Il Volo Professional ~~ Eurovision Wrap Up

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 Hey, Everyone!

Well.  The whirlwind that is Eurovision is over, but we are experiencing — in a small way — how participating in this event can potentially change the artists’ lives forever.  As an American, it was interesting for me to stand by and watch this competition that is such a long-standing part of European culture and try to figure it out — which I kind of did…by the end.  😉

Watching the aftermath has been interesting as well, not only as a fan of music, but as a proud fan of Il Volo’s.  Could they make us love them any more?  At the end of the day, they did not and have not wavered from who we know them to be: young men of pure class and grace, with a fierce pride in their country and a deep understanding of who they are as individuals and as a group.  I have so much respect for the way that they went on what was essentially a world stage and said, “Here we are; This is us.  Pure and simple.”  It’s no wonder the people responded to that.

Along the way, The Guys seemed to enjoy themselves immensely.  They signed records, participated in charity events and made time to help their fans around the event chronicle it all for us.  Here’s one last look at Eurovision as they wrap up a week of recording in Bologna.

~~ Kelly

Record Signing ~~ EMI Record Store

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Random Fans and Fun Behind the Scenes

Working the Crowds and Wooing the press with Family Support

Eurovision Italia Facebook Photo Album ~~ Eurovision Italia; LiJoy

@EurovisionRai
@EurovisionRai

Il Volo Won the 2015 Marcel Besancon Press Award ~~ All About Il Volo

Showing Their Hearts for Humanity

Fondazione Francesca Rava - NPH Italia Onlus
Fondazione Francesca Rava – NPH Italia Onlus

Ramon Vargas per i bambini disabili di Haiti e Messico Photo Album ~~ Fondazione Francesca Rava Facebook; LiJoy

Ramon Vargas Biography ~~ ramonvargas.com

Francesca Rava Foundation ~~ francescaravafoundation.wordpress.com

Eduardo Vargas Memorial Fund You Tube

 Eurovision Daily Day Zero ~~ Celebrating Life ~~ All About Il Volo

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Life Ball Website ~~ lifeball.org

 No rest…back to work…   🙂

Eurovision Grand Finale

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http://www.eurovision.tv/page/webtv?program=132913

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Other viewing options: International Sign Language (YouTube)On mobile (YouTube)

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Grand Final

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Representing country
Performer(s)
Song title, writer(s) and composer(s)
01 Slovenia

Flag of SloveniaRTVSLO
Maraaya

Here For You

02 France

Flag of FranceFrance 2
Lisa Angell

N’oubliez Pas

03 Israel

Flag of IsraelIBA
Nadav Guedj

Golden Boy

04 Estonia

Flag of EstoniaERR
Elina Born & Stig Rästa

Goodbye To Yesterday

05 United Kingdom

Flag of United KingdomBBC
Electro Velvet

Still In Love With You

06 Armenia

Flag of ArmeniaAMPTV
Genealogy

Face The Shadow

07 Lithuania

Flag of LithuaniaLRT
Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila

This Time

08 Serbia

Flag of SerbiaRTS
Bojana Stamenov

Beauty Never Lies

09 Norway

Flag of NorwayNRK
Mørland & Debrah Scarlett

A Monster Like Me

10 Sweden

Flag of SwedenSVT
Måns Zelmerlöw

Heroes

11 Cyprus

Flag of CyprusCyBC
John Karayiannis

One Thing I Should Have Done

12 Australia

Flag of AustraliaSBS
Guy Sebastian

Tonight Again

13 Belgium

Flag of BelgiumRTBF
Loïc Nottet

Rhythm Inside

14 Austria

Flag of AustriaORF
The Makemakes

I Am Yours

15 Greece

Flag of GreeceERT
Maria Elena Kyriakou

One Last Breath

16 Montenegro

Flag of MontenegroRTCG
Knez

Adio

17 Germany

Flag of GermanyNDR
Ann Sophie

Black Smoke

18 Poland

Flag of PolandTVP
Monika Kuszyńska

In The Name Of Love

19 Latvia

Flag of LatviaLTV
Aminata

Love Injected

20 Romania

Flag of RomaniaTVR
Voltaj

De La Capat/ All Over Again

21 Spain

Flag of SpainTVE
Edurne

Amanecer

22 Hungary

Flag of HungaryMTV
Boggie

Wars For Nothing

23 Georgia

Flag of GeorgiaGPB
Nina Sublatti

Warrior

24 Azerbaijan

Flag of Azerbaijanİctimai
Elnur Huseynov

Hour Of The Wolf

25 Russia

Flag of RussiaC1R
Polina Gagarina

A Million Voices

26 Albania

Flag of AlbaniaRTSH
Elhaida Dani

I’m Alive

27 Italy

Flag of ItalyRAI
Il Volo

Grande Amore

Check out also…

Voting in 2015

In addition to the participants of the respective Semi-Finals, the votes of the pre-qualified Finalists count as follows:

First Semi-Final

Second Semi-Final

Grand Final

All participating countries’ votes count in the Grand Final.

EUROVISION

Il Volo Professional ~~ Eurovision: A Formally Informal Performance, 2nd Rehearsal and Press Conference

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OK.  So I was working on a piece about how even though it seems like The Guys might be resting, they really aren’t, but maybe that’s my life.  I’m not sure where the last 24 hours went!  Anyway, we’re on to the second rehearsal, and I’ll get back to the other piece…sometime….

In the meantime, enjoy snippets from the day.  I was working on this post last night when not as many pictures were available, so keep coming back.  I’ll be adding to this as I find more things.

~~Kelly  

 

 

Eurovillage Performance

 

Second Rehearsal

Il Volo 2nd Rehearsal Eurovision Song Contest 2015  ~~ All About Il Volo

 

Eurovision Song Contest

 

Second Rehearsal At Eurovision Photo Album ~~ Credit: Andres Putting (EBU); All Things Il Volo

 

 

 Intresting Things

As usual, our friends, All About Il Volo, have put together a comprehensive list of things to see…which includes a play list of videos that might interest you.  Thanks, Marie for the tip. 

Il Volo Links and News For May 20, 2015 ~~ All About Il Volo   

 

Helpful Hints from Mary

Watching_TV1How to Watch
Explicit instructions:

Youtube: Google (or whatever your search is) “Youtube Live” – You can do this on a computer, iPad or whatever you use to access Youtube. You should see a list of choices. I clicked the one at the top of the screen titled LIVE-YOUTUBE. Then in the search area at the top of the screen type: 2015 Eurovision Song Contest: Semi-Final 1. You will then see under Featured Live Events a small screen for 2015 Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Click that screen and a larger screen will appear which will become active at 22:00 hours (or here in Naples 3:00 pm – 43 minutes from now.)

(Editor’s note: I was delayed in reading this e-mail, so the specific Semi-Final she is speaking of is past.  I imagine you can follow the same instructions for the current day’s events.)

For Web TV: This can only be viewed on a computer. Google Eurovision.tv – when it opens go up to the upper left of screen and click menu. When that opens look down to the left under for the heading NEWS. Look below and click Web TV. When that open go to the right and you will see LIVE NOW and 2015 Eurovision Song Contest – Semi Final 1. A screen on the left will open and ask you to install some kind of app. Do not do that, but instead click NO THANKS. Screen opens and you will be able to view Eurovision 2015 live. You can follow this procedure for Semi Final 2 and most importantly Eurovision Finals on May 23.

The Jury Is In  ClipArt_judges_10

I think we all want to vet this year’s judges.  Have a look to see if you “approve.”       😉

 

Exclusive: Here Are This Year’s National Juries ~~ eurovision.tv

First Semi-final Results

Can’t wait until Thursdays 2nd Semi-final round and our Guys take the stage!  Update: guys don’t take the stage.  Darn! You can watch it tomorrow at 3 pm EDT.  Use either the link to Eurovision below or, like I did, just go to YouTube and put in “Eurovision streaming live.”  

In the meantime, here’s how yesterday’s first round went. ~Marie

a semi final

We have our first ten finalists Through to the Grand Final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest

Semi-Final One Winners on stage
Semi-Final One Winners on stage Thomas Hanses (EBU)
  • Albania

  • Armenia

  • Russia

  • Romania

  • Hungary

  • Greece

  • Estonia

  • Georgia

  • Serbia

  • Belgium

The ten winners will shortly have a press conference where they will also draw their position to be in either the first or second half of the Grand Final.

For more of the story click here ⇒http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=87we_have_our_first_ten_finalists&utm_source=Eurovision+Song+Contest&utm_campaign=be17374375-Semi-Final

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