Happily,
Vincent & Fernando are competing this year for Sudtirol again. Last year their song,
Glaube an Gott was in a tie with the
Klostertaler, and after 2 tie breakers they lost out. Hopefully, they will be successful this year. These talented brothers were the first entertainers I interviewed when Tim was still hosting the Stimmung Stunde. That interview aired in April 2004 and you can still hear it by
CLICKING HERE. We certainly hope they make number one this year.
Also,
Reiner Kirsten, from Germany, is competing. He was the featured entertainer on
Ted Hierl's Hawaii Cruise in 2008. Many of the passengers enjoyed the Schwarzwald boy's beautiful songs and his charming personnality on that cruise and I know they will be rooting for him.
If you go to the
Grand Prix website here are a few things to make note of. You might note the name Fabio Omero under Komponist and/or Text, that is name
Rudy Giovannini uses to write under. Even
Vincent & Fernando's song is from him this year. Also, note that
Sauguat is competing this year ... again (they were disqualified last year).
The Germany listing shows
Gunther Behrle as the author of the song that
Claudia Dechant sings,
Nimm diesen Ring.
Judith & Mel's song,
Liebe gibt - Liebe nimmt, was written by Mel Jersey.
The music for the song that
Benjamin Grund sings,
In nomine patris, was written by
Benjamin Grund.
Claudia & Alexx are again among the contests and have gotten very close in the past. Those of you who watch German TV will notice that
Florian Fesl is in the competition. He was on the
Immer Wieder Sonntags show all summer and lost the competion the very last week.
Switzerland's Maria Da Vinci sings
Jeder Herzschlag fuer dich. The music and text were written by Mario Wolf & Christoph Purtscheller, who are in the
Alpentrio Tirol. I wonder why they did not have an artist from Austria perform their song.
Each country has announced their nominees and you will find them listed below or go to the
Grand Prix website for more details. Note there are links to the singers' webpages below. Some of them even have samples of their songs at their websites that you can listen to.
Austria Austria's vorentscheid will be May 30.
Pfarrer Franz Brei & Signum -- Das Leben...
Melanie -- I g'hoer nur dir
Leona & Swen -- Mach das nochmal mit mir
Yves -- Mama
Dunja -- Meine Liebe zu dir
Germany
Germany's vorentscheid will be on May 21
Zipfelbuben -- Das gibt sich bis 70
Licht -- Mut zur Liebe
Bel Amis -- Vaterunser
Sudtirol
Sudtirol's vorenscheid will be May 8.
Das Schlernsextett -- Andreas Hofer
Die 4 Suedtiroler -- Ein ganzes herz voll
Jahresringe
Patrick & seine Freunde -- Ein gutes Wort
Samira Dalnodar -- Kinder und Blumen
Graziano -- Romantica
Alex & die Groedner Alphorn Blaeser -- Wenn i auf Bergeshoehen steh
Switzerland
Switzerland's vorenscheid will be April 25.
Geni Good & seine Glarner Oberkrainer -- Chlefeler Schtimmig
Stefan Roos & Saengerfreunde -- Das Herz einer Mutter
Salvo -- Grad wie im 7. Himmel
Gruppe Plauschler - Ich kann nicht aufhoern dich zu lieben
Roman Peters -- La vita e bella
Orig. Voralpen-Express -- sag mir das, sag mir was