Peo Nylén is a music publisher for Scandinavian Songs AB. You may not know his name off-hand but he has been a part numerous Eurovision and National Selection songs in the past twenty years, including Ines “Once in a Lifetime,” Pirates of the Sea “Wolves of the Sea,” and Rollo and King “Never Ever Let You Go.” This year, Peo …
The Road to Malmo: Latvia; Interview with Filip Lindfors (composer of Dziesma 2013 entries “Upside Down” and “Phoenix Fly”)
As the Dziesma 2013, the National Selection for Latvia’s 2013 Eurovision entry, approaches, ESC UNITED’s Zack were fortunate enough to talk with Filip Lindfors, composer of not one, but TWO entries: “Upside Down” and “Phoenix Fly.” ESC UNITED: Hi Filip! Congratulations on your success in Dziesma 2013. “Upside Down” is one of my favorite songs from the bunch. How would …
Petra Mede – Your host for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmo, Sweden
For the first tim3 in 18 years, only one person will host the Eurovision Song Contest and this morning, SVT introduced Petra Mede as the person with this distinct honor. Some may not be familiar with her so who exactly is she? Petra was born on March 7th, 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden and started her career as a comedian …
Emmelie de Forest wins the Danish selection and will be performing ‘Only Teardrops’ in Malmo
Melissa was fortunate enough to go the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix today. She has just sent us this fantastic report! Thanks so much Melissa! —————————– Fighting off a last minute challenge from Mohammed Ali, the drum heavy folk track from Emmeli de Forest “Only Teardrops” managed to score the televote majority after levelling with the ‘Unbreakable’ singer during the Jury …
Thoughts of Söngvakeppnin 2013 (Iceland) Semi Final 2
Zach Kerr is a two Chief Editors of ESCUNITED. This review is an opinion and does not reflect the view of ESCUNITED. by: Zack It is fitting that I am watching the Iceland National Selection this weekend as in North Carolina, we were hit with part of a winter storm. Here, a small amount of snow and ice can …
Norway: Semi Final 2 – Meet the three Qualifiers
The second Semi Final is over and Norway has voted 3 more songs into the Final show. Let’s find out who they are: Annsofi – I’m with you [vsw id=”LYXSXx6GNWk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Fjellfolk – Ulvetuva [vsw id=”5e0MqdRROCA” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Margaret Berger – I feed you my love [vsw id=”bgGiBRj0yns” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
Thoughts of Söngvakeppnin 2013 (Iceland) Semi Final 1
Zach Kerr and Matt Friedrichs are two Chief Editors of ESCUNITED. This review are the opinions and do not reflect the view of ESCUNITED. Zach: Despite following Eurovision since the 2003 edition in Riga, I have to admit that this is the first year that I’m actually familiarizing myself with the songs before they hit the Eurovision stage. …
Finland: Two more finalists chosen
Congratulations to Krista Siegfridsi and Arion, both of these acts will move on to the Final Stage of the competition to become the next Finnish representative. This was the second qualification round so while these two are directly qualified, three of the other acts are also still in the running. Krista Siegfridsi – Marry Me [vsw id=”lV5VOdBX2ns” source=”youtube” width=”300″ …
Interview with Danne Attlerud, Swedish composer
Danne Attlerud has composed numerous songs that have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen and Eurovision Song Contest including the 2004 Norwegian entry “High”. Danne is also a co-composer of Kevin Borg’s entry in this year’s Maltese National Selection, “Needing You”. ESC UNITED had the opportunity to interview him to learn more. ESC UNITED: Hello Danne. You …
Become a ESCUNTED Journalist – Eurovision in Concert 2013 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ESCUNITED has a possible opportunity for one or two people who want to go to the EUROVISION party in AMSTERDAM. People who want to attend and want press accreditation for the event, should contact us at ESCUNITED and we will select those who can cover the event on our behalf. So if you want to meet the particpating acts …