Wikipedia:WikiProject Eurovision/News/Daily-News/Issue 3

Eurovision Daily News Update 17 August 2023 Recently in the news... Azerbaijan will close applications for their selection on September 30. Mae Muller has canceled her November tour. Belgium will choose their 2024 representative internally. EasyJet is launching a new route from the United Kingdom to the Icelandic city of Akureyri, near Húsavík. Happy birthday to... Katri Helena, Carrie Grant, Ilinca, Anton Lissov Did you know... The most covered Eurovision Song Contest song is Domenico Modugno's 'Nel blu, dipinto di blu (song)', also known as 'Volare'. The song has been covered by famous stars such as Dean Martin, Cliff Richard, David Bowie and many more. Eurovision entrant... Marion Welter (born 1965) is a Luxembourgish singer. When she was 15 years old, she became part of the band Quo vadis. She studied music in a music academy and has worked in several styles of music, such as classical music, pop and jazz. She represented Luxembourg with the band Kontinent in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in Malmö, performing the Luxembourgish song "Sou fräi" (As free). The song ended the contest in 21st place (out of 23 contestants) with 10 points. Before and during her performance, she had an acute attack of malaria that seemed like a severe migraine. She became infected with malaria during a vacation in Kenya in 1990.