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Denmark 2018: DMGP date and hosts revealed

DENMARK – Denmark selects its Eurovision entry for Lisbon on February 10th where Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2018 takes places in Gigantium in Aalborg, DR announced today.

Like 2017 the hosts of the contest will be Annette Heick and Johannes Nymark. Annette is a singer with Eurovision in her blood. Her father Keld Heick has written several songs for Eurovision and both Annette and her parents has participated as artists many times. Annette will host Dansk Melodi Grand Prix for the third time after 2016 and 2017. Johannes Nymark is an actor who won Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2016 with Lighthouse X and he co-hosted Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2017.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will take place in Aalborg’s Gigantium. The city has hosted the contest seven times and the last time Aalborg hosted Dansk Melodi Grand Prix was in 2015 when Anti Social Media won the “The Way You Are”.

Head of Entertainment at DR Jan Lagermand Lundme is very happy to announce Annette and Johannes as hosts: “I am so pleased that Annette and Johannes have agreed to host again. They have a common passion and love for Eurovision and their chemistry is unmatched. They were fantastic last year and it will be a huge pleasure to see them together on the stage together again in Gigantium.”

The winner of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon. In 2017 Anja represented Denmark and she secured the first appearance in the Grand Final since 2014.

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Eurovision 2017 logo wins Red Dot Award

UKRAINE – The creators behind the logo of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, which depicts a traditional Ukrainian bead necklace, have won the “Best of the Best Award” in the Communication Design nomination at the Red Dot Awards. The award ceremony will take place on October 27 in Berlin. The prestigious awards celebrate international achievement in design, with over 8.000 works taking part. The Ukrainian Namysto necklace, which was used as the basis for the logo design, was created by the Banda Agency and Republique.

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Dami Im (Australia 2016) sings for peace in Korean Peninsula

AUSTRALIA – Korean-born, Australian singer-song writer Dami Im participated in a project song with Korean, and international musicians, wishing for the reunification of South and North Korea. The song titled ‘Korean Dream’ was released today, on Korea’s 72nd National Liberation Day. ‘Korean Dream’ is the second project song of One K Media’s ‘One K Global Campaign Song’ project. The first one, titled ‘One Dream, One Korea’ was released in 2015.

At a press conference in Seoul on Monday, Dami said she believes even issues that are uncomfortable and difficult to be solved through talks, can be conveyed through music, and that anger and sorrow can be dissolved. She added, the strength of music can especially prove its power in issues as complicated and sensitive as the reunification of the two Koreas.

The talented 29-year-old is the winner of Australia’s The X Factor, and has achieved the highest ever Eurovision score as an Australian representative.

Anticipation is growing on Big Bang member Taeyang’s solo comeback with his new album White Night. The teaser for title track ‘Darling’ was released on Monday, two days before the comeback. It’s been arousing huge curiosity about the full track. The 50-second video shows the soulful singer inside a sandstorm, with views of high buildings and even a vast landscape of Alaska. The teaser ends with Taeyang’s unique voice singing ‘Darling, darling you, all I got is you.’ According to Taeyang’s own description of the track, the lyrics in the beginning may sound like a break-up song, but in the end it’s about love, asking for people to listen to the very end of the piece.

And it’ll also be worth listening through to the end of the album, as rapper, producer, and boy group Block B’s leader Zico features in it. Taeyang reportedly made the offer to Zico to take part in the album, and Zico happily agreed.

Meanwhile, the offline album, coming out next week, is receiving much attention too, as the jacket is 100 per cent handmade with real flowers.

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Eurovision footage included in Isaiah’s latest video clip for “Streets of Gold”

AUSTRALIA – Former Eurovision finalist Isaiah Firebrace has dropped a new video clip to his latest single Streets of Gold, and wants fans to know it’s just a taste of things to come. The 17-year-old took home the X-Factor crown in 2016 before taking Australia to ninth place at this year’s Eurovision song contest. But the popstar has now confirmed he’s taking a step back from TV appearances to knuckle down on his second studio album. Despite only coming out just over a week ago, Streets of Gold has raked up more than 1 million streams on Spotify and Apple Music. Firebrace told Fairfax Media the response has encouraged him to keep working on his own original tracks, whether it be mellow pop songs or something more upbeat.

“It’s really encouraging,” he said. “It’s more personal [than my previous work]. But when I’m writing music, I can write songs about personal experiences or sometimes just a song for fun. So some of the music coming out soon will definitely be more fun and different to Streets of Gold.”

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Brand new song and video for Tereza Kerndlová (Czech Republic 2008)

CZECH REPUBLIC – Tereza Kerndlová is a singer in the Czech Republic. She rose to fame as a member of the trio Black Milk since 2001. After the trio split in 2005, she started a solo career and released the album Orchidej. She represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song “Have Some Fun”, which was written by Gordon Pogoda (who wrote 4 songs on her album Have Some Fun) and Stano Simor (who produced the album). It was performed in the second semi-final on 22 May and finished 18th of 19 entrants with just nine points. Despite the low placing, it is the country’s third best result to date. (source: wikipedia.org)

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Wouldn’t they be an ideal selection for France 2018?

FRANCE – The two guys, Outside Duo performed at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient and impressed the audience recently praised by the French national broadcaster. We got the video on the web and we share it as a why not potential representative act for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. A duet that is one. An osmosis, between them and with the public, always an integral part of this spectacle with the originality stripper. At 10 years old they were treading their first scenes together. Today, 18 years later, they are making their show the Celtic Two-Men-Show. The originality of the sound for the pleasure of the eyes … Outside Duo embarks you, the violin behind the head and the guitar boosted, to the rhythm of its compositions pop with Celtic sounds. Music, songs, performances … and energy! The Celtic Two-Men-Show offers a musical marathon full of malice and humor. Time stops.

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Eurovision 2018: the latest confirmed countries

PORTUGAL – The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will be the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will take place for the first time in Portugal, at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, following the country’s first victory at the 2017 contest in Kiev with the song “Amar pelos dois”, performed by Salvador Sobral. The contest will consist of two semi-finals and a final scheduled to be held on 8, 10 and 12 May 2018.

Russia is expected to return after withdrawing from the 2017 edition, following the ban of their representative Yulia Samoylova from entering Ukraine. As of 14 August 2017, twenty seven countries have confirmed their intention to participate in the contest after the official announcements from Serbia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

In the meantime Bosnia and Herzegovina is unlikely to participate once again due to financial reasons. Mystery remains the participation of Israel, despite their announcement for auditions for the talent show Next Star through which the country usually selects its representative.

Recently there were information about the RTP plans for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest which you can read below

Eurovision 2018: first information about budget, tickets, EuroVillage, Euroclub and more…

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