http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news Blogs by Anna Veltmane | The Eurovision Family of Events en-uk copyright: 2010 EBU/EUR Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:30:47 +0100 4685ac58826ab555fc8ee240bec355c1 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=42092 So here is my own top-10 for this Final: 1. Israel Maybe in this contest there are songs more beautiful, and singers better, and performances more impressive. But this one (music, lyrics, and Harel's voice and personality)touches my heart most, this is The One for me.:) 2. Norway Since I'm a ... Sat, 29 May 2010 14:39:41 +0200 d749fb0b76367f797ce8d458be66411d http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=35842 Some time ago I published my top 10, and +/- here. Things have changed. Now, having listened to the songs more times, also together with my family and friends, I have selected my present top 5: 1/2. Israel 3. Norway 4. Spain 5. Germany Do you notice something unusual...?:) Yeah, Harel ... Tue, 18 May 2010 17:35:13 +0200 dcedda5513228be98aa12545ec579328 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=28652 Here is my top 10: 1. Norway 2. Israel 3. Spain 4. Slovenia 5. Germany 6. France 7. Russia 8. Denmark 9. Greece 10. Romania Here are my ... Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:57:38 +0200 5941f6f556988774ee695cdf0e1e3e15 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=9662 God sometimes sends a very special person to us in some special periods of life... a person whose very existence and whose thoughts can warm more than million fires and calm more than million pills. This is the answer, My Sunshine in the Darkness.:))) Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:30:24 +0200 57a68ceededb3eba5f1e243735d6deef http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=9282 My dear friends, thank you so much for being so sweet and for the links, I listened to all... I really let myself be carried away when listening and thank you, thank you that you are to me here... For some time I'll probably show up less.. my mom is struggling her last painful struggle through her ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:55:32 +0200 10b5ec6cc21f6300a4f7eb02f9bb3f55 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=8922 And here comes the promised blog about one of the dearest traditions of Latvians – Jāņi (Midsummer Night Fest). As with many traditions, in present days we often choose something of the “form”, just to have fun, not so much believing any more in the “content”. But celebrating Jāņi has ... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:27:01 +0200 abd3c768426ab306c21295a42cd13b78 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=8712 After all, I guess this will not be too psychedelic. Anyway, I clung to the keyword „hallucinations”. And again, these were not even hallucinations... See yourself. Here it goes. You may click this link and in parallel listen to the song to have a corresponding atmosphere: ... Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:11:42 +0200 c7d848ee457f097dcbbcf182f1cb87f1 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=8652 This story was inspired by my friend Paul's recent blog. I dedicate it to my father. --- Unfamiliar voice: Dunno cheat me, this is not the ninth floor! Gita: It IS! Voice: Where are the stairs? Gita: The stairway is behind this door... And the lift is here. Voice: I won’t go on the lift! ... Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:48:50 +0200 c189533f19389baee62f6bc703b6f6f3 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=8222 This blog will not have anything to do with ESC. Well, maybe if only that the main characters also used to watch the contest. To howl at La Voix, to growl at Mamo, to fall asleep at Bistra Voda… All the facts of this undertaking are truth and nothing but truth, but still don’t take it too ... Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:37:26 +0200 6b52f8bfc01230cbae5f87f5edaae26d http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=4352 I'm just now cooking something tasty (a light dessert from 12 ingredients) for my family to enrich the 2nd-semi viewing.:) I hear from my mother's room a feeble, high-pitched voice: "...is my time, IT'S MY TI-IME..." I hear from my son's room his resonant bass "..I don't wanna LOSE ... Thu, 14 May 2009 17:37:34 +0200 02a3d8875bda3c1a759368250ba0078e http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=4070 Inspired by Nelly’s blog. Besides lyrics, voice and music, ESC seems to be not only a song contest but – a show contest. At least those who prepare the entries seem to believe so. Good if the show does not eat up the song. If it is not obviously contrived to conceal the lack. Lack of good ... Sun, 10 May 2009 22:07:45 +0200 bc7a16d8914d2997065830221d624d48 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=3877 I am trying hard not to watch rehearsal videos. The sound is awful and usually the performers seem half-voiced, half-trying, half-successful... No, I have come to like those whom I like by watching video clips or national selection videos, I don’t wanna spoil the impression. And maybe I’ll have ... Wed, 06 May 2009 18:30:44 +0200 54245a250e07100e394341f137410cd5 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=2727 Looking at Omer’s blog story and questioning myself what has ESC brought into MY life... Latvia has participated in ESC since 2000, so my watching experience is less than a decade. Strange. It seems I have already well grown into this wonderful many-decades-long tradition. Reading blog stories ... Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:27:36 +0100 434af9e7d73c9fededaf5e00b0b8d26d http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=2675 The super-final is over... the three super-finalists (Intars Busulis, Natalija Tumshevica and Kristina Zaharova) have performed... Latvia has chosen the participant. Intars Busulis from Latvia. The song is in Latvian, but he says he'll change the language for May, Moscow. I'm sorry that Kristina ... Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:06:59 +0100 36a3c92fd19cabd5fc27f58febc4425d http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=1616 I think the idea in itself is good, although there are many "but-s". A couple of them: - there would be countries (and I am not speaking about us, "Easterns") that simply would not like to be "grouped" this way, or come to terms about the exact composition of their artificially formed ... Sun, 25 May 2008 21:39:35 +0200 25e2ae04851366590ea0d970b968a848 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=1318 I am glad for our 11/12 place for Latvia, I think it was OK, I am aware that our performance was more focused on the show than on excellent voices and grand music. But it would not be normal if I were not a fan of my country, would it? I hoped we would be in the Top 10... well, almost.:) Great ... Sun, 25 May 2008 01:35:08 +0200 97ca9a886207019089c98e754e51e469 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=994 Oh, I am delighted.:):) Now about the Second Semi. The qualifiers: * Ukraine * Croatia * Albania * Iceland * Georgia * Denmark * Sweden * Latvia * Turkey * Portugal I am very sorry for Jeronimas from Lithuania, I really like him and his song. ... Thu, 22 May 2008 23:21:33 +0200 5a072732c18ae7a4243be260bc5d1474 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=985 Fantastic!!! Thank God, we are in the Final!!! Thank every country that has voted for Latvia!! Thu, 22 May 2008 23:07:38 +0200 48aceaf4cdcbaa779b94afb1c672f1e2 http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/Nakupenda/blog/?id=880 * Greece * Romania * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Finland * Russia * Israel * Azerbaijan * Armenia * Poland * Norway Hi, I am Anna from Latvia. Watching the First Semi with my family including the four-legged ones. Im glad about: - Romania - nice ... Wed, 21 May 2008 08:00:43 +0200