to have a good Eurovision show!

Advert Break

During the advert break in the hall we watched an interesting feature about the 42 performers arriving in Helsinki at the airport and also something about costumes. “Are you ready for more Helsinki?” Of course we are honey, bring it on!

10. The Netherlands

Edilia is on top of the World (stairs) for the introduction of the show. Very good vocal performance and interesting choreography for the Netherlands.

11. Albania

Aida’s dress is something to look out for in the performance. Vionlins and a blue background give Albania a simple yet intense performance. Frederik Ndoci gave a very good vocal performance.

12. Denmark

The Drama Queen came next on stage. Costumes galore, feathers anf pyros and the crows was jumping all around. Vocally DQ also was much better than in previous rehearsals.

13. Croatia

Unlucky number 13 for some, but Dragonfly and Dado Topic went on stage. Dark colours fill the screens during most of the song. More Rock in the 2007 Eurovision!

14. Poland

It’s time to party in Helsinki as the Jet Set come out on stage. Modern and groovy, the girls come out of the cage (as in rehearsals) and the female singer end the show back in the cage. Chains are on the background screen.

15. Czech Republic

Hard Rock Halleuljah! Kabat hard rocked the hartwall Arena. This received quite a hige welcome. It seems like Eurovision is becoming more and more rocky. Following more the international trends. Will it qualify? I think it could stand a good chance.

17. Portugal

Red fans are the main feature of the Portugese performance. An interesting dance song which makes u get up from your seat and start dancing.

18. FYR Macedonia

Karolina Gocheva came next on stage. This is one of the countries that has qualified every single tear since cemi-finals began, even when the songs were not as powerful as this year’s one. Dark stage and tiny white lights. Karolina is wearing a bluish dress.

Advert Break

HostsSome talk about the televoting..and “are you ready for more music?”..Yes deinately!19. Norway Ven A bailar Conmigo and everyone was dancing around in the hall. Good performance with a lot of dancing. Guri was great on stage. Different costumes for Guri thorughout the song.20. Malta

Perfect vocally, although holding a bit back…Olivia and her team gave a good performance. Jes and Joseph were body painted in gold. Contrary to what we were told earlier, the white sheets are still the same. Olivia and all the team gave their utmost, it is obviously now in the hands of the televoters at home.

21. Andorra

Crowds cheering in the hall for the young Andorran boys who give an interstind energetic performance. This reminds us of Klinsmann Coliero’s performance at the Malta Song For Europe 2007 festival. This will go on well with the audience!

22. Hungary

Magdi was next on stage. Very quite and peaceful song compared to the previous songs. As usual Magdi’s voice was superb. Falling Autumn leaves fill the background. This is one of the most versatile Eurovision Song Contests. Great appaluse at the end.

23. Estonia

Gerli is lifted up on stage by two male dancers. Dark background with yellow graphics. Once again a good vocal performance. Helsinki kept on rocking!

24. Belgium

The KMGs and their disco balls were next on stage. Now it feels like the 90s are coming back! Colours and groove for Belgium. Comes out well on stage.

MALTA UPDATE

With regards to your reactions, we can confirm that Joseph and Jes were not wearing any masks but there faces, as their body, was painted in gold too. With regards to the reaction in the hall, it was an ok reaction but not as high as for some other songs.

25. Slovenia

Amongst a dark blue background, Alenka Gotar fills the stage with her impressive operistic voice. A gothic yet classical dress makes Alenka’spresence on stage even greater. Light crystals are in her hand as she moves her hand creating a nice effect on stage. Slovenia always had very good songs so far but never managed to make it the final..it seems like this will be the first time.

26. Turkey

A huge reaction in the hall for Kenan Dogulu who gave a great performance accompanied with a higly good choreography, Kenan managed to get the hall dancing and shaking to his tune. Red flames seal the song.

27. Austria

Eric with an enormous number of Swarowsky cyrstals and feathers came on stage and also gave a very good performance. The crowd once again gave a very good round of applause.

28. Latvia

Bonaparti.lv on stage with their amazing enchanting voices giving an italian flavour to the Eurovision Song Contest. This has high chances.

A big thanks to ESCMALTA.com for the Live coverage

From doteurovision.com

With the first rehearsal behind her, Cypriot singer Evridiki was one of the first to admit she wasn’t happy with how things had gone.

There are also plans to ask YLE to try out different backgrounds and lighting effects when the team next takes to the stage on Saturday morning.

Sources:esctoday.com;eurovision.tv;photos:Alain Douit (eurovision.tv) 

After coming 11th in the 1992 and 1994 Eurovision Sing Contest, Evridiki is back with her french song Comme ci comme ca.

Evridiki´s first rehearsal is over and the staging is very graphic. The camera moves in on the catwalk while the staging is mainly in red but soon changes to huge orizontal white blocks before turning into multicolour sound equalizer-like screens in green and yellow before changing into white again. Pyros complete the performanceat the end of the song.

On stage Evridiki is accompanied bye two female backing singers, keyboard and drum players and Dimitris Korgialas himself who’s playing the guitar. The background LED reflections during the song are very much in style of the 80s and change from red columns to blue, green yellow and white. The camera is focused entirely on her and during an instrumental part of the song the audience will even see Evridiki turn into slow-motion. At the end of the song pyrotechnics will be used wich lead up to a dramatic end of the song.

Press conference

Generally the Cypriot delegation was quite happy with the first rehearsal, admitted that there were minor sound problems and they are quite confident. There were a couple of questions to Dimitris Korgialas about his musical background and influences. The composer of the Cypriot entry named Cure, Depeche Mode and generally 80´s New Wave as his favourite musical influences.

A relevant question about future plans of the Cypriot representative made the head of delegations answer to the applause of the people: The winner’s tour of course first! More seriously nothing specific is planned yet but Evridiki plans to tour Europe after the contest, and eventually release her single and album abroad.

The entire Cypriot delegation is travelling today afternoon from Cyprus’s capital, Nicosia, where Evridiki and Dimitris have spent their last days before the contest rehearsing their song and generally getting ready for their performance.
Evridiki’s appearance on stage will be in good hands since designer Christoforos Kotentos accepted to take care of her “shiny” dress.
But that’s not all. On stage, besides Dimitris Korgialas, Evridiki will be accompanied by 4 more musicians. Dimitris Horianopoulos will be in drums, Yiannis Skoutaris in keybords, Froso Stylianou and Mariana Gerasimidou (known from the TV show Fame story 4) in backing vocals.
The Cypriot delegation will also include the producer of RIK, the Cypriot broadcaster, Kleitos Kleitou, Mrs Evi Papamichael who has the responsibility for the Cypriot entry and Vaso Komninou, the Cypriot commentator for both semifinal and final.
Cyprus has to go through the semifinal cause Anette Artani didn’t make it to the final in Athens last year.

Source: esctoday.com

From esctoday.com

Evridiki sat down to talk with esctoday.com last night as her international promotion tour for her Eurovision Song Contest entry came to an end. She returns to Athens today where she will finalise the stage performance for her entry with Dimitris Korgialas, Comme ci, comme ca. During the interview, Evridiki at last reveals the name of her dress designer for Helsinki and hints about the look for the performance.

Read more and watch the video interviews HERE

Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas’ performance in “The Shadow Lounge” club in London.

More on http://www.esctoday.com

Source:12points.tv

Regional Antwerp broadcaster ATV joined Edsilia Rombley, Evridiki and Nicole & Hugo on a boat trip with the Flandria on the Scheldt on Friday. The same night, the ATV News aired the following report with reactions from this year’s Dutch and Cypriot Eurovision Song Contest representatives.

Source:belgovision.com

On Friday morning, Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas were welcomed at the Cypriot embassy in Brussels, where the local Cypriot and Greek community had gathered for a reception and a meet and greet with Evridiki. The ambassadors of Cyprus and Greece wished Evridiki good luck for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

The Greek ambassador in Belgium welcomes Evridiki

Cypriot ambassador Marios Kountourides wishes Evridiki good luck too

See more photos HERE

Source:belgovision.com

After a relaxing evening and tv recordings for CyBC in Brussels last night, Evridiki continues her promo tour in Belgium. This morning, she is expected at the embassy of Cyprus to meet the Cypriot and Greek community in Brussels. Later today, Evridiki will be joined by Dutch representative Edsilia in Antwerp.

National and international media are expected in Antwerp this afternoon for a trip on the Scheldt with the Flandria boat. The journalists will be introduced to this year’s Cypriot and Dutch representatives in the presence of the local Eurovision heroes Nicole & Hugo.

In the evening, the Noorderterras at the Jordaenskaai in Antwerp is the place to be. Eurovision fans who plan to attend the 12 Points Party Deluxe can already meet & greet Evridiki and Edsilia as of 21:OO CET. As of 22:00 CET, the one after the other Eurovision hit will be played during the 12 Points Party DeLuxe with special performances by Edsilia, Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas.

Last night, Cypriot Eurovision Song Contest singer Evridiki turned the Brussels trip of 30 Cypriot students into an unforgettable experience. The class had won a trip to the European capital in a game organised by CyBC. The night before their return to Cyprus, the students could meet their idol at the Brussels Market Square.

See more photos HERE

Source:belgovision.com

Cypriot Eurovision Song Contest representative Evridiki lands in Belgium today for a two days lasting promotional tour. Evridiki is accompanied by her husband and composer Dimitris Korgialas and by Poseidonas Yannopoulos, the Belgium born lyricist of the Cypriot Eurovision entry Comme Ci, Comme Ça.

On the first day of her promotion tour in Belgium, triple Cypriot Eurovision Song Contest Evridiki will be followed by the camera’s of ROB. The broadcaster of Flemish Brabant will make a report on Evridiki’s visit to the city of Leuven. Later today, Evridiki will give an interview for 12Points.tv and ZoomIn and explore Brussels and its unique Market Square for the recordings of a tv programme to be aired by Cypriot broadcaster CyBC.

Tomorrow, Evridiki will attend a press boat trip on the Scheldt together with this year’s Dutch representative Edsilia and former Belgian Eurovision singers Nicole & Hugo. At night, Evridiki and Dimitris Korgialas will give a mini concert at the 12 Points Party DeLuxe at the Noorderterras in Antwerp.

See more photos HERE

 Source:belgovision.com; 12 Points Tv

Evridiki, the Cyprus entry in the Eurovision with their massive hit ‘Comme çi, comme ça’ is gigging live in Haringey’s London. The pop princess is to hold a party-style gig for enthusiastic fans, prior to them going to Finland. Evridiki’s infectious energy and charisma is undeniably going to get the crowd whipped into a frenzy. Evridiki is accompanied with the singer and song-writer Dimitris Korgialas. Saturday 21 April @ Club Palace, 657 Green Lanes, Haringey, N8 0QY, show starts 11pm.

Source:lgr.co.uk

Evridiki is visiting Antwerp, Belgium, on 20 April where she will perform at the “12 Points Party” (“Noorderterras”, Jordaenskaai 27, Antwerp).

Source: evridiki.gr

12points Party DeLuxe invitation

Promo Video