I suppose at least Anna and Kseniya weren't on a Red Carpet but they were still in danger of blending in at the Tel Aviv Orange Carpet event! Anna Odobescu is one of the artists invited to participate at the Golden Stag Festival in Romania in August and those that have sung at Eurovision or a National Final are on this week's show. The other summer event that gets the LMBTO focus is Eurostarz 2019 that happens this time next month and we know three of the artists performing. Add to that a special section on a few of those unsung heroes at Eurovision, the stand-in rehearsal artist, and you have show 50:
Here is the full playlist, including Sara de Blue in the thumbnail (picture by Wolfi Lochmann), another of the artists competing at the Festival...
"De Troubadour" - Lenny Kuhr
"Een Beetje" - Teddy Scholten
"Nentori (Bess Radio Mix)" - Arilena Ara
"Soldi" - Mahmood
"La Venda" - Miki
"Secret Combination" - Kalomira
"Love Shine A Light" - Katrina and the Waves
"Spirit In The Sky" - KEiiNO
"Heroes" - Måns Zelmerlöw
"Lykken Er" - Hanne Krogh
"Piedestal" - Inis Neziri
"Stay" - Anna Odobescu
"Keep The Faith" - Tamara Gachechiladze
"Criminal" - Monika Marija
"Closer To The Sun" - Sara de Blue
"Here We Go" - PeR
"To Myself" - Alfie Arcuri
"One Life" - Glen Vella
"Legenda" - Marcin Mroziński
"Taking It Over" - SuRie
"Tu te reconnaîtras" - Anne-Marie David
"L'oiseau et l'enfant" - Marie Myriam
"Sound Of Silence" - Josephine Thunell
"Dona" - Isabelle Larm
"I Will Never Give Up On You" - Nanna Kovalova
"Songbird" - Ellen Benediktson
A real mix of genres and ages (from 1959 to 2019) on this week's show, together with a few favourites of mine (but isn't that the host's privilege?). There were three items of news that threatened to derail me this week but I managed to cover them all and rearrange the playlist in time (Albania says yes, Surie for Eurostarz and Luxembourg says no). I will probably add another Luxembourg entry into show 51, as I used the fortuitous presence of Anne-Marie David to flag up the micro-state's news this week, given it happened 50 minutes before 1pm:
Animals...
Strictly Come Dancing...
Eurovision Dead Certs...
I'm sure that I will come up with something for you all to listen to - join me next week!