| Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

Whatever ...

The 2008 National selection took place (Feb. 27th)
and this is the winning SONG that will represent GREECE:

[b] [i]"SECRET COMBINATION"[/i] - KALOMIRA [/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MVqbovtL7k[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MVqbovtL7k[/url] (promo video in studio)
[u]Watch her LIVE! Winning performance[/u]: -->[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYZTf2or0ak[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYZTf2or0ak[/url]
Here is a fan's cute car.[b]TUNE[/b] clip: --> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gcp2C3WDe8[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gcp2C3WDe8[/url]
[b]BEST OF LUCK TO GREECE AND KALOMIRA AT THE ESC 2008 BELGRADE![/b]

The other two Greek ESC 2008 contestants were:
* [b][i]"Always and Forever"[/i] - Kostas Martakis[/b]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kQ93atFYsE[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kQ93atFYsE[/url] (promo video in studio)
[u]Watch his LIVE! performance[/u]: -->[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPhyh08_iTc[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPhyh08_iTc[/url]

* [b][i]"A Chance for Love"[/i] - Chryspa [/b]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7_XpRSi1R8[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7_XpRSi1R8[/url] (promo video in studio)
[u]Watch her LIVE! performance[/u]: -->[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0d3FjkTrE[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0d3FjkTrE[/url]

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[b]FLASHBACK! [/b]

The [b]ESC 2006 ATHENS[/b] was a most highly anticipated event and, IMO, the best ESC in its 52 years!
-->[url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B000FDKAU2/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=229816&s=music[]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B000FDKAU2/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=229816&s=music[/url]

[b][u]Greece delivered and EUROPE[/u] ... [u]FELT THE RHYTHM[/u] !!! [/b]

[b][u]OPENING ACT[/u] - ESC 2006 ATHENS - Semifinal - GREEK GODS performing popular ESC tunes[/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D_bUXVuV84[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D_bUXVuV84[/url]

[b]ESC 2006 ATHENS | [u]SemiFinal * Recap of all 23 Songs[/u] * [/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVagqt8x130[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVagqt8x130[/url]

[b]Interval act - ESC 2006 ATHENS - Semifinal - [u]SAKIS ROUVAS[/u] [i]"I'm in love with you"[/i][/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9giqm5fhRI[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9giqm5fhRI[/url]

[b]OPENING ACT - ESC 2006 ATHENS - Final [/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNp_mzJDx-8[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNp_mzJDx-8[/url]

... Followed by a rendition of [b]Greece's ESC 2005 WINNING SONG
[i]"My Number One"[/i] with Helena Paparizou[/b]:
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LctptYDPGt8[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LctptYDPGt8[/url]

[b]ESC 2006 ATHENS | [u]Final * Recap of all 24 Songs[/u] * [/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V7ml62mLA4[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V7ml62mLA4[/url]

[b]ESC 2006 ATHENS - Final / Interval act A' - Helena Paparizou - [i]"Mambo"[/i][/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjIkYlPEaYA[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjIkYlPEaYA[/url]

[b]Green room[/b] --> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKIAXCmgmM[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKIAXCmgmM[/url]

... Then, there was a SPECIAL instrumental segment of [i]"Who Pays the Ferryman?"[/i],
the prize-winning music of the BBC TV series, composed by Greece's Yannis Markopoulos

... There was also another WONDERFUL Interval act B' about the
[b]History of Music and Dance, which in fact originated from Greece[/b]
[i](again, a clip could not be found)[/i]


All in all, both the Semifinal and Final of the [b]ESC 2006 ATHENS[/b] were indeed SPECTACULAR
and something about [i]... "Greeks doing it better..."[/i] comes to mind!


Congratulations to those ESC fans, who voted for Greece's [i]"Everything"[/i] with ANNA * VISSI ...
YOU had(have) great taste in MUSIC! [b]VIDEO CLIP: --> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ykieAsZsvOE[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ykieAsZsvOE[/url][/b]
[i](Her music video won 1st price on ESCRADIO.COM)[/i]

Her LIVE! performance at the Final was AMAZING!
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWOYeBAijKA[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWOYeBAijKA[/url]

And [i]"Everything"[/i] at No. 9 was just as fine,because Greece's ANNA * VISSI
is the reason why, in 2006, Eurovision was renamed ... [b]Euro.[u][i]VISSI[/i][/u].on[/b]!!!

Also, reminding you of [b]"Feel the Party" ~ Anna Vissi and the competing
Final Four Songs[/b] in the Greek 2006 National Selection :

BEAUTIFUL NIGHT: --> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYmUvpOVFQE[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYmUvpOVFQE[/url]
WHO CARES ABOUT LOVE?: --> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYbtKhXBGQ[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYbtKhXBGQ[/url]
WELCOME TO THE PARTY: --> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVePsl411Zk[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVePsl411Zk[/url]
EVERYTHING: --> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Y-KH3xzAk[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Y-KH3xzAk[/url]

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SOME OF MY TOP ESC FAVORITES :

[b]Greece's "My Number One" (WINNER, ESC 2005) [/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMsvj3VZe0w[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMsvj3VZe0w[/url]

[b]Greece's "Shake It" (3rd place, ESC 2004) [/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=349tbmQ9HDM[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=349tbmQ9HDM[/url]

[b]Greece's "Die for you" (3rd place, ESC 2001) [/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4QD2ek9Kaw[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4QD2ek9Kaw[/url]

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MORE of my favourite ESC songs:

[b]Turkey's "Every way that I can"[/b] (Winner, ESC 2003)
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdDa27xpmE[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdDa27xpmE[/url]
Although, I believe that, at the Latin Grammy Awards, in 2000,
SHAKIRA, used the veils first ---> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=GD37jsuH4A4[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=GD37jsuH4A4[/url]

Greece's "Never let you go" - ESC 2003
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVbPjEyJ-oE[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVbPjEyJ-oE[/url]
(Mando has a really GREAT voice!!)

Greece's "Anixi" (Spring) - ESC 1991
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qtt-aWz5PPs[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qtt-aWz5PPs[/url]
(Sophia Vossou has an AMAZING voice!!)

[b]Greece's "S.A.G.A.P.O." (I L.O.V.E. Y.O.U.) - ESC 2002 [/b]
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roVQLBO2LgQ[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roVQLBO2LgQ[/url]
(Still such a GREAT and ORIGINAL song ... Awesome!)

Cyprus's "Ela Ela" (Come baby) - ESC 2005
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uzk58zM_QQc[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uzk58zM_QQc[/url]

Greece's "To diko sou asteri" (Your star) - ESC 1989
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=IdwbtLPQ21I[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=IdwbtLPQ21I[/url]
video clip: [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=vHj1fnKCsT0[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vHj1fnKCsT0[/url]

Serbia-Montenegro "Lane Moje" - ESC 2004
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=9y34uCKb22I[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=9y34uCKb22I[/url]

Cyprus's "Aspro/Mavro" (Black/White) - ESC 1987
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=kIQP-Njb1kY[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=kIQP-Njb1kY[/url]

[b]Denmark "I'm talking to you"[/b] - ESC 2005
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=bd6NlpyCCKQ[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=bd6NlpyCCKQ[/url]
(Great love song!)

Israel "Ha-sheket she-nish'ar" - ESC 2005
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=3IostUICfUs[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3IostUICfUs[/url]
(Lovely voice!)

Malta "On again, off again" - ESC 2004
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=cp5-5rR91Bo[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=cp5-5rR91Bo[/url]

Romania's "Let me try" - ESC 2005
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=0Mb6H3NobXQ[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=0Mb6H3NobXQ[/url]

[b]Romania's "Tornero"[/b] - ESC 2006
--> [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJOSwW06og[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJOSwW06og[/url]
(As far as I am concerned, it was a winning SONG!)

Bosnia Herzegovina "Lejla" - ESC 2006
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=vroikNilHQI[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vroikNilHQI[/url]

Turkey's "Superstar" - ESC 2006
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ImgHz926ooE[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ImgHz926ooE[/url]

Andorra's "Sense tu" - ESC 2006
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=xE272rNiNKo[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=xE272rNiNKo[/url]

Bulgaria's "Let me cry" - ESC 2006
--> [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=4RE6aMT-fqQ[]http://youtube.com/watch?v=4RE6aMT-fqQ[/url]


[b]... Obviously, the list could go on!!![/b]