Delay in USC2002 Final

For technical reasons, the final show of USC2002 was cancelled till a new date. The managers has announced in a official pressnote that they need a litle more time to prepare the videos, because the holiday season of some contestants and the entry of new countries in the contest has ought to Greg to do a new software videoshow.
Now all the voters are exciting so they all expect a wonderfull show with a new and superb technical design! Georgie told us that he thinks in a very few days it will be possible to know which song will be the best from 2002. Good luck to all!
We'll keep informing!

DRAW SHOW

This evening, the draw show for USC Summer 2007 has taken place in Malmö. The show has been hosted by Swedish singer Genjor McNell(RAI's Director), the beautiful swedish princess Lisa(German Manager) and Göran. It was very enjoyable with wood pieces over the water of the big jacuzzi.This was the order stablished:

FINAL:
01. MONACO
02. HUNGARY
03. ISRAEL
04. From Semifinal
05. From Semifinal
06. NORWAY
07. ALBANIA
08. From Semifinal
09. From Semifinal
10. From Semifinal
11. SERBIA
12. From Semifinal
13. LITHUANIA
14. GREECE
15. From Semifinal
16. From Semifinal
17. SWEDEN (HOST COUNTRY)
18. From Semifinal
19. ANDORRA
20. From Semifinal
21. LEBANON
22. ROMANIA
23. GERMANY
24. From Semifinal
25. UKRAINE
26. POLAND


SEMIFINAL:
01. FRANCE
02. CYPRUS
03. BELGIUM
04. BELARUS
05. SPAIN
06. FYR MACEDONIA
07. VATICAN STATE
08. FINLAND
09. UNITED KINGDOM
10. AUSTRIA
11. SWITZERLAND
12. TURKEY
13. NETHERLANDS
14. ESTONIA
15. LUXEMBOURG
16. PORTUGAL
17. LATVIA
18. ITALY
19. MOLDOVA
20. MONTENEGRO
21. RUSSIA
22. SLOVENIA
23. SAN MARINO
24. DENMARK
25. IRELAND
26. CROATIA

UBU DESIDE NEXT HISTORY YEAR

LINDA BENGTZING THRILLED!

Two weeks after winning Melosongfestivalen, the Swedish contestant in United Song Contest Linda Bengtzing declared that she was very thrilled representing her country.

One of the most important newspaper in Sweden, Aftonbladet, got an interview with the winner of Melosongfestivalen. She said she was very nervous the day of the Final because there were big stars in the final.

"I never tought about winning the contest. The hottest favourite
entry was the uptempo song Where were you, performed by Charlotte Perrelli.
Swedish people love her so much since she had won the Eurovision Song
Contest. When I listened to Natten har en hemlighet for the first time, I fell in love with it.The demo was sung by Emma, a young singer who was not selected to sing the song LIVE in final. As I was very sorry, I proposed her to come with me as backing singer to Malmö and she accepted."

She revealed us that she is already preparing for USC Performance, which will have dancers and backing singers as well.

We wish a very GOOD LUCK to Linda Bengtzing!And we know she will do her best to succed in Malmö

SVT

Dutch entry chosen!!!

The dutch entrant is chosen:

"Jeroen van de Boom - Jij bent zo " will defend The Netherlands tricolor in the 2007 USC Summer edition. "Jij bent zo" which means "You're like that" is an uptempo song in dutch and beated former USC particpants Sharon Kips and Rafaella in a final of high musical standard.

The only performance that got Booooooooo-ed from the audience, Guillermo & Tropical Danny, nevertheless got just enough votes to rank up in 10th position (despite 12 from jury member Babis). Gothic band GOOD THINGS END seduced even non gothic fans to vote for them, hence their 4th place. Comeback bands like Dolly Dots, Champagne and Millionaires made the crowd go wild, but did not reach the higher ranks. Maybe the'll have try in a few years back :-)

Unsecure is still which song will be send to 2ndC. It s rumoured it's a battle between Sharon and Rafaella. Some jurors want Sharon to have a second chance after see failed to reach the final in the Spring-edition due to jurors mistake. Others say Rafaella should go, because she is the one in runner up position. An internal decision is expected in the next week.

Jeroen van der Boom however, was a clear winner and was hapy tp perform his (already smash-hit in Holland's charts) again. The reprise can be viewed here.

Full results:

1. 46 points, Jeroen van der Boom - Jij bent zo

2. 41 - Rafaella - Right here right now
3. 40 - Sharon Kips - Heaven knows

4. 37 - Good Things End - I Know
5. 32 - Petra Berger - Terra Promessa
6. 30 - Do - Beautiful thing
7. 28 - Robby Valentine - Over and over again
8. 26 - Monique Smit - Wild
9. 23 - Millionaires - Fantasy Island
10. 22 - Guillermo & Tropical Danny - Toppertje!
11. 22 - Van Velzen - Burn
12. 18 - Champagne - Oh Me Oh My Goodbye
13. 15 - Dolly Dots - S.T.O.P.
14. 14 - City To City - The Road Ahead
15. 12 - André Hazes & Gerard Joling - Blijf bij mij

ITALY RELEASES PREVIEW VIDEO

RAI LAUNCH EUROPEAN TOUR

Italian representative Antonella Ruggiero will go on a long tour around Europe before the semifinal of United Song Contest. She desided to put all her soul in this project and has cancelled 12 concerts in Italy to present herself and the USC song and of course some other fantastic italians songs to the European audience. The full tour plan can be read below. Make sure you get a ticket or two.



Tour Antonella United

August

10 Rome

11 Stockholm & Helsinki

12 Tallin & Oslo

14 Moscow

15 Riga

16 Vilnius

17 Odessa

18 Bukarest

19 Belgrade & Zagreb

20 Warsaw

22 Berlin

23 Hamburg & Amsterdam

24 Frankfurt & Munich

25 Wienna & Llubljana

26 Sarajevo & Tirana

28 Bern & Nice

29 Paris & London

30 Dublin

31 Istanbul



September

1 Athens & Thessaloniki

2 Madrid & Lissabon

4 Rehersals in Malmö

5 Copenhagen (Tv show - USC special)

6 Dress rehersals in Malmö

7 Malmö SEMIFINAL UNITED SONG CONTEST



22 Malmö FINAL UNITED SONG CONTEST ( if Italy qualifies from semi)


As you can see she put her main effort into the German audience. "Si, I am not so well known nor popular there so I think I need more time there." she says to USC News. How can you manage to go to 2 cities at one day? "Well, if that is so, we first do a pre recorded show in the day then later in the evening a live TV show. For me there is not so much difference."

K-otic shoot new video on the beach!

The members of K-otic went to the beachside to tape this video of their fab song for the USC 2002
You can have a look at the result here and don't forget to vote The Netherlands in USC :-P

Laura Re-releases her USC 2002 VIDEO

Laura Pausini and her VIDEO has just been re-released and we are first to share it with you. Italian delegation has been in trouble latelly with not providing the ticket for Antonella to Malmo. Today RAI confirm that they will indeed provide travel and accomodation as well as a full USC team for Antonella. She will leave for Malmö the 25th of august. So here below you can watch the "Surrender" VIDEO of Italy 2002 in United Song Contest. Enjoy. And Bravo RAI (even though we keep on pressing for a "real" national selection and not the questioned jury system they have).

USC 2002 STARTED

Dutch 2007 Summer USC finalists known!

picture: Monique Smit



Sharon Kips hits Dutch final again!

After winning the Spring edition, qualifying for the 2007 Spring USC final but being disqualified for not casting the dutch votes in time, Sharin Kips can give it another try. She mamaged with 14 other strong candidates to qualify for the final of the dutch preselection.

Dutch Final 2007 Summer USC:

André Hazes & Gerard Joling - Blijf bij mij

Champagne - Oh Me Oh My Goodbye

City To City - The Road Ahead

Do - Beautiful thing

Dolly Dots - S.T.O.P.

Good Things End - I Know

Guillermo & Tropical Danny - Toppertje!

Jeroen van der Boom - Jij bent zo

Millionaires - Fantasy Island

Monique Smit - Wild (pictured)

Petra Berger - Terra Promessa

Rafaella - Right here right now

Robby Valentine - Over and over again

Sharon Kips - Heaven knows

Van Velzen - Burn


votes to be cast in 12-10-8-7-etc ESC style to rollercoasterslow at hotmail dot com

ITALY EXPERT JURY HAS DESIDED

So, at last the 6 expert jury desided who will represent Italy in Summer edition 2007.

Winner was Antonella Ruggiero with "Canzone fra le guerre". A song first presented in Sanremo festival in 2007 and now the representative of Italy in USC.

1. Antonella 66p

2. Alexia 64p

3. Paolo 56p

4. Tiziano 36p

5. Lara 36p

6. Anna 33p

7. Laura 29p

Dutch entrant USC 2002 chosen!

In a close final of a high musical standard K-otic has won the Dutch 2002 USC national final with their song "I surrender" (26 points). Runners up were Di-rect (25) and Marco Borsato (23) . Romeo (22) and Within Temptation (20) completed the top 5.