3 Romania - Playing With Fire - Paula Seling & Ovi

3 - 162 pts / 04 - 104 pts in semi 2
Paula Seling and Ovidiu Cernăuţeanu (Ovi Martin) won the Romanian final with the song Playing With Fire. The song is written by Ovi.
Paula Seling had two songs in the final, the other being It's Not Too Late a duet with Kamara Ghedi. You can listen to both at Paula Selings website.

A and A records (Warner) have releasedan album Playing With Fire with the Eurovision entry, two remixes and four solo tracks by Paula and Ovi each.
A promo cdsingle has the ESC entry plus 2 solo tracks by each performer.
Another promo from Finland has Radio version, Fly DJ's remix, Singback (Karaoke) and Instrumental (AXR Music AXRPR 118)

An odd release is the new Make Your Own Remix kit of Playing With Fire. It has 7 basic tracks to make your own remix. It's for sale at iTunes, e-music but at the price it's sold for and considering you have to make music out of it yourself it gets a bit of thumbs down here at the Oslo Collection. Now give us a cdsingle, now!

Charts
Sweden top 60: 30, 29, -
Switzerland top 75: 51, -
Norway top 20: 12, -

- versions -
Playing With Fire - Eurovision version ♫
Playing With Fire - Fly DJs remix
Playing With Fire - Wind and Fire remix
Playing With Fire - Original version
Playing With Fire - karaoke
Playing With Fire - Instrumental

Playing With Fire is also included on the re-issued Ovi albym This Gig Almost Killed Me. The album was originally released februari 2009. It also includes Ovi's preselection hit Seven Seconds from the Norwegian final of 2009. (Musikkoperatørene AS - DACD 557)

2014
Paula and Ovi tried again in 2014 with Miracle.
The Miracle cdsingle and one of the promo includes Playing With Fire as an extra track.

Paula Seling in the Romanian national finals.
2008: Seven Days (3rd)
2004: Perfect (6th)
2003: Let's Go! (3rd)
1998: Te Iubesc (I love you) (4th)
Ovi Martin was in last years Norwegian final with Seven Seconds, but didn't make it to the top 4. in 2006 he reached the second chance round with The Better Side Of Me.

TVR has all the National final songs including the winner available at www.tvr.ro/eurovision, (click on Concurenti) You can also check out the new official video.
Paula Seling homepage.
Paula Seling American website
Romania in 2009

16 Albania - It's All About You - Juliana Pasha

16 - 62 pts / 6 - 76 pts in semi 1
Juliana Pasha won the 48th Festival i Këngës with the song Nuk Mundum Pa Ty (lit: Can't Without You) and will represent Albania in Oslo.
It's All About You is the title of the English version first performed on a TV show. The song is performed in a revamped version in English at the contest.
Nuk Mundem Pa Ty is written by Ardit Gjebrea and Pirro Çako.

Pictured top right is the promo DVD with the videoclip of It's All About You.
There's also a promo cds with the new version and a backing track versions. Both discs were joined in one sleeve for Oslo promotion.

Before Nuk Mundum Pa Ty Juliana participated 7 times in the RTSH song Festival.
The Albanian contest first aired in 1966 and has been the Eurovision supplier since 2004.
At the 4 day Festival bonanza the song was also performed by Juliana Pasha with Soni Malaj on the special duets evening. (Youtube).

You can read more about the Albanian festivals sometimes even gruesome history at its Wiki.

- versions -
It's All About You - English Eurovision version ♫ & promo cds
Nuk Mundem Pa Ty - original albanian version
It's All About You - First English version
It's All About You - backing track promo cds
It's All About You - Instrumental (source unknown)
You can get two versions at Juliana's Facebook.

Special thanks to RTSH

RTSH - Official National Final Website
Tubes of the Albanian entry
Albania in 2009

Albania - It's All About You - Juliana Pasha

This is the old (pre-Eurovision) page. Please go to the updated Juliana Pasha page here