🇳🇿 twitter bursts after New Zealand’s EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström gave thumbs up on Eurovision interest

NEW ZEALAND – One of the weird facts in Eurovision Song Contest for some, is Australia’s participation in the event although too far away from Europe. Australia’s high interest convinced EBU’s Reference Group to invite them in the contest as of 2015.

Now it seems that Another Oceanic country is highly interested. Answering to a journalist on Twitter, EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström said that the country should definitely considering apply for participation and therefore a special EBU invite to the contest.

Just like Australia’s SBS, New Zealand’s state-owned broadcaster, Television New Zealand (TVNZ) is an associate member of the EBU and could participate in css EBU’s Reference Group gives a special invite to them.

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Israel 2018 🇮🇱 watch Neta Barzilai, performing at the WeWork Creator Awards ceremony in Jerusalem

ISRAEL – When the winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, Netta Barzilai, performs for your company, you know you’ve made it big. On Wednesday, WeWork – the Israeli-founded communal workspace giant that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar real estate phenomenon – gave away more than $770,000 to eight Israeli start-ups and non-profits in a Jerusalem awards ceremony.

All companies received prizes in multiples of 18 – a spiritual number in Judaism which symbolizes chai, or “life.” Jerusalem-based start-up MonitHer – which is developing a handheld ultrasound device for women to use at home to monitor for the early detection of breast cancer – garnered first-place prize, taking home $360,000. Its founder, Yehudit Abrams, came up with the idea as she was working for NASA, looking into using ultrasound to monitor astronauts headed on long, space-bound journeys.

SOURCE: JERUSALEM POST

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MAD VMA 2018 🇬🇷 ten #Eurovision reasons to attend and watch the event on June 27th

GREECE 🇬🇷 Few days left for the 2018 edition of MAD Video Music Awards. This year an exciting night is waiting for you at the Athens Tae Kwon Do one June 27th. It seems that this year’s edition is almost sold out so you better hurry ups in case you are in Athens and interested to attend the event. Get Your Ticket here.

You have ten good #Eurovision reasons to attend this year’s event: Eleni Foureira, Demy, Helena Paparizou, Tamta, Sakis Rouvas, Melisses, Mikolas Josef, Pegky Zena but also the 2016 Norwegian spokespersons Marcus & Martinus and the 2015 Greek NF hostess Mary Synatsaki.

The. good thing this year is that MAD VMAs are returning. to the old good concept: radical duets on stage. This means that on June 27th each artist will collaborate with other stars and celebrities in songs you might never imagine they can sing together.

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🇩🇪 Sólo Contigo: brand new summer latino song by Lena

GERMANY 🇩🇪 Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo winning the contest with the song “Satellite”. With her three entries from the German national final Unser Star für Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), Meyer-Landrut set an all-time chart record in her home country by debuting with three songs in the top five on the German singles chart.

Both “Satellite” and her first album My Cassette Player debuted at number one in Germany. The single has been certified double Platinum, and the album has been certified five times Gold for sales of over 500,000 units. Meyer-Landrut represented Germany for the second consecutive time in the Eurovision Song Contest at Düsseldorf in 2011 with the song “Taken by a Stranger”, placing 10th.

Meyer-Landrut performed as part of the interval act during the second semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. In September she released the single “Stardust” from the album of the same name which was released on 12 October. A second single, “Neon (Lonely People)”, was released in March 2013. At the 2013 Echo Awards that same month, she won the Best National Video award for “Stardust”. Following her No One Can Catch Us Tour she was one of three judges on the show The Voice Kids.

In 2014 and 2015 Meyer-Landrut returned as a judge on the second and third season of The Voice Kids. In March 2015 she released the single “Traffic Lights” and the fourth studio album on which it appears, Crystal Sky, in May. The single from her yet to be released album Gemini, “Lost in You”, was released in April 2017. She also appeared on the fourth season of the German TV show Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert (Sing My Song – The Exchange Concert).

Meyer-Landrut has also voiced characters in several audiobooks and an animated film Tarzan (2013 film). She has been a brand ambassador for L’Oréal hair coloring and skin care products.

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🇽🇰 RTK in talks with the EBU over full membership

KOSOVO 🇽🇰 It seems that the EBU president, Jean-Paul-Philippot have meet with Mentor Shala, RTK’s Director General to discuss the completion of full membership in the European Broadcasting Union.

This will allow them to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest something which haven’t been achieved yet because (as EBU says) the country is not recognised by the United Nations yet.

Speaking to RTK, Mr Shala said that: We had a meeting with EBU President Jean-Paul Philippot in which we discussed the General Assembly held at the end of this month, as well as the possibility of RTK becoming a fully fledged member of the EBU, thus ensuring participation in the European Eurovision Song Contest next year.

Weirdly Kosovo cannot take part in the senior Eurovision Song Contest but in 2011 they participated in the Eurovision Young Dancers contest.

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