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Space (Slavko Kalezić Song)
Montenegro was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Space" written by Adis Eminić, Iva Boršić and Momčilo Zeković. The song was performed by Slavko Kalezić, who was internally selected by the Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG, Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) to represent the nation at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Slavko Kalezić was announced as the Montenegrin representative on 29 December 2016, while his song, "Space", was presented to the public on 10 March 2017. Montenegro was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 6, "Space" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Montenegro placed sixteenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 56 points. Background Prior to the 2017 contest, Montenegro had participate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavko Kalezić
Slavko Kalezić (, ; born 4 October 1985) is a Montenegrin actor, singer and songwriter. He took part in '' X Factor Adria'' but failed to make it to the live shows. He represented Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Space". In 2017, he took part in the fourteenth series of ''The X Factor UK'', where he was eliminated from the competition at judges' houses. Beginnings Kalezić studied at the Academy of Performing Arts at Cetinje, Montenegro and later on becoming part of Ensemble of the Montenegrin National Theatre. He played various roles in theater and movies, performed at various music events but also at European Pride shows in Tel Aviv, Stockholm, London, and Madrid. He was invited to return to Madrid for World Pride in the summer of 2017, where he performed in the gala finale held at Puerta de Alcalá alongside other Eurovision Song Contest alumni such as Loreen, Conchita Wurst, Barei, Rosa López, Ruth Lorenzo, Suzy and Kate Ryan. In the promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicki French
Nicola Sharon French (born 26 September 1964) is an English singer. She is best known for her 1995 dance cover version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which reached the Billboard Hot 100, US and UK Singles Chart, UK top 5, and for representing the United Kingdom in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. Life and career 1964–1993 French was born in Carlisle, Cumbria, Cumberland, England. French's first "gig" came at the age of seven, when she was chosen to sing the first verse of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" at her infants' school Christmas concert. From the age of 16, French studied music and drama at West Kent College in Tonbridge, Kent. She played the lead role of Laurey in ''Oklahoma!'' before moving to London and started auditioning for bands and theatre shows. 1980s-1993: Musical beginnings In the mid-1980s, French was part of the duo Whisky and Sofa. They released "Dirty Den" in 1986. In 1991, French was booked as the leading lady in a series of revue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montenegro In The Eurovision Song Contest
Montenegro has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times since its debut in . The Montenegrin participating broadcaster in the contest is Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG). Before its independence, the Socialist Republic of Montenegro participated in the contest as part of (both the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from to and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in ), and the Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006), Republic of Montenegro participated as part of (from to ). Entries selected by RTCG, formerly known as (RTT) during the era of Yugoslav participation, represented Yugoslavia in and and Serbia and Montenegro in . Serbia and Montenegro's withdrawn entry was also selected by RTCG. Participation Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 2006, thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest since then. It has participated in the contest representing Montenegro si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESC2017 - Montenegro 01
ESC may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Eurovision Song Contest, an annual international song competition * The Electric Swing Circus, a British band * Extreme Sports Channel, a television channel Science and engineering Computing * Esc key on a keyboard * Escape character in the C0 control code set * Escape sequence * Extended static checking Concepts and technologies * Einstein summation convention * Electronic speed control * Electronic stability control * Embryonic stem cell * Environmental stress cracking Organizations * Electrical Safety Council, now Electrical Safety First, a British charity * European Society of Cardiology * European Society of Criminology Education * Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, a type of French business school * Edison State College, now Florida SouthWestern State College * Empire State College of the State University of New York * English Subject Centre, a British English-language educational organization * European School, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVCG 1
TVCG 1 is a Montenegro, Montenegrin television channel that is part of Radio Television of Montenegro (RTCG). It was established in 1964 under the auspices of RTT. The channel specializes mainly in news and national productions. History Although relays of Italian television have been available in Montenegro under Yugoslav rule since 1956, it wasn't until 4 May 1964 when the local television station started. On this day, the first news report from the Titograd newsroom was presented. By 1968, the regular weekly chronicle "Kroz Crna Gora" began, which in 1971 grew into the daily service "Novosti dana". A sports team was also set up around this time. The first daily television news service (''Dnevnik'') was broadcast in 1975. In 1979, Titograd TV joined the Eurovision (network), Eurovision network at the opening of the TV Festival of non-aligned countries in Bar. By moving to new facilities in 1984, RTT received improved professional conditions for work. In 1991, the channel adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland In The Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Blackbird", written and performed by Lasse Piirainen and Leena Tirronen under the name Norma John. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten entries were selected to compete in the national final on 28 January 2017 where the 50/50 combination of votes from ten international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Blackbird" performed by Norma John as the winner. Finland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 7, "Blackbird" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Finland placed twelfth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 92 points. Background Prior to the 2017 contest, (Yle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium In The Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "City Lights" written by Pierre Dumoulin, Emmanuel Delcourt and Ellie Delvaux. The song was performed by Blanche, which is the artistic name of singer Ellie Delvaux who was internally selected by the Walloon broadcaster Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF) in November 2016 to represent the nation at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The song, "City Lights", was presented to the public on 8 March 2017. Belgium was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 5, "City Lights" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Belgium placed fourth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 165 points. In the final, Belgium performed in position 23 and placed fourth out of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Five (Eurovision)
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. The contest was inspired by and based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Italian Riviera since 1951. Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (except for due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU and invited associate members are eligible to compete; broadcasters from 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster sends an original song of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selma Björnsdóttir
Selma Björnsdóttir (born 13 June 1974), also known as Selma or Selma Björns, is an Icelandic actress and singer born in Reykjavík. She is well-known internationally for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest, Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest in both Eurovision Song Contest 1999, 1999 and Eurovision Song Contest 2005, 2005. Career Áfram Latibær In 1996, Selma played Solla Stirða in the Icelandic stage play ''Áfram Latibær!''. This character later developed into Stephanie (LazyTown), Stephanie on the children's television show ''LazyTown''. She would later choreograph episodes of ''LazyTown''. Eurovision Her first Eurovision experience occurred in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, 1999 contest in Jerusalem, with the song "All Out of Luck". The song was the pre-contest favorite with bookmakers. During the voting, Selma shot into an early lead in the voting but was gradually pegged back by Sweden, represented by Charlotte Nilsson. Despite trailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornald Maas
Cornald Maas (born 22 July 1962) is a Dutch people, Dutch television presenter who has been known for presenting talk shows in the Netherlands. He is the brother of Frans Maas. Early career He was an editor involved in ''The Scream of the Lion'' (Omroepvereniging VARA, VARA) with Paul de Leeuw, ''Sonja on Saturday'' (VARA) with Sonja Barend and ''Rolling Fire'' (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, NOS) with Philip Freriks and Leoni Jansen. Eurovision Song Contest In 2004 and 2005 Maas provided the Dutch commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals. He took over as regular commentator for the Dutch television in 2006 for both the semi's and the final after the regular Dutch commentator Willem van Beusekom stepped down and subsequently died the week of the contest from colon cancer. In 2006 and 2007 he co-hosted the finals with Paul de Leeuw (who was the spokesperson for the Netherlands). De Leeuw was providing the commentary from the Netherlands via satellite project Olympus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Region of Amsterdam, urban area and 2,480,394 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its canals of Amsterdam, large number of canals, now a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River, which was dammed to control flooding. Originally a small fishing village in the 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam was the leading centre for finance and trade, as well as a hub of secular art production. In the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
