Nana Mouskouri who came 8th the Eurovison Song Contest for Luxembourg in 1963, appeaerd on ITV 1 at 12:15 - 12:30 Today. Nana is considered to be one of the most successful female singers in history, reportedly having sold over 350 million records world-wide. Now, the 72 year old legend, after 45 years of stage , has decided to say Farewell with an extensive world wide tour.
Her appearance on today's This Morning show, was to promote her performances this October in the UK as part of her 4 year farewell tour. The tour began two years ago in Scandinavia and it will take her all over the globe. She has played Germany, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Asia as well as parts of Europe.
Nana came on in a Black dress with a red jacket, She was introduced with a exclusive clip of her performance back in 1963, at the Eurovision Song Contest. She then was interviewed by the 2 hosts which commented on her fluency in 5 languages, and her 1350 songs all in 11 different languages!
She then talked about her Fairwell tour, which Nana described more as a Thank you tour. The tour started in Germany and will end in Greece.
Nana then talked about her childhood and growing up in Nazi occupied Greece. "Children need to be heard and by singing I was heard".
Nana was congradulated by the hosts, for not changing her image to fit with modern sterotypes, but as a one off, Nana tried on several new pairs of designer glases for the show, including DKNY and a nice pair of Red spectacles.
Nana said "I never thought that I would grow that old. It is better really to stop while you are standing well on your feet. I just want to be proud and in very good form and thank the audience for all this love." Nana's fluency in manylanguages; Greek, French, English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese has enabled her to reach audiences all over Europe, the Americas and even Asia.
The Show ended with a quick reminder about Nana's Thank you tour, coming to London in October. At various dates at the Royal Albert Hall. You can book tickets on Nana's Website.
source from esctoday.com
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Greece: Mad video music awards held yesterday
The Mad Video Music Awards 2007, took place yesterday, 25th of June, in Athens, Greece. Many Greek Eurostars performed live on stage and Helena Paparizou, Sakis Rouvas and Michalis Hatziyiannis were amongst the night's big winners. Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yancoulov, this year's Bulgarian representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest won the Bulgarian MAD TV Best video clip award.
Many Greek Eurovision stars and hopefuls participated and performed live at last nights' MAD TV Awards show. Elena Paparizou, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, appeared on stage with her 70’s black style dress. She was the one to start the show and she performed her new song “Mi figeis”.Michalis Hatziyiannis, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 for Cyprus with the song “Genesis”, was actually the big winner of the night, walking away with a total of four awards. Michalis also performed on stage with Reamonn, the famous German band, singing the greek-english version of Tonight(Simera).
Tamta who participated in this year’s Greek national final with the song “With love”, sang Mika's Relax-Take it easy, remixed with her new single "Agapise me".
These are wining artists in this year’s Mad music awards:
- Best dance video clip: Sakis Rouvas for the song “Ola giro sou girizoun”
- Best pop video clip: Mihalis Hatzigiannis for the song “Ola I tipota”
- Best Greek (laiko)video clip: Peggy ZinaBest video clip by a male artist: Mihalis Hatzigiannis for the song “Ola I tipota”Best video clip by a female artist: Helena Paparizou for the song “Gigolo”
- Best video clip: Kostas Kapetanidis,director of Elena’s Paparizou nr.1 video clip 2005
- Best video clip of the year: Mihalis Hatzigiannis with the song “Ola I tipota”
Best dressed artist in a video clip: Helena Paparizou for the song “An eixes erthei pio polly” - Best video clip by MAD-TV Bulgaria: Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov
Best artist of the year with the most played video clip: Michalis Hatziyiannis with the song “Ola I tipota”
Source esctoday.com
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