The Balkan Girls
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The Balkan Girls (in German Die Mädchen vom Balkan ) is a single by the Romanian singer Elena Gheorghe , which was released from a special edition (ediția specială) of her album Te ador . Gheorghe entered with this song for Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow after she had won the national preliminary selection Selecția Națională 2009 . The song was composed by Laurențiu Duță.
Eurovision
The Balkan Girls won the Selecția Națională 2009 with a total of 3,503 votes ahead of Cătălin Josan and the Blaxy Girls . The latter were ahead in the telephone vote, but received only six points from the jury - half as many as Elena.
Since Romania is neither one of the Big Four of Eurovision nor was it able to win the previous year's competition , Gheorghe had to compete in one of the semifinals to qualify for the final. The song started at the first semifinals on May 12th with starting number 14 in front of Finland and Macedonia. It reached ninth place with 67 points and qualified for the final. There Gheorghe took 22nd place behind Ukraine and ahead of the United Kingdom on May 16. In the vote, half of which was done by telephone voting and half by jury evaluation , the song landed in 19th place out of 25 with 40 points. In the telephone vote, however, it was 14th with 64 points.
Promo tour
The song was recorded in autumn 2008 and on January 5, 2009 the music video was filmed in the studios of the Romanian television company TVR. After Gheorghe won the Selecția , the live version of the song was broadcast on the Romanian television channels TVR 1 , TVR 2 , TVR 3 and TVR International. On February 12, the singer announced that she would go on tour to promote the song and shoot a new video.
On March 5, 2009 filming began for Balkan Girls in Argeș County and in a club in Bucharest. On March 10, 2009, Gheorghe came to Germany and presented the new music video at the International Tourism Exchange in Berlin. She had a photo shoot, gave interviews, and was a guest on television shows.
Other goals of the artist were Greece , Albania , Serbia , Ukraine and Russia . She also met Nelly Ciobanu , Lidia Kopania , Susanne Georgi and Kejsi Tola .
Track list
- "The Balkan Girls-Original" - 2:57
- "The Balkan Girls-Eurovision Version" - 3:02
- "The Balkan Girls-New Final Version" - 3:07
- "The Balkan Gils-Semi-Karaoke" - 3:07
- "The Balkan Girls Karaoke" - 2:57
- "The Balkan Girls Official Remix" - 4:03
- "The Balkan Girls-Darone Mix" - 3:26
Hit parade placement
In addition to first place in the Romanian singles charts, Gheorghe also secured places in the hit lists of Romanian radio and television stations, such as the Fresh Top 40 by KissFM.
| Hit Parade (2009) | Top position |
|---|---|
| Romanian Top 100 | 1 |
credentials
- ↑ eurovision.tv: Official profile of the Romanian contribution
- ↑ Oikotimes: Romania Chooses Elena Gheorghe (Full Results) (accessed June 27, 2009)
- ↑ Oikotimes: "Elena (2009) stars in Germany next week" ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EuroVisionary: Elena Gheorghe Speaks About "The Balkan Girls" ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ KissFM: Fresh Top 40 (accessed May 17, 2009)
- ↑ Dj Crissu's blog: KissFM Fresh Top 40 from May 30th to June 6th, 2009 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 27, 2009)
- ↑ cotidianul.ro: Cele mai ascultate hituri (accessed on May 17, 2009)
Web links
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Pe-o margine de lume by Nico & Vlad Miriță |
Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 |
Playing with Fire by Paula Seling & Ovi |