Will she or won't she?
Will Dana International be singing in some capacity at Eurovision itself or on a stage somewhere in Tel Aviv? It seems as though it will happen and it was a good enough reason to play her Contest winning song this week on show 23. Everything this week mops up what has happened since just before Christmas, information that I would have already played if it wasn't for the fact that my last two shows were on Xmas Day and New Year's Day! You hopefully heard the themed pre-recorded shows then or on the days afterwards on Mixcloud, where all my previous shows are stored. So who is on this week's show? Songs from Albania, Lithuania, Australia, France, Romania, Ukraine - in fact, all over Eurovision, have a look at the playlist, it's easier!
"Ktheju tokës" - Jonida Maliqi
"Na ma paris makria" - Tamta
"Rožės" - Migloko
"Diva" - Dana International
"Fight For Love" - Courtney Act
"Unstoppable" - Leea Nanos
"In The Shadow" - Florina
"Roi" - Bilal Hassani
"Don't Break My Heart" - Nicola
"Destin" - Trooper
"Črno Bel" - Raiven
"Just Get Out Of My Life" - Andrea Demirović
"X My Heart" - AISEL
"Plakala" - KAZKA
"5 Stars Hotel" - Anna-Maria
"Il ballo delle incertezze" - Ultimo
"Every Song Is A Cry For Love" - Brian Kennedy
"Never See Me Cry" - Una Healy
"Parasole" - Natalia Szroeder
"Im Rausch der Zeit" - Hyäne Fischer
"Three Minutes To Earth" - The Shin and Mariko
"Color Of Your Life" - Michał Szpak
"Euphoria" - Loreen
"Standing Up For Love" - CARLSEN
"Jugarem a estimar-nos" - Marta Roure
"Marry Me" - Krista Siegfrids
"Let Me Be The One" - The Shadows
There are even some songs from this year's ESC Top 250 and one from a lady that I met and interviewed at EuroBash 2016 in Manchester:
Enjoy the listen? Two hours in one sitting? I'm impressed!
As Krista herself would be, the 'Beauty' to my 'Beast' in the thumbnail for this week's Mixcloud recording - I'll definitely be seeing her perform at Eurofest at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern this Friday (11th January) and hopefully I'll have the chance to chat to her but that's not confirmed yet. If it is, I will hopefully have any interview on my show next week, number 24 - there will definitely be more music from around the nations that have already started their hunt for their Tel Aviv entries plus more from those who are rumoured to be going. The one definite will be that I'll have some Czech NF tracks to play...
No camels or spaghetti but there is some sushi...