AZERBAIJAN

Nadir Rustamli gave his first live performance of “Fade to Black”, the song that she will take to the Eurovision Song Contest for Azerbaijan. The singer performed an acoustic version of the song which you can watch here:

SAN MARINO

On April 7th the Belvedere Vodka Night took place in Milan, a trendy party organized by Belvedere Vodka to which fashion, music and entertainment personalities were invited, and which culminated with a private mini-concert by Achille Lauro. Among the guests were also Cecilia and Belen Rodriguez. Belvedere, a Polish vodka, has always been committed to sustainability and had already used Achille Lauro as a testimonial at the Sanremo festival. It is safe to bet that this partnership will continue at least until the Eurovision Song Contest. A “hero drink” was also presented at the party, a signature cocktail created by the head bartender of Canapé Milano, Giuseppe Pilosi. The drink is called Bam Bam Twist, like Achille Lauro’s most famous song, and is made up of black cherry, kefir, lemon, cedar water, and of course Belvedere vodka. The cocktail will be available at Canapé Milano until next June 1st. Achille Lauro performed on the notes of Rolls Royce, Me ne frego and Bam Bam Twist, but also on his Eurovision song Stripper. The singer arrived at the end of dinner attracting attention and began performing covered by a coat, undressing little by little until revealing a lace bodysuit and giving him one of his iconic performances.

unfortuantely, no video became available so far

BARBARA DEX AWARD

The Barbara Dex Awards is an annual award for the artist with the most “remarkable outfit” in the Eurovision Song Contest, which is voted by the friends of the contest. He was originally named after Barbara Dex, the Belgian representative in 1993, because of the special dress she wore on the night of the competition. The organizing committee had initially decided to close the well-known award. However, after a lot of reactions, they decided to keep it as it is, with a slight change in the name. The fans suggested many alternative names and the organizers came up with the top 10. They stressed that any artist who receives this new award should accept it as a gift and as an insult and that they believe that they will achieve this with one of the following names. The ten possible names of the new award are (you can click on the name to see the appearance of each artist):

Conan Osíris Award (Portugal 2019)
Dana International Award (Israel 1998)
Elina Nechayeva Award (Estonia 2018)
Kateryna Pavlenko Award (Ukraine 2021)
Lee Lin Chin Award (Australian Degree Representative 2015-2017)
Lordi Award (Finland 2006)
Silvia Night Award (Iceland 2006)
TIX Award (Norway 2021)
Verka Serduchka Award (Ukraine 2007)
You’re A Vision! Award

SLOVENIA

The official video clip of Slovenia, which will be represented by LPS with Disco, was released a few minutes ago, through the eurovision.tv channel on Youtube.

ARMENIA

ARMTV has published the second part of “Destination Eurovision” which documents Rosa Linn’s journey to Eurovision 2022. In the video, more details about the selection process for Armenia’s entry in the 2022 contest are revealed. Rosa Linn was selected by a professional focus group, a process previously deployed to select the winning entry in Junior Eurovision 2021.

LATVIA

This afternoon Citi Zēni released their third Eurovision drum cover, “Wolves Of The Sea” by Pirates Of The Sea, Latvia’s Eurovision 2008 entrants. The release comes after the band teased that they have multiple recordings in store, including vlogs, Eurovision drum covers, podcasts, and more. They have also covered Subwoolfer’s “Give That Wolf A Banana“, and Dadi Freyr’s “10 Years“.

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