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We've started this week so nice with lip-synching but nice Roxette's performance in Germany so why not to continue with another one half-live visit outside but this time by E-Type.
In Autumn 2009 E-Type has become guest on big concert in Russia "Retro FM legends" every year collecting some stars from the past - local and international. In the end of year concert was shown on TV and we've just caught it. Yes, it's lip-synching but we don't complain as Martin always gives live for three vocal performers even without need to sing live for real.
You should also pay attention to girls - one of them is Play's Sanne and I'm gonna tell about other soon.

While I thought how to send you congratulations today Thomas di Leva has already done it better presenting title track of new album as special card for this case.
As I've missed album finding it difficult for me, I think it's a good reason to give a tip to all interested long time or after following Så Mycket Bättre this Autumn. So if you're interested how Thomas' new album "Hjärtat Vinner Alltid" (Heart Always Wins) sounds like you can check it here and new single "Välkommen hem" here.
However I prefer "Hjärtat Vinner Alltid" - nice melodic half-acoustic track, by the way you can already see here Anders "Maverick" Lundström (ex-Rednex), pity we haven't got anything after his brilliant debut solo-single "Pretending" but back to topic!
Happy Valentine's Day dear readers, hope you spend it with your sweethearts and if not - meet Thomas di Leva coming to get your heart instead!

Today we've got a new bunch of singles cover and Jesus!!! Don't Shirley's Angels look more and more stunning? Girls will participate already this Saturday with the song "I Thought It Was Forever" and really loud names in songwriters credits - Alexander Bard, Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström.
Angels' rival Simon Forsberg has not less massive support as Fredrik Kempe with the song "Tid att andas". This year it's gonna be the first Fredrik's song with Eric Saade's "Popular" in the same semifinal so it's gonna be also interesting. Due to description we expect Swedish answer to Didrik Solli-Tangen (and it's really good thing as Kempe-written "My Heart Is Yours" was our fave of Eurovision-2010).



Christian Walz getting to the top of iTunes-chart after his 5th place in semifinal with the song "Like Suicide" keeps fighting with Lady Gaga for #1 second day, Babsan has managed to get to Top-30 and Elisabeth Andreassen unfortunately couldn't reach Top-100 and has left chart along with Jonas Matsson and Rasmus Viberg. Dilba is #3 and Le Kid - #18.



And about Eric Saade, currently his site was updated presenting his new image and it looks a bit more stylish and definitely beefy. Confidently moving from manBOY to MANboy.

When new Roxette's album "Charm School" strongly keeps #1 of Swedish iTunes band seems to trying bring back all their fame in the rest of Europe making performances and gigs all around. One that caught our attention is from German TV, lypsynching but very nice visually and finally we didn't see Roxette performing "She's Got Nothing On (but the Radio)" on huge TV-show before, or we did? However guess where currently "Charm School" is in iTunes chart of Germany? Right! On #1 and as well in Top-10 of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain and Switzerland. Great job and nice start of new week!

OMG!!! What a scandal! 30-seconds sample of Love Generation's Melodifestivalen single "Dance Alone" was published on amazon.co.uk, you can listen to it here and if you don't - it's already taken out. It's really nothing like Gaga stuff, something much more dancey, with dark pulsing techno verses and then blasting pop-chorus (smelling a bit 90s eurodance), I can't directly compare it with anything from previous RedOne stuff.
Now it's really interesting what SVT will do with it. Year ago when samples of Sibel and Peter Jöback were published week earlier by mistake they were moved to release all the rest of samples so how they'll go out of this situation taking into account that Love Generation are ones of the biggest faves of competition and RedOne involvement in competition seemed so incredible?