Resoconto Italiano 2009

9 01 2010

Ripercorriamo l’anno trascorso dando uno sguardo ai numeri ed i traguardi raggiunti dall’Italia nella competizione:

12 Edizioni
6 volte in top20
4 volte in top10
1 volta al 2° posto
mai ultima classificata!

Classifica delle canzoni italiane nel The Countdown Song Contest – POSIZIONE

1] #2 (2009-06) = SILVIA OLARI – Wise Girl {12}
2] #4 (2009-03) = PLANET FUNK – Lemonade {10}
3] #6 (2009-05) = ALESSANDRA AMOROSO – Find a way {8}
4] #8 (2009-09) = LACUNA COIL – Spellbound {7}
5] #11 (2009-11) = GET FAR – The Radio {6}
6] #12 (2009-01) = MATISSE – Come Puoi {5}
7] #14 (2009-07) = DOLCENERA – Il mio amore unico {4}
8] #15 (2009-08) = ARAM QUARTET – Il Pericolo è il Mio Mestiere {3}
9] #17 (2009-04) = MARGOT – America {2}
10] #20 (2009-12) = PAOLA & CHIARA – Emozioni {1}
11] #28 (2009-10) = XELA – Venus De Ceniza {-}
12] #41 (2009-02) = LE MANI – Il Giorno Migliore {-}

Classifica delle canzoni italiane nel The Countdown Song Contest – PUNTEGGIO

1] 106 (2009-03) = PLANET FUNK – Lemonade {12}
2] 98 (2009-06) = SILVIA OLARI – Wise Girl {10}
3] 97 (2009-05) = ALESSANDRA AMOROSO – Find a way {8}
4] 82 (2009-09) = LACUNA COIL – Spellbound {7}
5] 75 (2009-11) = GET FAR – The Radio {6}
6] 68 (2009-01) = MATISSE – Come Puoi {5}
7] 63 (2009-07) = DOLCENERA – Il mio amore unico {4}
8] 63 (2009-08) = ARAM QUARTET – Il Pericolo è il Mio Mestiere {3}
9] 59 (2009-04) = MARGOT – America {2}
10] 52 (2009-12) = PAOLA & CHIARA – Emozioni {1}
11] 36 (2009-10) = XELA – Venus De Ceniza {-}
12] 8 (2009-02) = LE MANI – Il Giorno Migliore {-}

Classifica delle canzoni italiane nel The Countdown Song Contest – MANAGER VOTANTI

1] 16 (2009-03) = PLANET FUNK – Lemonade {12}
2] 15 (2009-05) = ALESSANDRA AMOROSO – Find a way {10}
3] 14 (2009-11) = GET FAR – The Radio {8}
4] 14 (2009-01) = MATISSE – Come Puoi {7}
5] 14 (2009-06) = SILVIA OLARI – Wise Girl {6}
6] 13 (2009-09) = LACUNA COIL – Spellbound {5}
7] 12 (2009-07) = DOLCENERA – Il mio amore unico {4}
8] 11 (2009-04) = MARGOT – America {3}
9] 10 (2009-08) = ARAM QUARTET – Il Pericolo è il Mio Mestiere {2}
10] 8 (2009-12) = PAOLA & CHIARA – Emozioni {1}
11] 7 (2009-10) = XELA – Venus De Ceniza {-}
12] 2 (2009-02) = LE MANI – Il Giorno Migliore {-}

Classifica delle canzoni italiane nel The Countdown Song Contest – 12 RICEVUTI

1] 2 (2009-06) = SILVIA OLARI – Wise Girl {12}
2] 2 (2009-05) = ALESSANDRA AMOROSO – Find a way {10}
3] 2 (2009-09) = LACUNA COIL – Spellbound {8}
4] 2 (2009-04) = MARGOT – America {7}
5] 1 (2009-03) = PLANET FUNK – Lemonade {6}
6] 1 (2009-08) = ARAM QUARTET – Il Pericolo è il Mio Mestiere {5}
7] 1 (2009-12) = PAOLA & CHIARA – Emozioni {4}
8] 1 (2009-10) = XELA – Venus De Ceniza {3}
9] 0 (2009-11) = GET FAR – The Radio {2}
10] 0 (2009-01) = MATISSE – Come Puoi {1}
11] 0 (2009-07) = DOLCENERA – Il mio amore unico {-}
12] 0 (2009-02) = LE MANI – Il Giorno Migliore {-}

106 2009-03 PLANET FUNK – Lemonade
98 2009-06 SILVIA OLARI – Wise Girl
97 2009-05 ALESSANDRA AMOROSO – Find a way
82 2009-09 LACUNA COIL – Spellbound
75 2009-11 GET FAR – The Radio
68 2009-01 MATISSE – Come Puoi
63 2009-07 DOLCENERA – Il mio amore unico
63 2009-08 ARAM QUARTET – Il Pericolo è il Mio Mestiere
59 2009-04 MARGOT – America
52 2009-12 PAOLA & CHIARA – Emozioni
36 2009-10 XELA – Venus De Ceniza
8 2009-02 LE MANI – Il Giorno Migliore

CLASSIFICA FINALE – basata sul piazzamento nelle precedenti 4 graduatorie

  1. PLANET FUNK – Lemonade ( 10 + 12 + 12 + 6 ) = 40
  2. SILVIA OLARI – Wise Girl ( 12 + 10 + 6 + 12 ) = 40
  3. ALESSANDRA AMOROSO – Find a way ( 8 + 8 + 10 + 10 ) = 36
  4. LACUNA COIL – Spellbound ( 7 + 7 + 5 + 8 ) = 27
  5. GET FAR – The Radio ( 6 + 6 + 8 + 2 ) = 22
  6. MATISSE – Come Puoi ( 5 + 5 + 7 + 1 ) = 18
  7. MARGOT – America ( 2 + 2 + 3 + 7 ) = 14
  8. ARAM QUARTET – Il Pericolo è il Mio Mestiere ( 3 + 3 + 2 + 5 ) = 13
  9. DOLCENERA – Il mio amore unico ( 4 + 4 + 4 + 0 ) = 12
  10. PAOLA & CHIARA – Emozioni ( 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 ) = 7
  11. XELA – Venus De Ceniza ( 0 + 0 + 0 + 3) = 3
  12. LE MANI – Il Giorno Migliore ( 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 ) = 0

  1. PLANET FUNK – Lemonade
  2. SILVIA OLARI – Wise Girl
  3. ALESSANDRA AMOROSO – Find a way




Voti ricevuti a Dicembre 2009

23 12 2009

Le sorelle Iezzi conquistano la 20esima posizione con “Emozioni”, regalando all’Italia la decima Top20 del 2009. Un anno decisamente fortunato per l’Italia, che si è conquistata la 20esima posizione nel medagliere del The Countdown e la partecipazione al Best of 2009 con la canzone “Wise Girl” di Silvia Olari. Presto pubblicherò ulteriori dettagli in mmerito, ma nel frattempo elencherò qui sotto chi ha gradito la canzone di Paola & Chiara.

(12) Finland
(8) Brazil
(8) Norway
(7) Croatia
(7) Sweden
(4) Colombia
(4) Venezuela
(2) Morocco

Grazie a tutti voi per aver votato la mia canzone!





December 2009 results

23 12 2009

and here we go with the the results:
http://www.tummiweb.com/escnation/scorewiz/show.php?id=85507

I would be really mad if Inna won it, even though I loved the song, thanks God that situation was avoided! smile.gif
Btw, the new edition will not start right away, I’ll try to open it in 1 or 2 days, for now let’s focus on Showdown on The Countdown.

Here are the official results:

129 ( 1 ) Ireland – Westlife – What About Now (Manus)
123 ( 2 ) Australia – The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (Andrew)
119 ( 3 ) Estonia – Urban Symphony – Päikese poole (Ergo)
116 ( 4 ) Romania – Inna – Amazing (Valentin)
111 ( 5 ) Canada – You Say Party! We Say Die! – Laura Palmer’s Prom (Elia)
97 ( 6 ) United Kingdom – Jade Ewen – My Man (Martin)
96 ( 7 ) Slovenia – Perpetuum Jazzile – Africa (Urban)
95 ( 8 ) Sweden – BWO – Rise To The Occasion (Liza)
91 ( 9 ) Denmark – Kashmir – Mouthfull Of Wasps (Frederik)
87 ( 10 ) USA – Daughtry – No Surprise (Daniel)
87 ( 11 ) Belgium – Kate Ryan – Évidemment (2N Remix) (Frederic)
82 ( 12 ) New Zealand – Anika Moa – Standing In This Fire (Debbie)
79 ( 13 ) Iceland – Feldberg – Don’t Be A Stranger (Helgi)
77 ( 14 ) Mexico – Paulina Rubio – Algo de ti (Leonado)
77 ( 15 ) Finland – G-Powered – Kohti unelmaa (Juho)
69 ( 16 ) Poland – Ania Wyszkoni – Zakochaj nas (Marco)
67 ( 17 ) Norway – Anne Hvidsten – Probably Nothing (Stian)
66 ( 18 ) Israel – Avihu – Ada’in shelach (Raz)
64 ( 19 ) Greece – Anna Vissi – Fabulous (Babis)
52 ( 20 ) Italy – Paola & Chiara – Emozioni (Antonio)
44 ( 21 ) Ukraine – Okean Elzy – Ya tak hochu… (Evgen)
44 ( 22 ) Switzerland – Florian Ast & Katharina Michel – Alles eis ding (Giacomo)
39 ( 23 ) El Salvador – Jenna Jacobsen – Viento de Enero (Humberto)
38 ( 24 ) Bulgaria – Miro – Ubivame s lubov (Nevena)
33 ( 25 ) Argentina – La Mosca Tsé-Tsé – Por eso a dónde vas yo voy (Gastón)
31 ( 26 ) Austria – Falco – The Spirit Never Dies (Jeanny Final) (Peter)
31 ( 27 ) Azerbaijan – Red Sky – Irresistible Desire (Said)
31 ( 28 ) Germany – Anna-Maria Zimmermann – 1000 Träume weit (Torneró) (Daniel)
30 ( 29 ) Brazil – Pitty – Me adora (Marcos Henrique)
30 ( 30 ) Croatia – Feminnem – Sve što ostaje (Boris)
28 ( 31 ) France -M- – Mister mystère (Lionel)
24 ( 32 ) Moldova – Eugen Doibani – Destination Ibiza (Ion)
23 ( 33 ) Georgia – Nini Shermadini – Maints dagitsdi (Zako)
22 ( 34 ) Portugal – Os Golpes – A Marcha dos Golpes (Edgar)
22 ( 35 ) Iran – Soheil Nafisi – Del kharab (Sohrab)
17 ( 36 ) Spain – The Sunday Drivers – I (Yolanda)
16 ( 37 ) Morocco – Hasna Zalagh – Mertaha maak (Khalil)
14 ( 38 ) Algeria – Milano – 1 2 3 Viva Algérie (Nabil)
13 ( 39 ) Serbia – Zemlja Gruva – Da bi nam (Jeff)
12 ( 40 ) Colombia – Siam – Quizás debió llover (Juan)
12 ( 41 ) Malaysia – Siti Nurhaliza – Ku percaya ada cinta (Freddie)
8 ( 42 ) Venezuela – Bueninvento – Betamaxxx (José)
8 ( 43 ) Hungary – Milli ChaB – Sweet Flower (Balázs)

As always, the overall results are determined by the highest number of voters, then highest number of voting juries, then the highest number of 12s, 10s, 8s, etc. Romania and New Zealand end up with -12 points for not voting,





PAOLA & CHIARA – Emozioni

1 12 2009

http://www.paolaechiara.it/
http://www.myspace.com/paolachiara

Italian, sisters, singers, songwriters and producers of thier own records. They started in 1997 and released 6 records for SonyMusic. In 1997 they also opened the concert of Michael Jackson in Milan, San Siro Stadium. They had many smash hits in their country and also in Europe and some countries around the world (Top Ten in Spain,100,000 copies in Germany,their best selling album”Television” was released also in Canada,Saudi Arabia,Turkey,Sweden,Belgium,Russia and many other countries). The biggest worldwide hit is VAMOS A BAILAR (ESTA VIDA NUEVA). Their music style is a mix of Pop, House, Latin and electronic influences. They’ve been photographed by famous photographers like Rankin and Fabrizio Ferri. In their career they used to work with famous producers and musicians. Italian and international as Wil Malone And The London Session Orchestra, Phil Palmer (George Michael,Robbie williams), Hugh Burns(George Michael), Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd/Michael Jackson), Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet/He wrote the english version of Vamos a bailar), Billy Steinberg (Madonna/He wrote the lyrics for Festival english version), Andrea Zuppini, Massimo Luca, Rapino Bros, Saverio Porciello, PiCosta, Lele Melotti and many others. For the last six years their production team has been made up of the two sisters, two great producers and friends Roberto Baldi and Michele Monestiroli. The forth-coming album is produced by Paola&Chiara and Michele Monestiroli. The album will contains collborations with some of the best Djs.The forthcoming single Vanity&Pride,produced by Tommy V and Keller is remixed by Felix Da Housecat, MastickSoul(J.Timberlake) and many others amazing italian Djs.





The Countdown – December 2009

29 11 2009

Welcome back to the USA for the December 2009 edition of The Countdown. This time we are visiting the Pacific Northwest or Cascadia (if you prefer). As we are huge fans of nature, we will feature of of the most amazing green areas in the US of A: The Olympic National Park.



and the finale is taking place in the severe yet so gorgeous community: Rialto Beach, Washington.

Let’s meet our 43 HOT contestants. Passive participants this month are Cyprus, Netherlands and Russia.

Algeria – Milano – 1 2 3 Viva Algérie
Argentina – La Mosca Tsé-Tsé – Por eso a dónde vas yo voy
Australia – The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
Austria – Falco – The Spirit Never Dies (Jeanny Final)
Azerbaijan – Red Sky – Irresistible Desire
Belgium – Kate Ryan – Évidemment (2N Remix)
Brazil – Pitty – Me adora
Bulgaria – Miro – Ubivame s lubov
Canada – You Say Party! We Say Die! – Laura Palmer’s Prom
Colombia – Siam – Quizás debió llover
Croatia – Feminnem – Sve što ostaje
Denmark – Kashmir – Mouthfull Of Wasps
El Salvador – Jenna Jacobsen – Viento de Enero
Estonia – Urban Symphony – Päikese poole
Finland – G-Powered – Kohti unelmaa
France -M- – Mister mystère
Georgia – Nini Shermadini – Maints dagitsdi
Germany – Anna-Maria Zimmermann – 1000 Träume weit (Torneró)
Greece – Anna Vissi – Fabulous
Hungary – Milli ChaB – Sweet Flower
Iceland – Feldberg – Don’t Be A Stranger
Iran – Soheil Nafisi – Del kharab
Ireland – Westlife – What About Now
Israel – Avihu – Ada’in shelach
Italy – Paola & Chiara – Emozioni
Malaysia – Siti Nurhaliza – Ku percaya ada cinta
Mexico – Paulina Rubio – Algo de ti
Moldova – Eugen Doibani – Destination Ibiza
Morocco – Hasna Zalagh – Mertaha maak
New Zealand – Anika Moa – Standing In This Fire
Norway – Anne Hvidsten – Probably Nothing
Poland – Ania Wyszkoni – Zakochaj nas
Portugal – Os Golpes – A Marcha dos Golpes
Romania – Inna – Amazing
Serbia – Zemlja Gruva – Da bi nam
Slovenia – Perpetuum Jazzile – Africa
Spain – The Sunday Drivers – I
Sweden – BWO – Rise To The Occasion
Switzerland – Florian Ast & Katharina Michel – Alles eis ding
Ukraine – Okean Elzy – Ya tak hochu…
United Kingdom – Jade Even – My Man
USA – Daughtry – No Surprise
Venezuela – Bueninvento – Betamaxxx

Downloads:

Google :
http://groups.google.ca/group/ourmusiccomp…ion/files?hl=en
http://groups.google.ca/group/ourmusiccomp…on2/files?hl=en
http://groups.google.ca/group/thecountdownc/files?hl=en

Individual files that are over 10MB can’t be uploaded on google :
http://www.sendspace.com/file/z5hzzk (Denmark)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/opwg88 (Ukraine)

Megaupload :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I2JMTKDH

Sendspace :
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8krl2n

Deadlines:
The deadline to vote in this edition and to send your songs for The Countdown January is 2010 on the 22nd of December (that is a Tuesday) at 23:59 (CET).





Preselezioni Novembre 2008 – Vota adesso!

4 10 2008

Chi lo avrebbe mai detto qualche mese fa che le preselezioni italiane sarebbero cresciute così tanto? Questa volta abbiamo 10 contendenti, tutti molto diversi fra di loro. Ora la parola a voi: esprimete la vostra presenza adesso.





Paola e Chiara – Vanity & Pride

1 10 2008

Le sorelle Iezzi approdano alle preselezioni italiane di Novembre 2008 di The Countdown con il loro ultimo singolo “Vanity & Pride” pubblicato lo scorso Giugno, estratto dal loro ormai navigato ultimo album ‘Win the game’.

http://www.paolaechiara.it/
http://www.myspace.com/paolaechiara