Maria also participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2009, singing " Killing Me Tenderly", with Anna Sahlene. Maria was a co-host (together with Per Sundnes) of Melodi Grand Prix 2009, in which Alexander Rybak was selected as Norway's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Maria and the song did very well in the final, ending up in fifth place. The song finished fourth in the first semi-final and qualified for the final, which took place on 24 May. In the final on 9 February, she received the highest number of votes from both the televoting and the jury, which made her the Norwegian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, which was held in Belgrade, Serbia. Maria entered the qualifying rounds of the Melodi Grand Prix 2008 on 18 January and was voted through directly to the national final. Problems playing this file? See media help.
The Norwegian artist Mira Craig wrote the song " Hold On Be Strong" when she was 15 years old. "Should've" has the same chord structure as the Rolling Stones song " Beast of Burden" from their album Some Girls. She went on a four-month national tour to promote the album. The single "Breathing" peaked at number 5 and was certified Gold in Norway, while "Should've" peaked at number 20. She released her debut solo album in 2005, which peaked at number 13 on the Norwegian album charts. She took part in the Idol Tour 2004, along with other contestants in the top ten.
She has since performed in several musicals, both in the capital Oslo, and in the county Troms where she grew up.Īt the age of 24, she was part of Idol (Norway) in 2004, where she finished 6th. Maria and her family moved to Oslo for the musical, and when the show run was over, they moved back to Senja. She first received national media attention when she had her first musical role at the age of 11, with the lead in Annie, at the Bryggeteateret in Oslo (1991). Maria was born in Finnsnes, but grew up on the island of Senja, in Troms county, Norway. 1.4 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011.Ironically, the album has received a nod for Best Produced album at the upcoming Metro awards. I’m sad to say that the album doesn’t live up to its title or the very high hopes I had for it. Zano, you might be forgiven for thinking he had layered the tracks’ vocals over the instrumentals from Call Me, added some drums over the bridge and called it a day. In fact, listening to the last track, Hold Strong ft. The rest of the album left me feeling a little let down though, the last four tracks sound rushed, as if they weren’t properly mastered, and lack the subtle complexity and refinement I would have expected to hear from such a talented producer’s second effort. Other stand out tracks are Call Me, a brilliant rework of a Goldfish production ft Monique Hellenberg, as well as Yini Ngawe ft Shota which has been setting dance floors ablaze for a while now.Įlevation Album Podcast by Culoe De Song by Culoe De Song His trademark use of driving, earthy percussions, ethereal strings and chord progressions is still very much in evidence, especially on tracks like Let the Sunshine ft 340 ml and African Woman ft Ternielle Nelson. One of the defining characteristics of Culoe’s first album was the superb mixing of the tracks which gave the impression, from the very first listen that, while each track was a unique production, they were just meant to go together, like the score for a very modern remake of Shaka Zulu.Ĭuloe hasn’t managed to get that balance of harmony without homogeneity quite right this time. Elevation is the highly anticipated second studio album by the precociously gifted Culoe De Song, a follow up to his very aptly titled debut offering, A Giant Leap.