Did you hear? Eurovision tidbits, week 50

Somewhat delayed, but here it is; your weekly collection of "not so breaking" news from all corners of the Euroverse! Christmas and baby bumps are all around! When you (that would be me, btw) are a teacher, the weeks leading up to Christmas are pretty busy, what with grades, reports and all kinds of evaluations that need to be completed before the holiday. And especially when you (again; I) decide to take the final three days off to head to Iceland... Not an excuse, but a bit of an explanation as to why you had to wait until today for your weekly dose of tidbits from across the Euroverse. Christmas on the children's ward! Not everybody will go home for Christmas. This is true for many of the children in Astrid Lindgren Children's hospital in Solna, Sweden. Kristin Kaspersen, daughter of Lill-Babs (who represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest in 1961) recently organized a Christmas consert for the children. She was joined by a host of great singers, several of whom have participated in Eurovision and Melodifestivalen. How many familiar faces can you find in this photo? https://www.instagram.com/p/BrfKJYPHHy0/ Slavko is a prima ballerina! Not only is he a talented singer, a disco king and an amazingly nice guy; Slavko Kalezic is now also a prima ballerina! Having done no ballet before, in just a few months he managed to do *this*! https://www.instagram.com/p/BrfWpLKgmV9/ Barei...again! And like last time; I can't promise it's the last time either! This woman is just getting more and more impossibly beautiful with every day that passes. I'm almost dreading the day she's no longer pregnant; her Instagram these days is the definition of beauty! https://www.instagram.com/p/BrgBqqlHDmD/ A Northern Norwegian fountain of wisdom! On top of being massively cool, an amazing singer, songwriter and performer and also intensely funny, Ida Maria is a very wise woman. Just check out some of her nuggets of wisdom below! (I'm sorry (not really!) for including so many; and still it hurt to leave out this. And several others.) https://www.instagram.com/p/BDDjHJ1LFMl/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BHLM8v3gByR/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BL7G-Z0gxdk/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BrS9e0OHRL0/ Alexander + Elina = wow! Alexander Rybak loves working with other artists, and his next partner is none other than Estonia's super soprano Elina Nechayeva! They will perform a classical/pop concert in the Czech Republic in February, and I for one can not wait to hear the result of this partnership. In December however, Alexander has been super busy playing Christmas music in churches all over Norway, and also taking part in various Christmas TV-shows. https://www.instagram.com/p/BriOWXkHmQi/ Robin just had to! Go up on stage and join the band on a night out, that is! Some people just love singing so much that they just can't resist joining in whenever they get the chance! https://www.instagram.com/p/BrhfzLIAnCb/ Santa Monika! Sorry; I just HAD to! Monika Linkyte looks amazing in anything; even dressing up as Santa Claus! https://www.instagram.com/p/BrhiWkeAES3/ Netta's year keeps getting better! 2018 has been quite the year for Netta. She won Eurovision, has toured extensively, reached almost 30 million streams on Spotify, became the most played Eurovision winner on Youtube...I could go on and on! This week she also received the award for "Toy" being the most watched Youtube video in Israel! I can't wait to hear what she comes up with next! https://www.instagram.com/p/BrfyPwqDZwW/ Music with your burger? If that sounds like something you'd appreciate, I recommend you head to Iceland, especially in the weeks leading up to Christmas! The burger chain Hamborgarafabrikkan (The Hamburger Factory) invite various artists to come play mini lunch concerts in their restaurants, and this year they include names like Svala and Ágústa Eva (aka Silvia Night). https://www.instagram.com/p/BriTpOvl6vB/ Ágústa Eva also seems to be raising an addition to the next generation Icelandic singers. How adorable is this? https://www.instagram.com/p/BreNW4hg6ga/ Hovig; voice and piano Hovig is, like many of us, preparing to have himself a merry little Chrismas. Unlike most of us (at least me!) he is able to share his wish with the world in this beautiful way! I can't wait to hear the rest! https://www.instagram.com/p/BrfrUlRHGuy/ Tamara's baby bump! Tamara Milanova (aka Tako Gachechiladze) is sporting an absolutely gorgeous baby bump these days! And in the general Christmas spirit that is in the air at the moment, she decided to wrap it in red. #toobeautiful (I actually have no idea whether she wore red because of Christmas, but I like the idea!) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrNq5KRAcUF/ The longest pregnancy ever? As with Barei, I have brought you a couple of updates on Stafanía's baby bump too. I wasn't gonna mention it again, until there was a baby to show for it, but her latest Instagram just had me in fits! I really hope she doesn't have to wait much longer! https://www.instagram.com/p/BrSC5OHAipH/ That's it for now! For more Christmas joy, music, babies (hopefully) and other cute/fun/interesting/random tidbits; join us again on Sunday! Oh; and don't forget to join in this year's Prediction game and vote in the escXtra Awards!

Barei…again!

A Northern Norwegian fountain of wisdom!

Wivian Renee Kristiansen

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Barei…again!

A Northern Norwegian fountain of wisdom!

Wivian Renee Kristiansen

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