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Zoë (Austrian Singer)
Zoë Straub (; born 1 December 1996), known professionally as Zoë, stylized as ZOË, is an Austrian singer, songwriter and actress. She represented Austria with the song "Loin d'ici" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and placed thirteenth in the grand final. Life and career 1996–2014: Early life Zoë Straub was born in the Austrian capital, Vienna, to musician parents, Papermoon (duo), Christof Straub and Papermoon (duo), Roumina Straub (born Wilfling), on 1 December 1996. At the age of six, she featured in a song by her parents' musical project, Papermoon (duo), Papermoon, called "Doop Doop (Baby Remix)". In 2007, Straub participated in the Austrian reality singing competition ''Kiddy Contest'', where she covered "Engel ohne Flügel", originally performed by Mark Medlock, a German singer, while she was attending Lycée Français de Vienne (French High School of Vienna), where she studied for nine years. 2015–2018: Career beginnings, ''Debut'' and Eurovision Song C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZDF Fernsehgarten
''ZDF-Fernsehgarten'' (English: ''ZDF Television garden'') is a German entertainment TV show broadcast live from the grounds of the ZDF broadcasting centre at Mainz. It is a seasonal live programme which airs only during the summer months with 16 to 21 episodes being produced. The show is presented by Andrea Kiewel as of 2009. History The first ZDF Fernsehgarten was broadcast on 29 June 1986 and was hosted by Ilona Christen who had a trademark of wearing unusual spectacles and a yellow raincoat. On 17 September 2006, Fernsehgarten celebrated its 20th anniversary. In the 2007 season of the ZDF Fernsehgarten was organised in collaboration with the magazine Yam! It was also the first time a school band competition was organised which was an integral part of the programme at this time. On 8 July 2012 a performance by Roland Kaiser was disrupted. Also, two weeks later people were arrested at the show. At the end of the 2013 summer season by popular demand of viewers it was decided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria In The Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "I Am Yours" written by Jimmy Harry, Dominic Muhrer, Paul Estrela, Florian Meindl and Markus Christ. The song was performed by the band The Makemakes. In addition to participating in the contest, the Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in 2014 with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" performed by Conchita Wurst. ORF organised the national final ''Wer singt für Österreich?'' in order to select the Austrian entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna. Sixteen artists competed over three televised shows resulting in the selection of six finalists with a potential Eurovision song each. In the final, ten international juries and a public vote first selected the top two entries to proceed to a second round of voting. In the second round, "I Am Yours" performed by The Makemakes was selected as the winner after gaining 78% of the votes from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in October 1982 in Japan and branded as ''Compact Disc Digital Audio, Digital Audio Compact Disc''. The format was later adapted (as CD-ROM) for general-purpose data storage. Several other formats were further derived, including write-once audio and data storage (CD-R), rewritable media (CD-RW), Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Photo CD, Picture CD, Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-i) and Enhanced Music CD. Standard CDs have a diameter of and are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio or about 650 mebibyte, MiB of data. Capacity is routinely extended to 80 minutes and 700 mebibyte, MiB by arranging data more closely on the same sized disc. The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from ; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ö3 Austria Top 40
Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Tuesdays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as ''Disc Parade'' and was presented by Ernst Grissemann. The show has had other names and other presenters, as detailed below. The weekly number-ones are released by Musikmarkt and GoTV. History From 1980 to 7 January 1990, the mixed listening and sales parade Hit wähl mit was broadcast on Sunday evening, starting with an hour of 15 chart placements and six new releases. The longest broadcast time was two hours with 25 chart placements and eight new releases. Ö3 Top-30 On 12 January 1990, the pure sales hit parade ''Ö3 Top-30'' was introduced on Ö3. It was presented by Udo Huber on Saturday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and lasted two hours. The first number 1 in the sales hit parade was the title " All Around the World" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Hitch
Neon Hitch (born 25 May 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. She was signed to Mike Skinner and Ted Mayhem's label, The Beats, before it closed down. She was later discovered on MySpace by Benny Blanco, who flew her to New York City to work with him. Their work together earned her a music publishing deal with EMI and a record deal with Warner Bros. Records. Neon's debut album, ''Anarchy'', was released on 22 July 2016 via WeRNeon. Early life Hitch was born in Kingston upon Thames before moving at a young age to the countryside of Nottingham. Hitch resented her parents for her birth name, Neon, and wanted to change it to something more conventional. Her father was a lighting technician. When their house burned down, her mother, Irene Gardiner, bought a caravan to live in. She grew up in a Romani community. They then began street performing, making and selling jewelry and clothing around Europe, and consequently, she never attended school. By the age of four, Hitch was tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the with the song " Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the contest was held at the Lisbon Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2018. The three live shows were presented by Portuguese television presenters Filomena Cautela, SÃlvia Alberto and Catarina Furtado and Portuguese-American actress Daniela Ruah, marking the first time that the contest was presented by four hosts. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the and editions. returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since , no country that participated in the previous edition withdrew. The winner was Israel with the song "Toy", performed by Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Marino In The Eurovision Song Contest 2018
San Marino participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, held in Lisbon, Portugal. The Sammarinese national broadcaster Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV) partnered with the London-based company 1in360 to stage an online search for their entrant, marking the first time the nation did not select their representative internally. The process, entitled ''1in360'', culminated in an 11-participant final with acts chosen from three wildcard selection processes and two 11-act showcase events. The winner of ''1in360'' was "Who We Are" performed by Jessika featuring Jenifer Brening. The 2018 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest was promoted through performances in London, Amsterdam, Madrid and Lisbon as well as a 10-week anti-bullying campaign to raise money for the Diana Award. San Marino performed fourth in the second semi-final, held on 10 May 2018, and placed 17th with 28 points, failing to qualify for the grand final. Background Prior to the 2018 con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
The ''Oberösterreichische Nachrichten'' (OÖN) () is a German language regional newspaper published in Linz, Austria. History and profile ''OÖN'' was established by the US forces occupying Austria after World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... The first issue was published on 11 June 1945. The paper has its head office in Linz. The publisher of the paper is the Wimmer Medien. The daily is published in broadsheet format and has an independent political leaning. Circulation ''OÖN'' was the fifth best selling Austrian newspaper in 2002 with a circulation of 132,000 copies. The paper had a circulation of 123,470 copies in 2003. It was the fourth best selling newspaper in Austria with a circulation of 129,000 copies in 2004. The circulation of ''OÖN'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria In The Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Loin d'ici" written by Zoë Straub and Christof Straub. The song was performed by Zoë. The Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) organised the national final ''Wer singt für Österreich?'' in order to select the Austrian entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Ten songs competed in a televised show where a jury panel and a public vote first selected the top two entries to proceed to a second round of voting. In the second round, a public vote exclusively selected "Loin d'ici" performed by Zoë as the winner. This was the first time that the Austrian song was performed entirely in the French language at the Eurovision Song Contest. The Austrian song was also the only entry performed in the final entirely in a language other than English. Austria was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2016. Performing during the show in po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurier
''Kurier'' is a German-language daily newspaper based in Vienna, Austria. History and profile ''Kurier'' was founded as ''Wiener Kurier'' by the United States Forces in Austria (USFA) in 1945, during the Allied occupation after World War II. In 1954 the paper was acquired and re-established by Ludwig Polsterer as ''Neuer Kurier'' (New Kurier). Funke Mediengruppe holds 49% of the paper. The company also partly owns ''Kronen Zeitung''. The publisher of ''Kurier'' is Kurier-Zeitungsverlag und Druckerei GmbH. ''Kurier'' is based in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST .... Circulation ''Kurier'' was the eighteenth largest newspaper worldwide with a circulation of 443,000 copies in the late 1980s. It was the third best-selling Austrian newspaper in 1993 with a circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debut (Zoë Album)
''Debut'' is the debut music album, studio album by Austrian singer, songwriter, and actress Zoë (Austrian singer), Zoë (full name Zoë Straub). The album was released on 23 October 2015 through Global Rockstar Music. Singles *"Quel filou" was released as the lead single from the album on 12 March 2015. It competed in ''Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Wer singt für Österreich? 2015'', where it placed third. The song peaked at number 23 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40. *"Je m'en fous" was released as the album's second single on 26 June 2015. *"Mon cœur a trop aimé" was released as the album's third single on 31 July 2015. It peaked at number 12 on the Austrian Top 40 singles chart. *"Loin d'ici" was released as the album's fourth single on 5 February 2016. It won ''Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Wer singt für Österreich? 2016'', and represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Standard
''Der Standard'' is an Austrian daily newspaper published in Vienna. History and profile ''Der Standard'' was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and published its first edition on 19 October 1988. German media company Axel Springer acquired a stake in the paper in 1988 and sold it in 1995. Bronner remains the paper's publisher, Martin Kotynek is editor-in-chief. ''Der Standard'' sees itself as—in a Continental European sense (socially and culturally, but not economically)—liberal and independent. Third parties have described the paper as having a left-liberal stance. Until 2007, the editor-in-chief of the daily was Gerfried Sperl, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid succeeded him in the post. In 2002 the paper was one of four quality daily newspapers with nationwide distribution along with ''Salzburger Nachrichten'', ''Die Presse'', and ''Wiener Zeitung''. Although ''Der Standard'' is intended to be a national paper, in the past it had an undeniable tendency to focus on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
