Monday, December 3, 2007

Three confirmed: two persistant rumours.

Armenia: Sirusho Harutyunyan

Sirusho (20 yo) singer and songwriter who announced the Armenian televote results during the Helsinki telecast. She has released two albums and was voted Future of Armenian pop music in the first ever Armenian national music awards. (So, think Delta). Her song will be selected from five to seven songs she will perform in January/February.


Israel: Boaz Mauda

Boaz Mauda (20 yo) was the winner of Israeli Idol (Kohav Nolad) season 5, which was the least-watched and saw the public turn off most of the contestants (so, think Natalie Gauci). He will perform five songs at a Kdam of one.


Netherlands: Hind

Hind (22 yo) is a Dutch/Moroccan singer who came third in their Idol show. She has released two albums, has recently visited the Occupied Territories and played a gig with the Arab Orchestra of Nazareth) and shows great taste - her personal favourite Dutch entries is 'Hemel en Aarde' by Edsilia Rombley.

rumoured

Switzerland: Paolo Meneguzzi

Paolo (31 yo) is from the Italian-speaking cantons of Switzerland and has competed at the San Remo music festival four times.


Andorra: Gisela Llado Canovas

Gisela (29 yo) is a Barcelona-born singer who came 8th in Operation Triunfo's first season (so, think Ricky Lee Coulter). Jordi Cubino - who composed the 2006 Word Cup anthem (soccer) - has written "a beautiful, rhythmic, pop song, tailor-made for Gisela and the Eurovision Song Contest" which will be mostly in English with some Catalan.

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