A new rändajad cover
Sandra Nurmsalu and Ott Lepland performing a cover of the song Rändajad:
Sandra IN THE Estonian pop idolWe've found out that Sandra Nurmsalu and Ott Lepland are rehearsing for their duet in the Estonian pop idol. The competitors must choose a Estonian famous singer and must perform one song in duet. They've chosen "Rändajad" and Sandra was amazed about Ott's choose. TV3 will broadcast this show on Sunday, 20.30 PM (Estonian time zone). Sandra said that she was hoping Ott to sing the duet with her. She also said that Urban Symphony is not going to take part in Eesti laul 2010. They are working on their album, which is hopefully released in the first part of the next year. We will reveal to you a part of the rehearsal and an interview with Sandra. After the contest, Urban Symphony website will publish the cover of Rändajad by Sandra Nurmsalu and Ott Lepland for the Estonian pop idol.
Urban Symphony to be nominated!
Rändajad has been nominated by esctoday.com in the following cateories: * Song of the year There are also nominated: Fairytale, Is it true?, Always, Düm tek tek, It's my time, Et s'il fallait le faire, La voix and the Estonian song Rändajad! * Composer of the year There are also nominated: Alexander Rybak, Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Tinatin Japaridze and Chris Neil, Diane Warren and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aleksandar Covic and the Estonian composer Sven Lôhmus! * Lyricist of the year/Non-English and multilingual lyrics There are also nominated: Anse Lazio, Aleksandar Covic, Pedro Marques and Paulo Pereira, Noa, Mira Awad and Gil Dor and the Estonian composer Sven Lôhmus! * Best duo/group performance There are also nominated: Aysel & Arash, Regina, Inga & Anush, Flor-de-Lis and the Estonian quartet(1) Urban Symphony! * Most creative effort There are also nominated: Fairytale, Nor par, Be my Valentine! (Anti-crisis girl), Todas as ruas do amor and the Estonian song Rändajad! * Best arrangement and production There are also nominated: Lee Horrocks, Sinan Akçil, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Andy Bradfield, Frédéric Helbert and the Estonian composer Sven Lôhmuss! * Best stage effects There are also nominated: Iceland, Greece, Ukraine, Portugal and Estonia! * Best dressed act There are also nominated: Jade Ewen, Patricia Kaas, Regina, Malena Ernman and the Estonian music group Urban Symphony! You can vote your favourite on esctoday.com! We will keep you up to date with the results! ESTONIAN RUMOUR
Finally, and after strong indications that Estonia would be very likely to withdraw from the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest due to financial reasons, the country's broadcaster ERR has confirmed that Estonia will join the next Eurovision Song Contest, held in Oslo. This is thanks to a 1.5 million EEK (around 95,900 euro) loan from the foundation Enterprise Estonia (EAS), while the broadcaster will cover up to 300,000 EEK (19,170 euro) of the costs of the national selection process.
The Estonian broadcaster will stick to the successful formula that brought them a valuable 6th place this year in Moscow, the national selection contest Eesti Laul, whose regulations will be published on November 16th. Nevertheless, the competition will be simplified and shortened in order to cut expenses. Urban Symphony was indeed a successful band for Estonian music, a band which is still on the top in their country and in the pop music from Europe. One of the members of the Estonia Enterprise board, Maria Alajõe, has stated that the foundation has decided to support the national broadcaster because Eurovision is a good opportunity to introduce the country to an audience of nearly 150 million people. ERR president, Margus Allikmaa, has shown his happiness and thanked EAS for their financial support. Mr Allikmaa went on saying that "Eurovision is an event that no doubt offers a chance for small countries to showcase themselves" in front of a very large number of viewers. Also, Heidi Pruuli, editor-in-chief at ETV, the television branch of ERR, stressed on the "disappointment" that many fans could have felt if finally Estonia had decided to withdraw from the contest. Eurovision is a very popular show with Estonians especially after winning it back in 2001, something that "boosted self-awareness and national pride" Estonia was represented in Moscow 2009 by Urban Symphony with the song Rändajad, landing on 6th place in the final. esctoday.com Song of the Decade
Over the last weeks, the readers of esctoday.com have chosen the best song of this Eurovision Song Contest decade. 24 songs have taken part in the grand final and the poll has closed seconds ago. Now it is time to reveal the results! Urban Symphony (Estonia) has ended 3rd, after Yohanna (Iceland) 1st and Marija Serifovic (Serbia) 2nd. I guess this is a party announce because this result means Urban Symphony is right now higher in tops than big names such Lordi, Helena Paparizou, Patricia Kaas, Vanilla Ninja or Mihai Traistariu.
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