2023-07-23 09:20
Cha Cha Cha. Käärijä’s Finnish
stunner didn’t win in Liverpool, some of you may have noticed that.This video here
is a live version (in Finnish!) by the Icela… Read More
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2023-05-06 09:46
While my Nicki French CD is
probably held hostage by customs I took some time to check out another new
Eurovision coverversion project.Sennek, Belgian Eurovision singer
in Lisbon has release… Read More
2023-04-04 15:00
Dario Campeotto passed away on the 1st of April at the age of 84. Below is the post about his romantic Eurovision classic Angelique from 2010.Let's take a short trip back to 1961. The 6… Read More
2023-02-26 12:32
The Liverpool Collection is here.Eurovision 1968 - Men In Tights Read More
2022-05-13 08:15
Amanda Georgiadis Tenfjord, the singer of this year's Greek entry releases her acoustic version of the Dutch 2019 winner Arcade by Duncan Laurence.Available now on all platforms and dig… Read More
2022-05-10 18:58
La Collezione TorinoThe Turin Collection Read More
2022-04-23 15:09
Rotterdam band The Kik released their Eurovision album The Kik Hertaalt Eurovisie. And it has that wonderful vintage Eurovision logo we all know and love and miss.I don't know how to transla… Read More
2022-02-18 14:08
I love Lola Dutronic. Lola Dutronic Love Eurovision. (But Uzbekistan?)The new single "Get Us To The Eurovision" is available now at Lola Dutronic's Bandcamp. Go get it now.https://loladutron… Read More
2021-09-16 09:41
A 2008 Eurocovers post updated here and there with new links etc.Brasil, Brazil, a famous one point song from the 1991 contest (Bebi Dol - Yugoslavia) but also the country with more Eurocove… Read More
2021-05-17 15:48
Nicki French, you either love her or adore her. But I have a confession to make. When Don't Play That Song Again won A Song For Europe I was not immediately bowled over. Sorry Nicki. I… Read More
2021-05-13 08:35
The last coverversion for the Rotterdam Weeks can't be anything other than a coverversion of Ding A Dong, the 1975 Dutch winner by Teach In.Much ridiculed then and now, it still is one of th… Read More
2021-05-10 07:46
The Rotterdam weeks at Eurocovers aren't complete with a coverversion of Duncan Laurence's Arcade, the song that held the Eurovision Trophy longer than any other. (which of course is not a r… Read More
2021-05-09 09:03
Last year Eurocovers started a series of Rotterdam Week coverversions to celebrate Eurovision being in The Netherlands and all that. One version I couldn't find back then was this one… Read More
2021-04-30 09:12
Eurovision Rotterdam is happening, pandemic or not. We all can use a bit of cheering up, I know I do.You probably already know our Rotterdam 2.1 pages with all the things you need to know ab… Read More
2021-04-12 07:44
Shay Healy, Irish songwriter and broadcaster passed away. Eurovision fans know him best from Johnny Logan's What's Another Year, the Irish winner from 1980.This video is from a CD/DVD releas… Read More
2021-03-21 07:17
This is what nuns get up to when you have an reportedly progressive Pope.Zitti E Buoni (shut up and be good) is the ground breaking Sanremo winner by Måneskin and it's the entry f… Read More
2021-01-21 04:53
Updated in 2021 to give Jean-Paul Vignon a little more credit, the original post was from April 2012.Here's one piece of Eurocovers treasure I didn't know about. It's iconic American ac… Read More
2021-01-17 15:53
Danny, legendary Finnish singer born as Ilkka Johannes Lipsanen (in 1942), will enter the Finnish preselection for the 2021 Eurovision song contest with the song Uuden Musiikin Kilpail… Read More
2021-01-01 10:50
Happy New Year Eurocovers frieds. I hope 2021 will be as fabulous as this! Read More
2020-12-21 10:19
The strangest Christmas I've ever experienced (I mean: No shopping!) needs its own soundtrack. Eurovision singer Senhit (2011, 2020 and 2021) has been giving us some amazing videos monthly c… Read More
2020-12-16 14:17
Today I am in the mood for getting this post up to the top. (links may not all work)Not a Eurocover and way early of course, but how many famous Icelandic Eurovision people do you recognise… Read More
2020-12-13 06:46
Only a week ago I watched a Country music documentary which included a story about the remarkable history of Charley Pride. It prompted me to dig up his wonderful version of What’s Ano… Read More
2020-11-11 09:12
In the past 15 odd years Eurocovers has been writing a lot about coverversions of Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare), the 1958 Sanremo winner and Eurovision entry by Domenico Modugno. It's an o… Read More
2020-11-01 09:15
This week legendary Welsh songstress Shirley Bassey releases her final album I Owe It All To You. A modestly titled album (and song) thanking her fans for their loyalty over the years. The a… Read More
2020-10-11 10:14
A surprise hit for a personal Eurovision favorite.Every now and then the popular TV show Beste Zangers Van Nederland (Best singers of The Netherlands*) comes up with a song that somehow stri… Read More
2020-09-19 09:51
2020: Congratulations to Henny Thijssen for winning The Voice Senior.To celebrate, I have moved this slightly updated 2013 post about his Eurovision cover Hoe Lang (Kuula) up. A D… Read More
2020-06-18 18:09
Vera Lynn has passed away. She is one of those people who you think will stay around forever but at 103 the curtain falls. Rest In Peace and sing with the angels.Our Vera clearing up the mes… Read More
2020-04-06 05:54
SuRie's [ˈdʌz(ə)n] CD SuRie, Eurovision star, put on her loudest glitter dress and gave us a wonderful performance of a stunning selection of Eurovision tunes… Read More
2020-03-29 10:47
Digital single artworkSissel, Sissel Kyrkjebø that is, has released a new digital track in her Reflections project.Reflections V (5) already. Reflections is a project where the s… Read More
2020-03-27 14:29
Dutch singer and national treasure Liesbeth List has left us.And as this is Eurocovers, the picture above is her 2nd ever single from 1964, a coverversion of Elle Etait Si Jolie by Alain Bar… Read More
2020-03-25 14:50
Gjon's TearEurovision set sail for Rotterdam 2020, but it wasn't meant to be.Of course we're all disappointed but it's obvious we have more important matters on our hands now.Thanks to all t… Read More
2020-03-08 17:46
Above is a lovely coverversion of the Dutch 1968 entry Morgen (Tomorrow), originally by Ronnie Tober.The coverversion is by The New Faces, a Scottish trio who released a whole range of sing… Read More
2020-02-17 08:20
British Eurovision pioneer Pearl Carr has passed away at the age of 98.With her husband Teddy Johnson she represented the United Kingdom in 1959 with Sing Little Birdie and ended second behi… Read More
2020-02-13 13:34
Cilla Black, British institution, I guess she needs no introduction to most Eurocovers readers.Below (at the end of this post) you can hear her lovely coverversion of the Dutch 1984 entry Ik… Read More
2020-02-10 06:10
Here's a lovely videoclip of Piove by Diodato, the 2020 Eurovision singer for Italy.Piove a.k.a. Ciao Ciao Bambina was 2nd the Sanremo winner for Domenico Modugno and also his 2nd Eurov… Read More
2020-02-02 15:19
40 years ago the Eurovision Song Contest was held in The Hague, Netherlands. Not because the Dutch had won but because Israel ran out of steam after two victories.The Dutch entry, Amsterdam… Read More
2020-01-18 13:49
Italian coverversion of the first Dutch winner Net Als Toen by Corry Brokken (1957)Originally released on a 78rpm (La Voce Del Padrone HN 3821) Read More
2020-01-17 14:43
and more people on stage, really K-Popsters GOT7 also got their pretty hands on the Eurovision classic. It's as crazy as it is amazing Read More
2019-11-11 10:33
A Song can be a bridge, Eurovision fans know that. Die-hard Eurocovers fans also know Donato Plögert, the German singer, actor, entertainer, multi-talent whose German language versions… Read More
2019-10-21 11:14
Udo Jürgens would have been 85 last month. But he died. Five years ago.He’s probably the most prolific songwriter ever to appear on the Eurovision stage. He wrote about a 1000 son… Read More
2019-10-20 12:46
Here's an older post that's popular again right now, so, worth moving it up. Did a bit of an update too, still completely and utterly awesome.After Poupée De Cire, Poupée… Read More
2019-04-29 10:34
Picture from Energise records Facebook.Look who's at it again! Nicki French releases a new EP Let's Play That Song Again covering some Eurovision tunes we all know and love. T… Read More
2019-03-29 14:42
Today it's 50 years ago that the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest happened in Madrid, Spain. There were four winners and other sources of total mayhem (like Franco).There's a lot of talking but… Read More
2019-03-25 16:08
2019: The Eurocovers post about Dana Valery is another one worth moving up. Thanks to Keurspel YouTube you can now give the songs mentioned a listen. (scroll down a bit)The origina… Read More
2019-03-25 15:30
2019: This 2011 post about Jody Wayne is by far the most visited at your Eurocovers blog. Now a kind YouTuber has uploaded the song, so you can enjoy it again. (scroll down a bit)This coverv… Read More
2019-01-19 08:30
Here’s some news about the 10th edition of the Eurovision Collectors Guide, previously known as the booklet that gives you all the information on the entries of the Eurovision Song Con… Read More
2018-04-30 08:49
Eurovision is alive and well and living in Lisbon, no news there. It was Salvador Sobral who brought the victory to the country with his lovesong Amar Pelos Dois. It may not have been a worl… Read More
2018-03-28 14:12
Digital Release ImageIt's the Portugal No Coração weeks at Eurocovers. With the impending Lisbon contest we'll take a look at some Portuguese classics, coverversions and all th… Read More
2018-03-27 09:50
Portugal. the country, won Eurovision in 2017, you all know that and it goes to show that perseverance pays off. It took them over 50 years and almost as many entries to finally get the trop… Read More
2018-03-26 11:13
Lys Assia, La Grande Dame De L'Eurovision passed away this weekend. She was of course the winner of the first ever Eurovision Song Contest, the Grand Prix Eurovision. She participated in thr… Read More
2018-03-19 08:54
South African singer Colé Van Dais has been featured at Eurocovers before as she created several interesting coverversions of Eurovision tunes.Now there’s a new album for all to… Read More
2018-02-19 16:00
This week, on February 16, Estonian singer Heli Lääts passed away.Avid Eurocovers readers may have noticed I'm a bit of a fan since I discovered her impressive list of Eurocovers.M… Read More
2018-02-19 08:22
Sanremo is 68 by now, but I just noticed this 4CD album with coverversions of all 65 winners from 1951 up to 2015 of the Mother Of All Songcontests, the Festival Della Canzone Italiana di Sa… Read More
2018-02-12 10:07
Digital Release Image Sonder Jou.Here's a lovely new release from South Africa. For her new album Sonder Jou (Without you) Karin Bekker recorded six songs from the 2017 Eurovision Song Conte… Read More
2018-02-05 12:29
The 2018 re-issueThis year on January 9, Domenico Modugno would have celebrated his 90th birthday.And on Februari 1 his Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) won the 1958 Sanremo contest.Carosello… Read More
2018-01-14 16:00
Here's a cozy little weird video by Norwegian outfit Kamferdrops (Heidi Musum to her mom). It's a thoroughly modern take on the well known 1982 German Eurovision winner originally sung by Ni… Read More
2017-11-07 16:02
At Eurocovers we love something exotic. If you've perambulated through more than 10 years of Eurocovering you must have noticed some unusual coverversions from unexpected destinations.Well… Read More
2017-10-25 12:58
Here's a lovely coverversion of the 1986 Eurovision winner J'aime La Vie by Sandra Kim.Remember the chirpy 13 year old bopping on the stage in her white and pink bellhop ensemble? Well, this… Read More
2017-07-23 10:48
No, I’m not going anywhere, but here are two Finnish coverversions of Adio, the 2015 Montenegrin Eurovision entry originally performed by Knez. Two coverversions of Adio were reco… Read More
2017-05-08 09:39
Dio Come Ti Amo, frequent Eurocovers readers know that it's one of my favorite Eurovision songs.Here's a new version that has a really famous person featuring.Vega is a Spanish singer who re… Read More
2017-05-01 05:20
Digital Release Image of the singleGinny Fizz poors her heart out. She wants to bring back Eurovision to the U.K..Her fabulous heartfelt ballad (I Wanna) Bring Back Eurovision is out as a di… Read More
2017-04-03 10:22
Happy 100th Birthday Vera Lynn!Below is a Eurocovers post from 2009 about Vera Lynn who turned 100 on March 20..A remarkable anniversary for a remarkable singer who means more to many people… Read More
2017-04-02 11:33
Disco tune Libera was the 1977 Eurovision entry for Italy by Mia Martini. (13th place)Here's a new version by Cheryl Porter from her 2016 album La Mia Mina, a tribute to Mia Martini and Mina… Read More
2017-03-31 09:35
C'mon sandie, give us a smileCongratulations Sandie Shaw!It's 50 years ago that Sandie Shaws Puppet On A String started popping up in various charts, ahead of the Eurovision victory in Vienn… Read More
2017-03-06 10:40
The 1965 Conny van den Bos Songfestival EPHere’s one for the Dutchies and maybe for some other fans too.Eurovision fans know Conny Vandenbos (as Conny van den Bos) from her 1965 entry… Read More
2017-02-13 06:47
Note: This is a Eurocovers post from 2006. I made some changes and added a bit and moved it to the top.You'll find links to the Youtube (audio) versions of some songs uploaded by other peopl… Read More
2017-01-15 09:44
It's in the trees, It's coming!Eurovision 2017: The Kyiv CollectionBookmark now Read More
2016-07-10 07:04
Popular Belgian schlager singer Laura Lynn has released her 9th album Een Nieuwe Dag (A new day) which includes some interesting Eurocovers.The album includes many Dutch classics and so… Read More
2016-06-02 18:14
Sad news from the Netherlands, Corry Brokken, legendary singer and Eurovision star has died at the age of 83.Corry Brokken won the 2nd ever Eurovision Song Contest with her song Net Als Toen… Read More
2016-05-03 11:47
Here’s the first Eurocover of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest worth mentioning. You all know Sergey Lazarev’s Russian entry You Are The Only One and we’re a… Read More
2016-04-21 14:41
Dami Im, Australia's Eurovision singer for Stockholm was busy with something completely different when she was asked to do Eurovision. An album with covers by the magic duo The Carpenters.Ab… Read More
2016-04-08 10:47
Digital Release ImageABBA, remember them? I guess you do.Jazz singer Judith Nijland has just released an album with ABBA hits revamped into some delicious Jazz tunes.There's shoobie doo wah… Read More
2016-03-12 11:28
Please note, this article is from 2010, I just moved it up and made some adjustments.Scottish singer Kenneth McKellar has left us this week. The singer of the 1966 U.K. Eurovision entry A Ma… Read More
2016-02-22 05:25
Please note: this article is from 2011, I just moved it up on the Eurocovers ladder to celebrate Jamala getting the ticket to Stockholm.I know it's a bit off topic as there's no Eurovis… Read More
2016-01-15 15:43
I guess I thought he'd stick around forever. If there's no heaven he's probably on his way to Mars.And Yes, he did a Eurovision tune, the only memorable moment in the 1986 movie Absolute Beg… Read More
2015-12-07 07:49
Norway's Eurovision treasure Nora Brocksted has died. She was the singer of the first two Norwegian entries:Voi Voi (1960) and Sommar I Palma (1961).Next to her Eurovision songs, which she r… Read More
2015-11-27 07:12
Il Volo have won the 2015 edition of the Sanremo contest with the song Grande Amore. The trio have stated they will be the Italian representatives in Vienna, but it is not confirmed Grande A… Read More
2015-06-30 15:24
Digital release imageNicki French, much loved British Eurovision chanteuse, releases a new remix EP including new mixes of her 2000 entry Don't Play That Song Again and a few Eurovision cove… Read More
2015-05-19 07:05
Promote your mixtape at ReverbNation.comErm, the order of tracks has been changed and all of sudden there's Molayo, a coverversion of Solayoh (Belarus 2013). In Afrikaans and Zulu.So here's… Read More
2015-05-11 06:25
A living legend, Simone De Oliveira, returns to the Festival RTP da Canção, the Portuguese national selection for Eurovision. À Espera das Can&ccedi&hell…Read More
2015-04-09 08:36
France 2 has chosen Lisa Angell to represent France in Vienna with the song N'oubliez Pas (Don't forget), a song is written by Robert Goldman.Find out more here at the Vienna Colle… Read More
2015-02-27 16:57
Here's a new Swedish coverversion of Kedvesem, last years Hungarian entry by ByeAlex.The singer is Mona Ersare. The track will be out on your digital stores and streamers soon.Hungary in Cop… Read More
2015-02-27 16:56
cdsingleAbove video is a coverversion of the Hungarian 2013 entry Kedvesem by ByeAlexIt's sung in English by Eisenhauer and is titled One For Me. The track wass released in May 2014 in… Read More
2015-02-22 06:38
Acapella coverversion of last years Estonian Eurovision entry by Tanja, recorded for this years National final show.Tanja's original Eurovision performance may have been a bit of a hit 'n' m… Read More
2015-02-17 14:29
American singer Lesley Gore has passed away. She's probably most known for her hits It's My Party and You Don't Own Me but she also recorded an English version of the 1968 Eurovision winner… Read More
2015-02-15 12:11
Someone uploaded this to the Tube and made me very happy.It's the Afrikaans coverversion of the Dutch 1973 entry De Oude Muzikant by Ben Cramer.This version was released on a single in 1974… Read More
2015-02-13 15:23
Eurovisjonen EP is an EP with three coverversions of Norwegian Eurovision entries and a song from an ancient Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix.It's chirpy fun rock, but not really loud.Tracks:1. A… Read More
2014-12-22 03:47
Lovely new version of the first ever Finnish entry, still a classic at home. And a new classic in the making: a Finnish version of Dutch 2014 entry Calm After The Storm Read More
2014-12-22 03:46
Rest In Peace Read More
2014-10-22 07:21
Jamaican singer John Holt passed away October 19, aged 67.Here's an audio of his coverversion of Warum Nur Warum by Udo Jürgens (Austria's entry of 1964), maybe better known as Walk Awa… Read More
2014-08-11 08:05
The Kids Are Alright!. Here's Polle and Myrthe doing a younger version of the Common Linnets' Eurovision hit Calm After The Storm.Junior fans may know Polle from his 2011 participation in th… Read More
2014-08-11 08:05
The Kids Are Alright!. Here's Polle and Myrthe doing a younger version of the Common Linnets' Eurovision hit Calm After The Storm.Junior fans may know Polle from his 2011 participation in th… Read More
2014-06-23 09:57
Polish 2014 Eurovision stars Donatan Cleo and their Slavic Girls brought you Boobs, and the viewing rates for the contest went up by 15.000.000. But what do real men love even more… Read More
2014-06-14 11:48
Brazil singer Nalva Aguiar sings the Spanish 1968 winner, to cheer up the Spanish side.Originally from a 1968 Carnaval LP Carnaval de Picaretagem. (Various artists)Picture from / find out mo… Read More
2014-06-14 11:00
CPH 2014, Freaky Fortune and Riskykidd are ready to go and up for it. They're in Eurovision mood with this well produced medley of (most) Eurovision winners of the modern era, from 2004 and… Read More
2014-06-08 06:36
Pic nicked from the BayPlease Speak To Me Of Love is the English version of Hablemos Del Amor, the 1967 Eurovision entry for Spain by Raphael.The lyrics to the English version were written b… Read More
2014-05-11 09:54
But I guess you already know that. Congratulations to Austria for their second Eurovision victory (after almost 50 years). And Congratulations to Unstoppable Conchita Wurst.Will There Be A C… Read More
2014-05-04 08:50
I posted this 5 years ago (here), but since it's Copenhagen week it won't hurt to give this wonderful coverversion some webtime again. Something special about it, the spaced out tribal rhyth… Read More
2014-04-25 10:03
Dansevise is the Danish Eurovision winner from 1963 that became an evergreen even outside the Danish borders.The song by Grethe and Jörgen Ingmann has survived over 40 years and I hope… Read More
2014-04-18 10:53
Waterloo picture sleeve from AustriaIt was 40 years ago today, ABBA won the Brighton Eurovision with Waterloo.Four decades on ABBA's music is as relevant as ever.1983 picture disc with… Read More
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