Every day between now and the grand final in May, the team from wiwibloggs will be rounding up the latest titbits from the world of Eurovision 2019. We’ve trawled through Instagram, Twitter and elsewhere so that y’all don’t have to. This is the Daily Digest for Sunday 28 April.
Tamara performs acoustic version of “Proud”
Earlier on this week, we finally got to watch Tamara Todevska give her first live performance of “Proud”. However, it wasn’t the full version we’ll hear on the Eurovision stage in Tel Aviv. Instead, Tamara stripped things back and performed an acoustic version, accompanied just by a piano. Negating any concerns that the Macedonian singer might not have been able to pull off the vocals live, it’s clear that Tamara feels every word she is singing. (Jonathan)
Widespread support for John Lundvik
Sweden’s entrant John Lundvik is in his final steps of preparations before taking off to Tel Aviv. And the folks back home are definitely behind him. With “Too Late For Love” topping streaming, radio and the official charts, Swedes have had the chance to hear the song quite a bit. As you can see below, John has been very busy performing for fans of all ages. And they seem to really appreciate it. (Florian)
Luca Hänni finishes rehearsals in Stockholm
Luca Hänni has been spending time in Sweden with master choreographer Sacha Jean Baptiste for his Eurovision rehearsals. He’s teasing his fans, and asking “who is looking forward to see what we’ll do on stage?” with the hashtag #staging. Looking at the picture he tweeted, he appears to have done some serious work in the gym, which could mean we will see a lot of ‘dirty dancing’ from Luca in Tel Aviv. (Jacintha)
Yeeeep just finished my rehearsals today in Sweden, see you next week? who is looking forward to see what we'll do on stage? #shegotme #single #eurovision #sweden #stockholm #staging pic.twitter.com/uqTd2ATrOc
— Luca Hänni (@haenni__luca) April 26, 2019
Eliot says goodbye to Belgian fans before flying to Tel Aviv
Eliot has met up with his Belgian fans at a venue in Mechelen, Flanders, for a final goodbye before flying to Tel Aviv. About 150 Belgian fans from the OGAE group bid him bon voyage, and gifted him a signed flag. (Jacintha)
Conan Osiris commemorates 45th anniversary of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution
Conan Osiris has paid tribute to Portugal’s 1974 Carnation Revolution, which saw the country overcome a decades-long dictatorship. He mentioned Paulo de Carvalho’s song — and Portugal’s 1974 Eurovision entry — “Depois do Adeus”. One particular broadcast of the song was used as a secret sign that the revolution was about to start. (Jacintha)
Michael Rice to perform on the Graham Norton Show next week
The UK’s Michael Rice will make his obligatory stop by the Graham Norton Show next week. The show’s Twitter account revealed that celebrity guests Keanu Reeves, Kylie Minogue, Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell and Suranne Jones will appear, and that the “Bigger Than Us” singer will also perform his Eurovision entry. The episode with Michael Rice will be part of episode five, broadcast on May 3. (Jacintha)
Next week on #TheGNShow we have #KeanuReeves, @kylieminogue, @TaronEgerton, #JamieBell and @SuranneUK, with music from @MichaelRiceOff. ??
— Graham Norton Show (@TheGNShow) April 26, 2019
Bilal Hassani lands a Spotify billboard in Paris
His debut album “Kingdom” finally got released on Friday (read our review of it here). Bilal held a private release party at Hotel de Ville, and among his guests was Eurovision star Émilie Satt from Madame Monsieur. And to celebrate the incredible day, Spotify put up billboards all over Paris. Bilal was thrilled to have spotted one in a metro station. Happy album release, Bilal Hassani! (Florian)
Jonida Maliqi laughs alone with salad
The Albanian songstress is keeping healthy ahead of Eurovision. The “Ktheju tokës” singer has teamed up with an Albanian meal service company and shared a pic on social media, serving “woman laughing alone with salad” realness. (Robyn)
Sergey Lazarev gets Smash!!-ed
Remember Smash!! ? The Russian pop duo Sergey Lazarev and Vlad Topalov was quite the thing back in the early 2000s. They’ve developed a strong friendship over the years and have done special performances every now and then. It’s always amazing to see how old forces reunite! (Florian)
Ester Peony looks stunning in new photoshoot
Our Romanian darling Ester Peony isn’t just slaying on a Sunday. She’s working it every day of the week — and has just gifted us another incredible photoshoot. The singer already served impressive visuals in her Eurovision music video. Her recent shoot now sees her wearing a different outfit that seems both traditional yet modern. Her make-up game is on point! (Florian)
25 april 1974 was not a revolution! Was a coup d´etat
the revolution started after that
I wonder what they have to celebrate …3 bailouts in just 33 years its too bad
Call it what you want but for the Portuguese people it marks the beginning of freedom. Free of not being forced to fight a war most of us didn’t believe in, free to be in a group of people talking in the street without being arrested, to speak out our mind about our political, religious, or whatever opinion, women were finally free to behave and to do what they wanted without having to ask for permission to their husbands, political prisioners were freed from jails (the ones who survived torture), and so on and so on… I don’t know your… Read more »
https://www.zdf.de/show/zdf-fernsehgarten/fsg-on-tour-28-april-2019-104.html Netta und Luca Hänni were guests today!
(28:00 Luca Hänni , 1:00:00 Netta)
By the way, is it just me or does Ester look eerily similar to J.Lo in this shot?
Dear florian, I enjoy the news about the salad of Jonida or the dancing of luca but can you please tell also about mahmood who did an hit with other singers and producers that is 1 in Italy chart (calipso)? ; he sang yesterday night at forum assago milano this song.
And please can also update about mahmood’s tour Good vibes, that began the 25 th of april in Parma and was a big success, he sang also some unpublished song very beautiful (africa and piramidi) ?
Thank you very much !
Is there a YouTube video where we can see the unpublished songs that were performed in Parma? I am dying to listen to them!! Btw I love Mahmood’s voice in Calipso
I haven’t found videos of mahmood singing Piramidi and Africa , persons in Parma concert said they were very beautiful…
Maybe you can ask to @mahmoodofficialfanclub or @mahmmod.idol if they have some videos…
Hey Clara, there’s going to be a separate article on Mahmood’s new feature! There’s also going to be more included in one of the upcoming digets. Thanks for the input!
Thank you Florian ! You could also comment an interview mahmood gave yesterday I think, where he answers about eurovision, if he will write again about his father, about the artists he’d like to write a song (his idols Frank Ocean and Paolo Conte, and also he names the spanish Rosalía…), how he discovered, after sanremo, there are two Italy’s, one so closed and full of prejudice, the other is his Italy, his Milano, where he never felt different from the others, that is multicultural and where nobody cares or judges about your origines and fluid sexual orientation … The… Read more »
Tamara she is amazing
Bilal Hassani sang an acoustic version of “Roi” last night in the France 2 “On n’est pas couché” talk show :
https://youtu.be/MYiKg0-bQ_g
I’m not a superfan of “Chameleon” but I have to admit that Michaela’s live performance was really good!
They should start calling this Monthly Digest
A liitle harsh, just weekly
So thank you Florian !
Mahmood released a new single, which topped the iTunes chart in Italy
Tamara totally smashed it, this song gives me the tingles. And Luca looks in need of a hearty dinner
Go Florian
Also Slovenia confirmed Lea Sirk as the spokesperson and that staging will be the same as in EMA
Michela performed Chameleon live 😀
Also, can we point out that Michela sang Chameleon live in Malta for the first time and smashed it!! Malta’s a serious contender this year!!
Great minds 🙂
That’s great news! Where can we see it? 🙂
Either here https://www.facebook.com/marlon.caruana.9/videos/496832690851126/ or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MJ_D74pk7U
There are two videos on YouTube so far
This is the link. By the way, at the end she says good night and walks away na na…
https://youtu.be/3MJ_D74pk7U
Haha, that was kinda funny. She’s too cute!
By the way, there are some significant differences in the new betting odds.
Like what? I don’t see any….
Some that I can see is Swiss falling into 4th and North Macedonia rising into 17th place, and Belarus slow but steadily rising up.
Yeah what are they?
The cheater will soon start drifting.
Shhh…there’s nothing more important than bizillion articles about Duncan every day.
I was suprised to find out that there are other countries participating.
Thanks Wiwi. Not.