Today we can reveal exclusively that Swedish popstar Måns Zelmerlöw will perform at the Eurovision Promo Concert in Amsterdam. The 2007 and 2009 Melodifestivalen finalist will perform during the afterparty of the Dutch event which takes place on April 18.
Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw ended up fourth in this year's Melodifestivalen with the song Hope and glory. Two years ago he took part as well finishing third with the song Cara Mia, whichturned out to winthe international OGAE Second Chance competition. Recently Måns releaseda brandnew album calledMZW which contains 12 new songs. Of course Hope and glory can be found on the album as well.
Preliminary to the concert in Amsterdam, there will be a day programme in Dutch residence city The Hague. All international delegations will be welcomed by the city's depute mr. Frits Huffnagel. Right after, the Dutch representatives in Moscow, De Toppers, will host the delegationsduring an open bustour through The Hague. The programme will be concluded by a visit to Madurodam, a miniature city which reflects all the interesting sites of the Netherlands. The city of The Hague already started preparations and safety measuresfor the event because of the expected public interest.
The following 22 countrieshave beenconfirmed already for Eurovision in Concert:
- Serbia: Marko Kon & Milan Nikolic – Cipela
- Spain: Soraya – La noche es para mí
- Albania: Kejsi Tola – Carry me in your dreams
- Moldova: Nelly Ciobanu – Hora din Moldova
- United Kingdom: Jade – My time
- Lithuania: Sasha Son – Love
- Iceland: Yohanna – Is it true
- Slovakia: Kamil Mikulcík & Nela Pocisková – Let' tmou
- Poland: Lidia Kopania – I don't wanna leave
- Belgium: Patrick Ouchène – Copycat
- Ukraine: Svetlana Loboda – Be my valentine (Anti-crisis girl)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Regina – Bistra Voda
- Belarus: Petr Elfimov – Eyes that never lie
- Cyprus: Christina Metaxa – Firefly
- Slovenia: Quartissimo –Love symphony
- Ireland: Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy – Et cetera
- Bulgaria: Krassimir – Illusion
- Denmark: Niels Brinck – Believe again
- Armenia: Inga & Anush – Jan jan
- Romania: Elena Gheorghe – The Balkan girls
- Montenegro: Andrea Demirovic – Just geo out of my life
- Malta: Chiara – What if we
In the next few days the organisation hopes to reveal the last participating countries.
Tickets sales
Tickets can be purchasedvia the special website www.eurovisioninconcert.com. Tickets for the concert will be priced at EURO 20,00 in presale, and EURO 25,00 at the doors of Amsterdam Marcanti. Press accreditation can be requested on the website as well.