Anna Sahlene wowed us all at Amsterdam Calling...
Can she win the OGAE Second Chance Contest
for Estonia in 2022?
So we have reached the third and final instalment of the playlist of all 27 entries for this year's OGAE SCC - nine more songs including Estonia's entry "CHAMPION" by Anna. She will be one of the favourites this year but it is quite an open contest. Have a listen to the show first to hear not only those nine but also the winner back in 2014, Helena Paparizou and "Survivor" for Sweden, the first Contest I was UK Juror for:
And the show playlist...
"Survivor" - Helena Paparizou
"Someone" - Northkid
"Dreamer" - Voyager
"CHAMPION" - Anna Sahlene
"BOY" - DENISE
"Mim pravil" - Batista Cadillac
"SUPERMAN" - Viktor Apostolovski
"Not Your Mother" (censored) - Lolita Zero
"Rave Med De Hårde Drenge" (censored) - Fuld Effeckt
"Nuit Pauline" - Pauline Chagne
"Love Shine A Light" - Katrina And The Waves
"Żywioły" - Cleo
"Pouch" - Noa Kirel
"Higher Ground" - Rasmussen
"Hold On To Our Love" - James Fox
"Jeanne" - Natasha St-Pier
"Why Me" - Johnny Logan
"Talk To Me" - Ulrikke
"Butterflies" - Toni Damli
"Just nu!" - Tomas Ledin
"Shady" - Theoz
"Suave" - Alvaro Estrella
"Änglavakt" - John Lundvik
"One More Try" - Linda Pritchard
"Let Me Be The One" - The Shadows
Hopefully you now have an idea of how you are going to score your favourites this year and vote within your OGAE club - have one last look at the YouTube playlist I put together:
Once we have gone past 13th August, when the UK submission ends, I will put my top ten in that show's article and maybe even play some of my choices! One other loose end connected with this year's list - the Norwegian entry is also the favourite National Final song of one of the fans of the show...
Bristol does have an International Airport, hotels in the area and transport access to the proposed venue but the big part of any bid, the venue, would be similar scenario-wise to Copenhagen 2014:
The NINTH anniversary of this blog!
"Let Me Be The One - Eurovision Through The Ages!" started on July 17th 2013 and has seen it change from my sole connection to the Eurovision world to the accompaniment to my weekly radio show. I might not use it in the way I did once upon a time, but it still comes into its own over the Eurovision fortnight and it allows me to expand on items that I have mentioned in the show.
How will I celebrate next Tuesday?
I will select an article from each year, play a track related to it and give you an idea of why it sticks out for me. For instance, my third ever post (this one is #647) on July 24th 2013 was entitled "Could A Simple Ballad Still Win Eurovision?" - Salvador Sobral proved that it could still be done four years later, but at the time this was my all-time pinnacle of simplicity, power and purity:
Anouk will be on next week's celebration...
Join me on the radio show to find out my other blog choices!