Eurovision Extra

**Eurovision Extra** is the segment of Arcade Music Top 40, This segment is focused on Unknown Eurovision personalities that never see or heard of that appeared on Jonathan Vautrey's New Music section on Wiwibloggs every Sunday night, The personalities involved are from Contestants from the Main Eurovision song contest, Junior Eurovision and the National Finals.

The artists are called *Unknown Eurovision Artist* or *UEA*, and this not included mastermind or Lead songwriters.

## Notable artists

### Main contests

* Ruslan Alekhno-"Hasta La Vista" (2008 Belarussian representative, finished 17th in the semi-finals)
* Bermudu Divstūris-"Angels in Disguise" (2011 Latvian representatives as Musiqq, Finished 17th in the semi-finals)
* Beth-"Dime" (2003 Spanish representative, finished 8th, dubbed as "*The UEA Cover Girl*")
* DJ Bobo "Vampires are Alive" (2007 Swiss representative, finished 20th in the semifinals)
* Eva Boto "Verjamem" (2012 Slovene representative, finished 17th in the semifinals)
* Intars Busulis- "Probka" (2009 Latvian representative, Finished last in the Semifinals)
* Closeau "Geef het op" (1991 Belgian representative, finished 16th)
* ConnectR-"Loca" (2006 Moldavian representative, as part of Arsenium, finished 20th)
* Luka Cruysberghs-(2020 Belgian representative, as part of Hooverphonic, Cancelled)
* Sergio Dalma-"Bailar Pegados" (1991 Spanish representative, finished 4th)
* Kenan Doğulu-"Shake It Up Şekerim" (2007 Turkish representative, finished 4th)
* ela.- "Is it right" (2014 German representative as Elaiza finished 18th)
* Patrick Fiori-"Mama Corsica" (1993 French representative, finished 4th)
* Aurela Gaçe- "Feel the Passion" (2011 Albanian representative, finished 14th in the 1st semifinals)
* Elena Gheorghe: "Balkan Girls" (2009 Romanian representative, finished 19th)
* Sarit Hadad: "Light a Candle" (2005 Israeli representative, finished 4th)
* Gerard Joling: "Shangri-La" (1988 Dutch representative, finished 9th)
* Goran Karan: "Kada Zaspu Andeli" (2000 Croatian representative, finished 9th)
* Tina Karol- "Show Me Your Love" (2006 Ukrainian representative, finished 7th)
* Dmitry Koldun
* Lidia Kopania- "I Don't Wanna Leave" (2009 Polish representative, finished 12th in the Semifinals)
* Lenny Kuhr- "De troubadour" (1969 Dutch representative, Co-Winner)
* Svetlana Loboda (2009 Ukrainian representative, finished)
* Miro- "Angel si ti" (2010 Bulgarian representative, finished 15th in semifinals)
* Sarah McTernan- "22" (2019 Irish representative)
* Max Mutzke-"Can't Wait Until Tonight" (2004 German representative, finished 8th)
* mor ve ötesi-"Deli" (2008 Turkish representative, finished 7th)
* Lior Narkis- "Words of Love" (2003 Israeli representative, finished 19th)
* Nico-"Pe-o margine de lume" (2008 Romanian representative, finished 20th)
* Boris Novković-"Vukovi umiru sami" (2005 Croatian representative, finished 11th)
* Natalia Podolskaya –"Nobody Hurt No One" (2005 Russian representative, finished 15th)
* Red Moon-"A Monster Like Me" (formerly known as Debra Scarlett, 2015 Norwegian representative, finished 8th)
* NOA and Mira Awad-"There Must Be The Other Way" (2009 Israeli representatives, finished 16th)
* Riskykidd-"Rise up"- (2014 Greek representative with Freaky Fortune, finished 20th)
* Magdi Rúzsa-"Unsubstantial Blues" (2007 Hungarian representative, finished 9th)
* Samira Said - "Bitakat Hob" (Only representative from Morocco in 1980)
* Soraya- "La noche es para mi" (2009 Spanish representative, finished 24th)
* Justyna Steczkowska: "Sama" (1995 Polish representative, finished 18th)
* Olga Seryabkina and Elena Temnikova-"Song #1" (Members of Serebro, 2007 Russian representatives, finished Third)
* Dian Solo-"DJ, Take Me Away" (Member of Deep Zone, 2008 Bulgarian representative, finished 11 in the 2nd semifinals)
* Natasha St-Pier-"Je n'ai que mon âme" (2001 French representative, finished 4th)
* The Starlings (Member Tom Dice is the 2010 Belgian Representative with "Me and My Guitar" finished 6th, However finish 2nd in the 2023 Belgian National Finals with "Rollercoaster" earn them as "Frenchbusters")
* Magdalena Tul-"Jestem" (2011 Polish representative, finished last in the first semifinal)
* Jeroen van der Boom-"Shine" (2009 Dutch representatives, finished 17th in the 2nd semifinals)
* Amaury Vassili- "Sognu" (2011 French representative, finished 15th)
* Michał Wiśniewski (2003 and 2006 Polish representative as a member of Ich Troje)

### National finals

* Aitana-"Arde" (2018 Spanish National finalist, finished 2nd, Featurette for Katy Perry's Resilient which previously appeared in Baguio's K-Lite charts.)
* Max Barskih-"Dance" (2012 Ukraine National finalist, finished 2nd)
* Big Daddy Karsten- "Smile" (2021 Melodi Grand Prix Contestant)
* Carina Dahl-"Hold Me Down" (Three-time Melodi Grand Prix participant)
* Jerry Heil
	+ "Vegan" (2020 Vidbir finalist)
	+ "When God Shut the Door" (2023 Vidbir, finished 3rd)
* ILIRA-"Home" (2011 Swiss National finalist, finished 3rd)
* Jaguar Jonze
	+ "Rabbit Hole" (2020 Australian National finalist, finished 6th)
	+ "Little Fires" (2022 Australian National finalist, finished 3rd)
* The Starlings-"Rollercoaster" (Belgian National finalists, finished 2nd and earn them as "Frenchbusters")

### Junior Eurovision

* Femke Meines-"Tik Tak Tik" (2012 Dutch representative for Junior Eurovision Song Contest, finished 7th)

## Trivia

* The earliest representative is Lenny Kuhr (The Netherlands 1969,  (1950-02-22) February 22, 1950 (age 73)), she is also the Oldest and the only winner in the Unknown Eurovision artists.
* Most prominent year is 2009, There are Eight representing Seven countries, Noa and Mira Awad representing Israel, Intars Busulis representing Latvia, Soraya Arnelas representing for Spain, Elena Gheorghe for Romania, Lidia Kopania for Poland, Jeroen van den Boom of the Netherlands as member of "De Toppers" and Loboda for Ukraine, followed by 2011 with four.
* The most recent UEA is Elisa who representing Portugal in Last year's cancelled contest.
* Latvia in 2009 and Poland in 2011 were finished last in the respective semifinals.

## See Also

* List of Unrecognized songs by Eurovision artists
* Arcade Musicians-UEA comparisons