Jedward debut their new Eurovision song, Simon discovers new Susan Boyle? Chart Update!
Jedward debut their 2012 Eurovision song: WATERLINE
Ireland: RTÉ announces song titles
The titles of the five songs in contention to represent Ireland in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest have been announced today. Tomorrow, February 9th, they will be premiered on the Radio 1’s Mooney Show.
The five songs in Ireland are (in running order):
Celtic Whisper with Maria McCool (mentored by Edele Barrett) – Mistaken (Edele Barrett)
Donna McCaul (mentored by Bill Hughes) – Mercy (Marten Ericsson, Peter Mansson, Lina Ericsson, Bill Hughes)
Andrew Mann (mentored by Greg French) – Here I am (Greg French)
Úna Gilbey & David Shannon (mentored by Julian Benson) – Language of love (Eanan Patterson, Julian Benson)
Jedward (mentored by Linda Martin) – Waterline (Nick Jarl)
Read more: ESCtoday
‘It would be Jepic’: Jedward hoping to return to Eurovision for second year running
Jedward have revealed they want to return to the Eurovision and this time the scary-haired twins want to win.
The siblings finished eighth for Ireland in last year’s competition in Düsseldorf with their song Lipstick.
Now the 20-year-old pair are one of five acts contending to win the right to fly the flag for the country in Azerbaijan in May.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Now THAT’S how to do maternity wear! Stacey Solomon shows off her pregnancy curves in a series of sexy gowns
Many women opt for loose-fitting clothing when they are pregnant.
But Stacey Solomon is showing no sign of toning down her glamorous image now she is pregnant, displaying her pregnancy curves in a series of evening dresses to mark her role as a judge for the Foxy Bingo Mum of the Year competition.
The 22-year-old star, who is due to give birth in early May, is seen wearing a plunging black number before changing into a blue dress with diamante detaling for the shoot.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Here in my car, I feel safest of all… JLS are left red-faced after police arrive at the scene of an alleged car accident
JLS were left a little red faced after police questioned them following an alleged car incident.
The boys, JB Gill, Oritse Williams, Aston Merrygold and Marvin Humes, spent the first part of the evening smiling at cameras with JB and girlfriend Chloe Tangney meeting Aston at the capital’s exclusive Rose nightclub.
But after an evening of revelry not even Tagney’s crazy green jeans could deflect attention away from Met police officers arriving on the scene after a drunken reveller apparently claimed one of the band had smashed into his car.
Read more: The Daily Mail
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: The special lights Simon Cowell uses on Britain’s Got Talent to give him that ‘healthy glow’
You’d think the layers of stage make-up might be enough.
But Simon Cowell has gone the extra mile to look good on television by having ‘special lights’ installed on Britain’s Got Talent.
The music mogul is the only judge to benefit from the trickery, having added strip lighting at his end of the table which helps gives him a ‘healthy glow’.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Cowell gives ITV an Electra shock by bringing former Baywatch star on to Britain’s Got Talent panel
He was the king of reality TV who could not put a foot wrong in the eyes of his ITV paymasters.
But Simon Cowell’s insistence on parachuting in former Baywatch star Carmen Electra from America to the panel of Britain’s Got Talent has widened a growing gulf between him and the channel.
He decided the former topless model — generally regarded as a talent-free zone — should remain a judge for the show’s London auditions in place of Amanda Holden, who had been declared ready to return to work by doctors after she nearly died giving birth.
My sources say ITV executives were ‘aghast’ at the decision and ‘horrified’ by Ms Electra’s below-par performance on the panel.
Read more: The Daily Mail
‘The baby’s got Simon’s hair!’ Amanda Holden jokes that Hollie takes after Cowell as she returns to Britain’s Got Talent panel
Move over Carmen, Amanda Holden is back in force.
Within moments of her Britain’s Got Talent return, she was joking that her new daughter has Simon Cowell’s hair and she is hoping the Syco boss will invest in Hollie’s future trust fund..
The music mogul couldn’t hide his excitement as he greeted his teacher’s pet with a giant teddy as she rejoined her co-judges at the Edinburgh auditions following the birth of her daughter Hollie Rose.
The mother-of-two, looking radiant in an orange blouse and perfectly coiffed hair, beamed as Simon, David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Declan Donnelly and Ant McPartlin welcomed her back.
Read more: The Daily Mail
‘It was like Susan all over again’: Simon Cowell finds another unlikely star at BGT auditions
It’s taken three years for it to happen, but Simon Cowell has found the new Susan Boyle.
The 52-year-old has apparently found the male version of the unlikely singing sensation in the form of 17-year-old Jonathan Antoine.
The shy, overweight teenager blew Cowell away with his audition on Britain’s Got Talent in London yesterday and reminded the music mogul of former winner Boyle.
Read more: The Daily Mail
The Hackney Heroine shines on Britain’s Got Talent as Simon Cowell calls her ‘fantastic’
A woman who was nicknamed the Hackney Heroine after last year’s riots has become the surprise sensation of Britain’s Got Talent.
Pauline Pearce was told by the hard to impress Simon Cowell that she had a wonderful singing voice as she was voted through to the next round of auditions.
The 46-year-old was given a second chance to perform after Simon, 52, said her first song choice was not quite right for her voice during the London auditions at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo.
Read more: The Daily Mail
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Irish Charts
Singles
6 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
7 Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight
24 One Direction – One Thing
28 Little Mix – Cannonball
42 Cher Lloyd – Want U Back
43 One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
Albums
6 Olly Murs – In Case You Didn’t Know
10 One Direction – Up All Night
25 Jedward – Victory
45 Rebecca Ferguson – Heaven
46 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
64 Cher Lloyd – Sticks + Stones
95 Mary Byrne – With Love
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The Official Charts
Singles
1 Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
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9 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
16 Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight
26 One Direction – One Thing
34 Rebecca Ferguson – Nothing’s Real But Love
41 One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
43 Cher Lloyd – Want U Back
66 JLS – Do You Feel What I Feel
73 Olly Murs – Heart Skips A Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks)
77 Kelly Clarkson – Mr. Know It All
93 Will Young – Jealousy
Albums
1 Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
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13 Olly Murs – In Case You Didn’t Know
15 One Direction – Up All Night
16 Rebecca Ferguson – Heaven
25 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
48 JLS – Jukebox
51 Will Young – Echoes
54 Olly Murs – Olly Murs
56 Cher Lloyd – Sticks + Stones
87 Matt Cardle – Letters
