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Change (Hotel FM Song)
"Change" is a song recorded by Romanian group Hotel FM, released as a CD single in 2011 by Romanian Television (TVR). It was written by Alexandra Ivan and Gabriel Băruţă, while production was solely handled by the latter. An uptempo Pop music, pop ballad containing drums, piano and violins in its instrumentation, the lyrics talk about making a positive change in the world and one's life. A Music criticism, reviewer compared "Change" to the music of English group Take That and singer Sean Maguire. The track Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest, represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf, Germany after winning the pre-selection show ''Selecția Națională''. Hotel FM eventually came 17th in the contest's Grand Final, gathering a total of 77 points. During their performance, the group was joined by two female background dancers, while the LED screen showed pulsating circles and ovals. Music critics gave mixed reviews of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel FM
Hotel FM is a Romanian people, Romanian band, formed in April 2005 by United Kingdom, British expatriate David Bryan and his friends Gabriel Băruţa and Alex Szűz. The band held concerts in several cities in Romania and Germany and launched a promotional CD in spring 2006. Founding member Bryan, who is lead singer, is originally from Newton Aycliffe in North East England, where he worked as a binman before settling in Romania. The Hotel FM story began in 2005, when the Romanian composer Gabriel Băruţa recruited a few musicians from his hometown Oradea to create a new sound, a modern pop-rock feel based on melody and innovation, specific to the songs he wrote. Throughout the years, Hotel FM has comprised Nicolae Vedinaş (vocals, flute), Berek Szilard (vocals), Marius Pop (guitar), Vlady Săteanu (bass), Gabi Drăgan (drums) and Sanyi Zakar (guitar). The band has played many concerts in cities of Romania and Germany and released a promotional CD in the spring of 2006. Eurov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Радио България, ''Radio Balgariya''; BNR) is the official international broadcasting station of Bulgaria. History For almost seventy years the world service of the Bulgarian radio, formerly called Radio Sofia but now renamed Radio Bulgaria, has been presenting the country’s cultural and national identity to the world. It is a principal source of information from and about Bulgaria for millions of listeners outside its borders. Current broadcasting Radio Bulgaria ended its shortwave service on February 1, 2012, the closure of the Arabic language section in 2016, the suspension of the 24-hour online audio streaming in Bulgarian, English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Serbian, Greek, Turkish and Albanian in 2017. On June 10, 2021, Radio Bulgaria launched a new podcast called Bulgaria Today. it is released every day in English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Serbian, Greek, Albanian and Turkish. The new program features news stori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poli Genova
Poli Plamenova Genova ( bg, Поли Пламенова Генова; born 10 February 1987) is a Bulgarian singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter. Genova began her career in 1991, at the age of four, as a member of the Bulgarian children's ensemble Bon-Bon. Genova later went on to represent Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Na inat", which did not qualify for the final. She returned to Eurovision five years later in 2016, for the second time representing Bulgaria with the song "If Love Was a Crime". She brought Bulgaria to the final for the first time since 2007, placing fourth, which is Bulgaria's second highest placing ever, behind her successor Kristian Kostov's 2nd place the following year. Outside of performing, Genova has also appeared as a coach or mentor on ''The Voice of Bulgaria'' and '' X Factor Bulgaria'', voiced the Bulgarian version of Judy Hopps in the film ''Zootopia'', and hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BNT 1
BNT 1 () is a Bulgarian-language public television station founded in 1959. It began broadcasting on December 26 the same year. The headquarters are located in Sofia, Bulgaria. BNT 1 is run by the Bulgarian National Television. History When it was initially launched, the channel was called simply ''Bulgarian Television'' (''Българска телевизия''), as it was the only channel available. When a second state-owned channel was started in 1974, it was renamed to ''First Programme'' (''Първа програма''), and later to ''"BT 1"'' (''БТ 1'') (with ''BT'' still referring to ''Bulgarian Television''). In 1992, BT 1 and BT 2 were given separate visual designs and were renamed respectively to ''Channel 1'' (''Канал 1'') and ''Efir 2'' (''Ефир 2''). In this period, the channel was also referred to as ''BNT Channel 1'' (''Канал 1 на БНТ''), to show that it was operated by the BNT. On 14 September 2008 BNT Channel 1 changed its name once more, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Palace Of Culture
The National Palace of Culture (, ; abbreviated as , NDK), located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is the largest, multifunctional conference and exhibition centre in south-eastern Europe. It was opened in 1981 in celebration of Bulgaria's 1300th anniversary. The centre was initiated at the suggestion of Lyudmila Zhivkova, daughter of the communist leader of the former People's Republic of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov. The project was designed by a team of Bulgarian and foreign architects led by Alexander Georgiev Barov (1931–1999) along with Ivan Kanazirev. The landscaping of Bulgaria Square in front of the National Palace of Culture was designed by another team of architects and landscape engineers, led by Atanas Agura. Internally, the building exhibits a unified style, employing an octagonal motif and heavy, dark colours. Large bright murals depicting historical figures and events cover the main wall of many of the smaller halls. During the 1990s, immediately following the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Realitatea TV
Realitatea TV (, meaning "The Reality TV") is the former name of the Romanian news television channel Realitatea Plus. The channel began broadcasting in 2001 as a general-profile television and became the first Romanian news television in 2002. Its owners are Romanian politician Cozmin Guşă and businessman Maricel Păcuraru. After becoming insolvent in 2011 and bankruptcy in 2019, the channel lost its license on 31 October 2019. The channel began broadcasting on 1 November 2019, including advertising, on Realitatea Plus, a channel that was launched in 2015 on satellite for the public outside Romania. Realitatea Plus has a slightly modified version of the previous logo of Realitatea TV. History Realitatea TV started broadcasting in 2001, as a general-profile TV station. However, it began broadcasting hourly newscasts and soon changed its format, becoming the first news television in Romania. Prigoană brought Ion Cristoiu to supervise the channel and rise its audience. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, following the country's victory at the with the song "Satellite" by Lena. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rundfunkanstalten Deutschland (ARD) and Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), the contest was held at the Düsseldorf Arena and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and a final on 14 May 2011. The three live shows were presented by German comedians Anke Engelke and Stefan Raab, and television presenter Judith Rakers. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the 2008 edition. Four countries returned to the contest this year; Austria returned after their last participation in , Hungary returned after their last participation in , San Marino returned after their very first participation in . Italy also returned to the contest after their last participatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiwibloggs
Wiwibloggs is a fansite and YouTube channel focusing on the Eurovision Song Contest, launched in 2009. It has a seasonal audience, peaking at 250,000 page views per day during the week of Eurovision in May 2016, based on Google Analytics data. History In April 2015, Wiwibloggs won Arts & Culture Blog of the Year at the National UK Blog Awards, recognising it as the top blog in the country across architecture, design, entertainment and music. Later that month, William Lee Adams, a former correspondent at ''Time'' magazine, was the only Eurovision blogger to speak on a panel at the Eurovision Song Contest 60th Anniversary Conference in London. In the official programme for the event, the European Broadcasting Union described Wiwibloggs as the "most popular and innovative" Eurovision website. Adams has judged at national selections for a number of countries, among them Armenia (in 2017), Belarus (in 2020), Finland (every year between 2017 and 2021), Germany (as a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Popular Music
British popular music and popular music in general, can be defined in a number of ways, but is used here to describe music which is not part of the art/ classical music or Church music traditions, including folk music, jazz, pop and rock music. These forms of music have particularly flourished in Britain, which, it has been argued, has influenced popular music disproportionately to its size, partly due to its linguistic and cultural links with many countries, particularly the former areas of British control such as United States, Canada, and Australia, but also a capacity for invention, innovation and fusion, which has led to the development of, or participation in, many of the major trends in popular music. This is particularly true since the early 1960s when the British Invasion led by The Beatles, helped to secure British performers a major place in development of pop and rock music, which has been revisited at various times, with genres originating in or being radically dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today's The Day (Sean Maguire Song)
"Today's the Day" is a song by Sean Maguire, released in 1997 as his eighth single and his first new recording since his second album ''Spirit'', which was released the previous year. "Today's the Day" does not appear on any of Maguire's albums. The song was a change of style in Maguire's music; while his first two albums had been pop music, "Today's the Day" was almost Britpop in style. The single was unsuccessful and shortly after it was released Maguire decided to leave the music business and return to acting full-time. The single was a moderate success, peaking at #27 in the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s .... Track listing CD1 CD2 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Today's The Day (Sean Maguire Song) 1997 singles Sean Maguire songs Songs writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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