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Voyage (Zoë Më Song)
"Voyage" (; ) is a song by Swiss singer-songwriter Zoë Më. It was written by Më, Tom Oehler, and Emily Middlemas, and produced by Oehler and Pele Loriano. The song was released as a single on 10 March 2025 through Warner Music Germany and Manifester Music. It represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, where it finished tenth place with 214 points, all from the professional juries. It is described by Më as a song that encourages togetherness, kindness, and friendship despite hate and challenges, comparing humans to flowers. The song received mixed reviews. Its musical composition was praised, but concerns were raised that the song would not be a contender for a victory at Eurovision. "Voyage" enjoyed commercial success, peaking at number seven in its native country and within the top ten in the Netherlands. Composition and release "Voyage" was written by Zoë Më, Tom Oehler, and Emily Middlemas, and produced by Oehler and Pele Loriano. In an ''Blick'' interview, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoë Më
Zoë Anina Kressler (born 6 October 2000), known professionally as Zoë Më, is a Swiss singer and songwriter. She represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 on home soil in Basel with the song "Voyage (Zoë Më song), Voyage", finishing in 10th place overall with 214 points. Career Kressler was born in Basel, Switzerland and lived in Germany before moving back to Switzerland, to the city of Fribourg, with her family in 2009. She began writing her own songs at the age of ten and is known for her unique poetry-pop style, which combines German language, German and French language, French, as well as Pop music, pop and chanson. In 2024, Kressler won the RTS Artiste Radar and SRF 3 Best Talent awards, previously won by artists such as Nemo (singer), Nemo and Marius Bear. Throughout her career, she has performed at prestigious events, including the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Luzern Live stage, and has also been a g ... [...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 by journalist William Lee Adams. History In April 2015, Wiwibloggs won the Arts & Culture category at the UK Blog Awards. 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 the 100-member fan jury panel in 2019), Norway (in 2017 and 2018), Romania (in 2019, alongside fellow Wiwibloggs correspondent Deban Aderemi), Slovenia (in 2025) and Spain. Wiwibloggs staffers have also been among the jurors for selections in Latvia and Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share .... In some cases, their role as jurors in national selection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Frantz
Eva Frantz (born 5 November 1980) is a Finnish journalist and writer who writes in Swedish. Biography Frantz was born on 5 November 1980 in Helsinki, having lived in the subdistrict of Kaarela during her childhood. She studied at the University of Helsinki's Svenska Social- och Kommunalhögskolan. Career Frantz is a journalist for Yle Vega. She has worked at the channel as a journalist, presenter, music editor and online editor, among other things. She also hosts a podcast about human relationships called Norrena & Frantz with Vega's other editor Hannah Norrena. She has also been Svenska Yle's second Eurovision commentator and presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest program since 2012. Her partner in the Eurovision Song Contest is Johan Lindroos. Frantz is also detective and children's writer. Her debut work, Sommarön, was published in 2016. Her later books include the Anna Glad detective stories, which have been published and translated in Estonia and Sweden, and children's bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Code (Nemo Song)
"The Code" is a song by Swiss singer Nemo (singer), Nemo. It was written by Nemo along with three other songwriters and was released on 29 February 2024 through Better Now Records. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, where it won the contest with 591 points. In the process, the song became the first victory for the country since "Ne partez pas sans moi" by Celine Dion in and the first winning song in the history of the contest by a non-binary artist. It has been described by Nemo as a song that details their experience with accepting their Non-binary gender, non-binary identity. "The Code" enjoyed widespread acclaim upon its release, with praise being given towards the mixture of multiple musical genres and styles within the song, becoming a favourite to win the contest in the months heading into the competition. However, while the performance was also met with praise, its victory was met with mixed, highly polarized reactions amongst various social and political groups. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821), are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' were founded independently and have had common ownership only since 1966. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. ''The Times'' was the first newspaper to bear that name, inspiring numerous other papers around the world. In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as or , although the newspaper is of national scope and distribution. ''The Times'' had an average daily circulation of 365,880 in March 2020; in the same period, ''The Sunday Times'' had an average weekly circulation of 647,622. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulture (website)
''Vulture'' is an American entertainment news website. It is the standalone pop culture section of ''New York'' magazine. Its tagline is "Devouring Culture". History ''Vulture'' debuted in April 2007 as an entertainment blog on nymag.com, the website of ''New York Magazine''. Melissa Maerz and Dan Kois were the founding editors. The initial focus was television and film news, especially recaps of recent television episodes. Over time, it expanded to publish news and criticism in other areas of high and low culture, such as music, books, comedy, and podcasts. In the process of spinning off from ''New York Magazine'', ''Vulture'' website was redesigned in 2010 from a blog format to look more like a "full-fledged" online magazine. ''Vulture'' subsequently moved to an independent URL/ domain (Vulture.com) in February 2012. The first Vulture Festival, an annual two-day event featuring celebrities from various pop culture fields, took place in New York City in 2014. ''Vulture'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2024
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Tattoo (Loreen song), Tattoo" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (SVT), the contest was held at the Malmö Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals, on 7 and 9 May, and a final on 11 May 2024. The three live shows were presented by Petra Mede and Malin Akerman, Malin Åkerman, with Mede having previously taken on the role in and . Broadcasters from thirty-seven countries participated in the contest, the same number as in 2023. opted not to participate, and competed for the first time since . The was disqualified from the contest between the second semi-final and the final, but the country retained its right to vote. The inclusion of among the participants in the context of the Gaza war was met with controversy, and additional security measures were put in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemo (singer)
Nemo Mettler (; born 3 August 1999), known mononymously as Nemo, is a Swiss musician and singer-rapper who plays the violin, piano and drums. They were the first openly non-binary act to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest, and later won the 2024 contest with the song " The Code". They were the first openly non-binary musician to win the contest, and the third winner representing Switzerland (following the 1956 and 1988 competitions). Career Mettler began their interest in music at the age of three, learning to play the violin, piano and drum machine. They studied opera singing from age nine to thirteen. At the age of ten, they joined the Biel children's opera and performed in Mozart's ''The Magic Flute'' which was later used as inspiration for "The Code". At thirteen, they performed in the musical ''I've Never Been to New York''. They also began rapping at this age, competing in Swiss contests and performing songs they independently wrote. They found early success in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watson (newspaper)
Watson is a Swiss online newspaper published by CH Media. It publishes articles in German and French and is targeted towards mobile users. History Watson was launched on 22 January 2014 by the start-up company FixxPunkt AG with funding from Peter Wanner (). Founder and editor-in-chief was former 20 Minuten editor-in-chief . In April 2016, Voigt announced his leave from the newspaper, he was succeeded by Michael Wanner, Peter Wanners son, as director and by as editor-in-chief. In 2023, CH Media became the majority owner of the FixxPunkt AG. After which Nadine Sommerhalder became the new editor-in-chief, Maurice Thiriet became the new director and Michael Wanner became the CEO of CH Media. Watson Romandy In March 2021, Watson opened its French publishing branch for the Romandy in Lausanne. Watson Germany On 22 March 2018, a licensed version for Germany was launched by Ströer Ströer SE & Co. KGaA is a German out-of-home advertising, online advertising, billboards and street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merci (candy)
Merci (French for "thank you") is a brand of chocolate candy manufactured by the German company August Storck. Merci is manufactured as bars of different kinds of chocolate with different fillings, such as plain milk chocolate, coffee and cream, hazelnut-almond, hazelnut crème, marzipan, praline-cream, dark cream, and dark mousse. In 2015, it tried to break into the Chinese market. The brand was recommended by Bustle (magazine), ''Bustle'' for its variety and affordability. References Further reading * External links Official website August Storck brands German brands German confectionery Brand name confectionery Candy {{confection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tages-Anzeiger
''Tages-Anzeiger'' (), also abbreviated ''Tagi'' or ''TA'', is a Swiss German-language national daily newspaper published in Zurich, Switzerland. History and profile The paper was first published under the name ''Tages-Anzeiger für Stadt und Kanton Zürich'' in 1893. The founder was a German, Wilhelm Girardet. Its current name, ''Tages-Anzeiger'', was adopted later. The paper is based in Zurich and is published in broadsheet. Its owner and publisher is Tamedia and its editor is Res Strehle. Although ''Tages-Anzeiger'' is a national newspaper, it focuses mainly on the Zurich region. Circulation The circulation of ''Tages-Anzeiger'' was 70,000 copies in 1910. It rose to 83,000 copies in 1930 and to 116,000 copies in 1950. In 1967 the paper was the best-selling newspaper with a circulation of 161,000 copies. In the period of 1995–1996 ''Tages-Anzeiger'' had a circulation of 282,222 copies, making it the second best-selling paper in the country. In 1997 its circulation was 283 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antithesis
Antithesis (: antitheses; Greek for "setting opposite", from "against" and "placing") is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect. Antithesis can be defined as "a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure. Parallelism of expression serves to emphasize opposition of ideas". An antithesis must always contain two ideas within one statement. The ideas may not be structurally opposite, but they serve to be functionally opposite when comparing two ideas for emphasis. According to Aristotle, the use of an antithesis makes the audience better understand the point the speaker is trying to make. Further explained, the comparison of two situations or ideas makes choosing the correct one simpler. Aristotle states that antithesis in rhetoric is similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
