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Sweden: Charlotte Perrelli set to perform despite health issues
As Charlotte Perrelli admits in her blog she was already diagnosed with a mild case of meningitis- which can be a life threatening infection- back in June. She opted not to take a break from work and subsequently collapsed last Friday when she was taken to emergency in a very bad condition.
Stefan Jordansson, Charlotte's manager states, though, that everything is fine with her and that she is currently rehearsing to be able to perform in the Rhapsody in rock show on Saturday. Robert Wells, composer of the musical, told Aftonbladet: "It seems she will attend this Saturday. We smsed each other and she is on the recovery. The show must go on. But there is no chance that we will allow a colleague on stage if the person feels ill. I will prevent it. We are all worried about Charlotte. But I am no daddy. Charlotte is strong and professional in her job."
In the case Charlotte is in no condition to perform on Saturday, Jessica Anderson will stand in instead: "I don't want to call myself a backup, I would attend anyway. But if Charlotte is not ready, I will assume Hero will be absent", says the 2003 Swedish participant in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Very special thanks to Jarrod for his contribution to the article.
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Mina:
Yes, you're right. I was only referring to general information about the artists.
I know, Stockholm. But on the other hand, that's how prejudices are created...because you know, there are many kids who watch the contest and they will grow up with the wrong idea.
Don't forger that it's not only the ESC fans who vote...actually they are the smallest percentage of the voters.
That's why I don't mind about his personal opinions about songs but if he wants to talk about neighbour voting and diaspora and so on, he should try at least to get his facts straight.
Jonny/Mina:
I don't think the British public realises what kind of information they are missing. The only ones who care are the ESC fans and they already have all information there is.
And if The UK are doing badly the viewers might just as well forget about it.
goo sweden goo charlotte perrelli
''''They'll probably even forget who wins, or which position the UK finished in''''
See, Jonny, that's why Europe helps you finish last, so you don't have to think hard to remember your position 
Chwarae Teg,
actually I agreed with *most* of his comments about specific songs....like the Bosnian, the Azeri, and the Spanish song..like him, I also couldn't see the attraction in them...don't forget he was just expressing a personal opinion and I think that's what makes it interesting. Of course I'm not sure I would feel the same way if he made those comments for the Greek song
The only thing I could 'accuse' him of, is that he doesn't have all the facts about the voting, I mean there are some instances where I know better than him why this country voted for that country and he doesn't say a word...or that no, this country doesn't always give 12 pts to that country...so yes, if someone expects to learn everything about Eurovision from Terry Wogan, they won't, but they will be entertained, that's for sure.
Mina, Jonny
Terry Wogan's can be very funny, it's true - he regularly makes me laugh. Many of his comments also make a lot of sense - but then he spoils them with foolish remarks like suggesting Croatia voted for Estonia because they were neighbours (!) or that Bosnia & Herzegovina's 2008 entry Pokusaj was 'ridiculous' (quite the reverse), or that the UK did poorly because of neighbour/diaspora/block voting (yes, but add to that the fact that it was dull, dull, dull). In this way his some of his comments are very ignorant, with a whiff of racism, which is typical, I'm afraid, of the general public in Britain/England.
@mina.. no but iwas at rhapsody in rock concert.. but its just a matter of time before it is on youtube i guess 
she was really good anyhow..
What did she perform? Hero or something else? I can't find it on youtube 
Willox,
do you know if there is any video from last night?
she was great las tnight at rhapsody in rock
Well Jay, what I know is that when Ani was chosen for Ukraine, I already knew who she was and a couple of Russian friends I have also knew her very well.
Like I said before, of course, she wasn't Dima but it wasn't like they had never heard of her before...I just don't understand how that's possible but I don't insist because I don't know that many Latvians or Lithuanians or Belarussians
As for the 12 pts she got from Portugal...I don't know, I guess there are many Ukrainians in Portugal? LOL
Portugal always give high scores to Ukraine anyway.
In 2005, Ukraine only got 30 pts...7 of them from Portugal.
In 2006, 12 pts from Portugal.
In 2007, 12 pts from Portugal.
This year, again 12 pts.
I don't think it's a coincidence
Jonny,
Thanks! I'll definitely buy it
Mina Carnation
"And Ani unknown in the USSR? Are you joking???
Ani got 10 pts from Georgia, 7 from Moldova, 10 pts from Belarus, 10 pts from Azerbaijan, 8 pts from Russia, 10 pts from Latvia, 6 from Lithuania and 5 from Armenia."
Yes, Ani was almost totally unknown even in Russia before Eurovision! She had one hit in duet with russian male star Valeriy Meladze and participated in New Year show few years ago, but if I was speaking about her to some people far from Eurovision and ukrainian music - her name didn't say anything to them.
Kirkorov tried to promote her in Russia before Eurovision but he didn't manage to do it well, so for most of people she was still unknown before Eurovision.
Do you think that if Ani received 12 points in Portugal - she is well promoted star in Portugal? LOL)))))))))))))
So Ani was entry who got points to reach second place almost from zero popularity in neighborhood countries when Bilan's songs sounded so much on all USSR-countries for years.
Vincent,
Greeks are so strong headed that if someone told them 'heyy vote for your neighbours!', they wouldn't, even if they liked the song, just because someone had told them to..LOL
Only Cyprus has managed to get our 12 pts consistently but there are other bonds there.
I remember this year on TV, some presenters did say vote for Serbia (our friends and all that)..did we listen? No.
They said don't vote for ex soviet countries..did we listen? No again ..LOL
And I believe that the Maltese and the Cypriots are the same.
Awww don't say bad things for Terry, I love the guy! Would you believe I've watched the final 4-5 times (well, the voting part), just to hear his comments?
Especially with the Swedish guy he was hilarious..LOL
And every time he said ''noone loves the UK '', or when the Danish girl said 'hello our friends' and he said ''we''ll be the judges of whether your are our friends or not'''......and the top for me was every time he said something about chiqui chiqui or the Azeri song (''I must have missed something about that song'' 
...LOL, he's great!
Jonny:
I'll try to get that book. Finn is still performing. I think the Norwegian entry was one of Terry Wogan's favourites that year. A bad omen I guess. Have you heard the song? It didn't deserve 0 points.
Vincent:
I also like your picture. Remedios Amaya would probably have done much better these days.
Johny "believe" me..should the mediterenean coountries come up to this idea of tactical, neighbouring voting, The ESC would hardly ever move towards north or east again..But as Mina said, i think especially these countries take the ESC very seriously and they vote according to what they really like(Greece, Portugal, Malta, Spain, Israel, Kroatia not that much, they tend to neighbouring voting very much..ops i forgot Albania in my bloc :-)
and i forgot t metin turkey in my mediterenean bloc of voting :-))) sorry!!
i forgot to mention Israel and Kroatia..hmm..i am tempted now...ESC always under the mediterenean sun..hmm....not a bad idea :-)) i am joking..i enjoy ESC very much and for me it is not and it should be not all about winning
and i think it is about time that the mediterenean countries organised their own secret bloc: imagine Malta, Cyprus, Greece, San Marino, Italy, Spain, Portugal and maybe France exchanging high points between them! although really as i had stated before, i do not like this kind of thinking and voting..i am against any possible political, diaspora, neighbouring voting(but up to a point it does exist)..but somehow mediterenean countries have never managed t stick together in the ESC, like Scandinavians, Baltic countries and eastern countries sometimes(!!) do..it is an idea...anyway i realise now, that one of my favourite ESC countries have been indeed Spain and Portugal
well Johny, i try to pay tribute to this very underestimated spanish entry, even after some 25 years...:-)
@Paolo: any news about Remedios Amaya, my dear friend? :-)) (i'm sure he thinks now i am on somethin :-)) good n8
Offtopic:
Real news in the low season:
-Bosnia withdraw from JESC
-Mamma Mia, the Movie... where the news about this?
- UK Gay Pride with ESC stars
- Ira Losco (Malta 2002, 2nd place) new album
- Festivals all over europe with esc stars (poland, montenegro, sweden, spain...)
- Countries are announcing EDC entries
- Arsenium (Moldova 06) have new songs and videos.
YES, there're lots of things happening now
Johny, Mina, stockholm, i am going off now.i will try to sleepand i am sure i am going to dream of Remedios Amaya or Dima dancing, or Sirusho asking me on the dance floor, or me performing for any country and get the crowds screaming :-)..well whatever, it is gonna be an ESc night tonight...bye
Stockhlm calling, the only resemblance i see in these two songs(taken as songs not as performances) is that both are dance pop songs with a light oriental touch..but nothing more than that..and their performances on stage were quite different
Mina....lool..:-)) "what is she wearing? it looks like curtain"..well it should be a mixture of modern with traditional like her song..bit i agree.it is kind of..very particular :-)) you see i knew you wouldn't like this one..hehe now we disagreed t last..:-)
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