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Switzerland In The Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "She Got Me" written by Laurell Barker, Frazer Mac, Luca Hänni, Jon Hällgren and Lukas Hällgren. The song was performed by Luca Hänni, who was internally selected by the Swiss broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) to represent the nation at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. "She Got Me" was presented to the public as the Swiss entry on 7 March 2019. Switzerland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 16 May 2019. Performing during the show in position 4, "She Got Me" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. This marked the first time Switzerland managed to qualify to the final after five years since 2014. It was later revealed that Switzerland placed fourth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 232 points. In the final, Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (; ; ; ; SRG SSR) is the Swiss public broadcasting association, founded in 1931, the holding company of 24 radio and television channels. Headquartered in Bern, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees (79%) and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship. Switzerland's system of direct democracy and the fact that the country has four official languages (German, French, Italian and Romansh) mean that the structure of Swiss public service broadcasting is rather complicated. The actual holders of the broadcasting licences that enable SRG SSR to operate are four regional corporations: * German Switzerland: (SRF) * French Switzerland: (RTS) * Italian Switzerland: (RSI) * Romansh: (RTR) These four corporations maintain SRG SSR as a joint central production and broadcasting association. The fifth business unit of the SRG SSR is the ten-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stones (Zibbz Song)
"Stones" is a song performed by Swiss duo Zibbz. The song was released as a digital download on 9 January 2018 through 6003 Records, and was written by Zibbz along with Canadian songwriter Laurell Barker. It represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Eurovision Song Contest On 9 January 2018, Zibbz was announced as one of the six competitors in the ''ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow'', the Swiss national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The final was held on 4 February 2018, and "Stones" was declared the winner after receiving the highest number of points from both the international juries and Swiss public. It represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The song competed in the first semi-final, held on 8 May 2018 in Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania In The Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Romania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Playing with Fire (Paula Seling and Ovi song), Playing with Fire" written by Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu. The song was performed by Paula Seling and Ovi. The Romanian broadcaster Romanian Television, Televiziunea Română (TVR) organised the national final ''Selecția Națională 2010'' in order to select the Romanian entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. Sixteen entries were selected to compete in the national final on 6 March 2010 where "Playing with Fire" performed by Paula Seling and Ovi was selected as the winner after scoring top marks from five regional juries and a public televote. Romania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 10, "Playing with Fire" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later reveal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu
Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu (; born 23 August 1974), also known by his stage names Ovi Martin, Ovi Jacobsen, or simply Ovi, is a Romanian-Norwegian singer and songwriter. After being raised in Botoșani, he moved to Norway in 1995. He rose to fame in Norway in 2006 when he first took part in the Melodi Grand Prix 2006 with the song "The Better Side of Me" where he did not qualify to the final. The next year he was a finalist of the Melodi Grand Prix 2009 with the song "Seven Seconds" but lost to Alexander Rybak. In 2010 he participated in the Selecția Națională 2010 for Romania alongside duet partner Paula Seling. They won with the song " Playing with Fire" with which they represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. They qualified for the grand final where they took the third position, only behind winner Germany and runner-up Turkey. After Eurovision, Ovi released a new duet with Seling; "We Got Something". In 2012 he was back in the Melodi Grand Prix 2012 this time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia In The Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Slovenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Round and Round (Tinkara Kovač song), Round and Round", written by Raay (musician), Raay, Tinkara Kovač, Hannah Mancini, and Tina Piš, and performed by Tinkara Kovač. The Slovene participating broadcaster, (RTVSLO), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. Seven entries competed in the national final where the winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top two entries were selected. In the second round, "Round and Round" performed by Tinkara Kovač was selected as the winner. Songwriter Hannah Mancini represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 where she failed to qualify to the final with the song "Straight into Love". Slovenia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 14, "Round and Round" was announced amon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinkara Kovač
Tinkara Kovač (born 3 September 1978) is a Slovenian singer and flautist. She represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, finishing in 25th place. Career Career in general Her professional career as a singer started in 1997, when she won "Most promising singer award" at the Portorož festival. Her appearance was encouraged by known local composer Danilo Kocjančič, which together with lyrics writer Drago Mislej – Mef and Marino Legovič wrote the winning song and later the whole material for her first album. In 2004, at the time of her fourth concert in Ljubljana's Cankar Centre, she invited Ian Anderson (singer of the group Jethro Tull), which greatly contributed to her decision to start playing flute. At Anderson's reverse invitation she participated as a guest during the band's tour in Croatia, Italy, Austria and Germany. Later she sang also with Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and other musicians, like Carlos Núñez Muñoz, Dan Lavery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zséda
Adrienn Zsédenyi (born 30 December 1974), known as Zséda, is a Hungarian singer. Life Zséda grew up in Szentes and attended the Mihály Horváth Secondary School where she joined drama and literature groups. At 15 years of age, she studied singing with Olga Sík and also learnt to play the violin. Zséda acted at the Arany János Theatre, Independent Theatre, Krétakör Theatre, and New Theatre. She received an undergraduate degree in social work from the University of West Hungary. Career Cotton Club Singers (1994–2001, 2020) In 1994, Zséda, Gabi Szűcs, Péter Kovács, and Boldizsár László co-founded the Cotton Club Singers. They performed at venues including the Buda Park Stage and the Budapest Congress Center. Over a six year period, Zséda performed on five albums. She left the group in 2001 before the group disbanded in 2009. Zséda went on to form White Chocolate and also pursued a solo career. In 2020, Zséda planned to participate in a large 25th annive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typh Barrow
Typh Barrow (born 10 May 1987) is a Belgian singer, songwriter, jurist, composer and pianist who was born in Brussels, Belgium. Her style is a mixture of pop and soul music with jazz and blues accents. She is considered by the press to be the Belgian Adele or Amy Winehouse. Her mother tongue is French. She is also fluent in English, Spanish and Dutch. Beginnings She began piano at age five, scales at eight, and wrote one of her first songs at twelve. At fourteen she started taking singing lessons. She learnt live performing in numerous piano bars and met the person who would become her producer and manager, François Leboutte. He had her record her first demos before launching her in the profession. At the end of 2012 she released her first single, ''Your Turn'', which was warmly received by Belgian radio stations and was the most played song in the French speaking part of Belgium in 2013. When the moment came to release her first EP, she lost her voice during a live show, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebalter
Sebastiano Paù-Lessi, (born 1 July 1985) better known by his stage name, Sebalter (stylised SEBalter) is a Swiss people, Swiss singer, fiddler, and attorney who represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He performed the song "Hunter of Stars" in the final on 10 May 2014, finishing 13th with 64 points. Sebalter was born in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. Prior to Eurovision he worked as a business lawyer, putting his law career on hold to focus on his music career. Music career 2000–2012: Early career From 2000 to 2002, Sebalter played bass in a Swiss hard rock band called The Stalkers, who specialised in covers of early '70s groups, such as Uriah Heep (band), Uriah Heep, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. From 2002 to 2012, Sebalter played the fiddle in a Swiss folk rock band The Vad Vuc, where he released three albums with the band and toured extensively. He left the band in 2012 to pursue a solo career. In 2005, while he was studyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSI Rete Uno
RSI Rete Uno () is the principal radio channel of the Swiss public-service broadcasting organization Radio Svizzera Italiana, which launched in 1933 as Radio Monte Ceneri. Broadcasting in Italian, it is receivable via DAB, cable, and satellite (Tivùsat and Hot Bird). Until 30 June 2008 (when SRG SSR ceased broadcasting on the 558 kHz medium-wave frequency) it could also be received in large areas of northern and central Italy. The station identifies itself on-air as "Radio Svizzera – Rete Uno". The director of RSI Rete Uno is Edy Salmina. History On 7 July 1930, the Grand Council of Ticino approved the legislative decree of the creation of an Autonomous Entity for Broadcasting in Italian Switzerland (Ente autonomo per la radiodiffusione nella Svizzera italiana, EARSI). On 1 October 1931, Felice Antonio Vitali started his functions as the director of the new station. On 29 October 1933, Rete Uno is oficially born (at the time Radio Monte Ceneri), with the inaugurat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugano
Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an urban agglomeration of over 150,000. It is the List of cities in Switzerland, ninth largest Swiss city. The city lies on Lake Lugano, at its largest width, and, together with the adjacent town of Paradiso, Switzerland, Paradiso, occupies the entire bay of Lugano. The territory of the municipality encompasses a much larger region on both sides of the lake, with numerous isolated villages. The region of Lugano is surrounded by the Lugano Prealps, the latter extending on most of the Sottoceneri region, the southernmost part of Ticino and Switzerland. Both western and eastern parts of the municipality share an international border with Italy. Described as a market town since 984, Lugano was the object of continuous disputes between the soverei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha
Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha ("Swiss Romansh Radio-Television"; formerly ''Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha'', "Romansh Radio and Television"), shortened to RTR, is a subsidiary of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), operating in Romansh-speaking Switzerland. History The first radio program in Romansh was broadcast on 17 January 1925. The person responsible for this broadcast was Felix Huonder. Regular Romansh programming began in 1943. ''Las Cristallas'', the Romansh "radioscola" (radio school, or lectures delivered by radio broadcast), premiered on 27 January 1955. ''Il Balcun Tort'', the first television program in Romansh, was broadcast on 17 February 1963. This commemorated the 25th anniversary of Romansh's becoming Switzerland's fourth national language. Broadcasting Radio Radio RTR is a Swiss radio station broadcasting in Romansh. The Editor in Chief is Flavio Bundi. Television Televisiun Rumantscha (TvR) is RTR's television production unit. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
