ESC Radio 2007 Awards - and the winners are...
Friday, 08 June, 2007, 17:22
Finally the winners of the ESC Radio awards 2007 are known.
BEST SONG
1st I love you mi vida (Spain) - 13,9%
2nd Unsubstancial blues (Hungary) - 11,5%
3rd Molitva (Serbia) - 10,2%
...
23rd Dança Comigo (Portugal) - 1,0%
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
1st Magdi Ruzsa (Hungary) - 15,2%
2nd Sopho (Georgia) - 13,8%
3rd Hanna (Finland) - 13,0%
...
5th Sabrina (Portugal) - 8,5%
BEST MALE ARTIST
1st Kenan Dogulu (Turkey) - 21,7%
2nd Koldun (Belarus) - 21,6%
3rd Sarbel (Greece) - 8,4%
BEST GROUP
1st D'NASH (Spain) - 21,8%
2nd Anonymous (Andorra) - 15,6%
3rd The Ark (Sweden) - 12,0%
Yet another good news for Sabrina that achieved an excellent 5th position on the BEST FEMALE ARTIST category among 14 participantes, and ahead of some of the favourites such as Marija Serifovic from Serbia (6th), Evridiki from Cyprus (7th) and Edsilia Rombley from the Netherlands (8th).
You can check the full results on http://www.escradio.com/
Fans vote after ESC 2007
Friday, 08 June, 2007, 17:08
Last April at OGAE Portugal's national meeting, the voting of the Portuguese fans predicted the victory for Slovenia, 2nd place to Belarus and 3rd to Serbia.
After the ESC 2007 we asked the fans vote again, this time taking into account the performances of the semi-final and of the final.
14 members voted and the results are a little bit different, and this time 6 countries got the deaded "nill points":
37º Albania - 0 pts
37º Bosnia-Hezegovina - 0 pts
37º Croatia - 0 pts
37º Ireland - 0 pts
37º Romania - 0 pts
37º Sweden - 0 pts
36º United Kindom - 3 pts
35º Montenegro - 4 pts
32º Macedonia - 5 pts
32º Israel - 5 pts
32º Austria - 5 pts
31º Turkey - 6 pts
30º Armenia - 9 pts
29º Estonia - 10 pts
28º Belgium - 11 pts
23º Poland - 12 pts
23º Lithuania - 12 pts
23º Norway - 12 pts
23º Switzerland - 12 pts
23º Czech Republic - 12 pts
22º Finland - 16 pts
20º Netherlands - 18 pts
20º Hungary - 18 pts
19º Malta - 20 pts
17º Greece - 21 pts
17º Russia - 21 pts
15º Denmark - 22 pts
15º Ukraine - 22 pts
14º France - 26 pts
12º Bulgaria - 27 pts
12º Iceland - 27 pts
10º Latvia - 28 pts
10º Spain - 28 pts
9º Moldova - 29 pts
7º Cyprus - 30 pts
7º Germany - 30 pts
6º Belarus - 38 pts
And this was the top 5:
5º Georgia - 42 pts
4º Andorra - 45 pts
3º Serbia - 46 pts
2º Slovenia - 69 pts
1º PORTUGAL - 71 pts
Another evidence that Sabrina managed to convince the Portuguese fans with her amazing performance! The 12 points from the 14 voters were given to the following countries:
1x 12 points - Germany, Andorra, Belarus, Cyprus, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Russia
3x 12 points - Serbia
4x 12 points - PORTUGAL
Good news for Sabrina, who actually was a guest on the special Dança Comigo show (the Portuguese version of Strictly Come Dancing in BBC) last June 7th, a program to raise money for humanitarian institutions.
Congratulations OGAE Portugal!
Monday, 04 June, 2007, 10:33
As was previously announced, last Saturday June 2nd, took place on Aldeia do Meco, at the Fiéis ao Tacho Restaurant, the dinner-party to celebrate OGAE Portugal's 10th anniversary.
There were between 50 and 60 fans there and three very special guests: Eládio Clímaco, the historical national commentator, Anabela (POR93) and Sabrina (POR07).
It all began a little after 9 pm with a dinner buffet, during which the three guests showed to always be available to talk to the fans. Everything happening while a Eurovision soudtrack was playing, of course.
Meanwhile, on the Restaurant's terrace, many ESC videos of the songs that made history were projected on to a large screen.
After dinner it was time to thank everyone that was there celebrating the 10 years of OGAE Portugal and for keeping the organization alive.
As one would expect, there was a special thank you to the guests for their unique contribute to the Festival RTP da Canção and also to the Eurovision Song Contest.
Then we all watched images of Eládio Clímaco presenting some editions of Festival RTP da Canção, making the commentary to ESC and also presenting the ESC, an unforgetable opportunity he had back in 1980 when he stepped on to the ESC stage to present the Portuguese entry.
Then there were images of Anabela on ESC 1993. We were reminded of her "postcard" when she was walking through the streets of Cork, then her Gaelic class and finding a bar called "The Old Lisbon". It all brought very found memories to Anabela. Of course we also watched her excelent perfomance, singing "A cidade (até ser dia)", accompanied by a choir of the almost 60 fans present at the reunion. Then there were the images of Portugal receiving 12 points from Spain and from the Netherlands, sweet memories from 1993.
Finally we watched Sabrina at the reception at the official residence of the Finnish Embassador in Lisbon, then her performance on ESC 2007 in Helsiniki and finally her appearance on Diz que é uma espécie de magazine, a national comedy show where she sang and was awarded 1st place at Eurovision. All greeted with a huge applause by everyone there.
OGAE Portugal invited the three guests to become honorary members of the organization, which they all glady accepted and received comemorative placks to remember that moment.
Sabrina then thanked again all the support from the fans throughout the preparation and during her week in Helsinki, and also for the strenght she felt duraing her performance and the love and care she still feels today from all the fans.
Anabela thanked the invitation to the party, thanked the support the fans still give her and her career nowadays, and praised OGAE for the work in promoting Portuguese music.
Being an anniversary, of course there was a huge birthday cake, and we all sang "Happy Birthday" lead by Anabela and Sabrina.
Afterwards, the party started with loads of music reminding us of Euroclub on its best nights, lots of Eurovision songs and Eurovision videos. There were copies of the lyrics of some songs so that everybody could sing along.
At the end, everybody agreed that it was a huge success, not only as an anniversary party but also for the 10 years supporting Portuguese music and the Portuguese artists on Eurovision.
You are all invited to the 20th anniversary in 2017!
O.G.A.E. Portugal Is 10 Years Old!!!
Saturday, 02 June, 2007, 22:06
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