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This week's video is the Spanish version of Fuego (which is "Fire" in Spanish" by Eleni Foureira . The English version was Cyprus' entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest , and it came 2nd.  This is the full Spanish version and it's a lyric video. Watch the music video for the English version of Fuego here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/05/countdown-to-eurovision.html And you can see Eleni's Eurovision performance here:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/05/selection-of-eurovision-songs.html

It's been a while since I've posted some dance videos and also I'm going to a belly dance show tonight, so I thought it would be good to do another dance themed post. :) First up is a belly dance fusion choreography to the song Tareefan from the  upcoming Bollywod film Veere Di Wedding , starring Kareena Kapoor Khan , Sonam Kapoor (also known as Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, she is the daughter of actor Anil , and I think she and Kareena are distantly related), Swara Bhaskar and Shika Talsania .  It's performed by Team Naach, a dance duo made up of Nicole and Sonal.                                        Follow Team Naach at these links: YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwd-Oa3SpLAwZWqZJBQdEpw FB page: https://www.facebook.com/teamnaach For more on Veere Di Wedding (which is due out on 2nd June) check out this link: Hindustan Times article Next are a couple of dances to Aashiq Banaya Aapne from the Bollywood movie Hate Story IV. This

Today's video is Like That, the latest single by Chinese Canadian singer (and former EXO member) Kris Wu . It was released on 22nd May and went to Number One on US iTunes. The video features New Zealand supermodel Stella Maxwell . For more EXO and Kris check out this post: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/weekly-music-video_16.html

Sorry the post is later this week, I've had some computer trouble. Hopefully it's sorted now though. :) Jennifer Lopez has some new music out. The songs are in Spanish and will likely be on her upcoming 2nd Spanish album , Por Primera Vez (For the First Time). First  up is the video for El Anillo (which translates as "The Ring". It was released digitally on 26th April. This is Dinero (Money)  featuring American rapper Cardi B and Amerucan DJ, record producer and rapper Dj Khaled. It's about wanting money! Dinero was released on 17th May. There doesn't appear to be a video yet, just an audio but I'll update if there is one in future. :) Update 24/5/18: There's now a video for Dinero: Want more J.Lo? Visit these posts: Top 10 J.Lo Songs: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/top-10-jennifer-lopez-songs.html More J.Lo Songs: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/more-jlo-songs.html Same Girl video:  http://sta

Today's music video is Duy Beni by Nihan Akın. She's a Turkish singer and her music releases include EPs Gel Barışalım Artık and Sarki Listesi (2015),  and singles Buz and Terki Diyar. Duy Beni is Nihan's latest single. I think Duy Beni translates as "Hear Me" in English. The video was uploaded to YouTube on  4th May. For more Nihan visit these links: Official site (Turkish language):  http://nihanakin.com.tr Official FB (Turkish with English translation): https://www.facebook.com/nihanakinofficial/ Instragram:  https://www.instagram.com/nihanakin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nihanakn    Turkish music fan? Check out this post: http://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/new-turkish-music.html P.S. On Saturday I watched Eurovision . I have often liked Turkey's entries but they haven't taken part for several years, due to disagreement with competition changes . My favourite was Cyprus with Eleni Foureira's Fuego and I voted fo

Eurovision is here again! Last week I did a post called Countdown to Eurovision! which you can read here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/05/countdown-to-eurovision.html As mentioned in that one, this week I'm doing a more in depth post. The 63rd Eurovision Song Contest   Grand Final will be held tomorrow, Saturday 12th May in Lisbon, Portugal,  due to Portugal's win last year with Salvador Sobral's Amar Pelos Dois . It was the first time Portugal won. :) The UK's entry is SuRie with Storm. This wasn't my favourite song in the Eurovision You Decide competition, but of course I hope she does well! You can watch the music video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K--kIdOpbJM Now here is a selection of Eurovision songs from the previous year's contest and this year's. :) 2017 Origo- Joci  Pápai (Hungary) In 2017's post Current Faves and Past Contestants I shared my favourite acts from last year. One of them which I didn't s

Today's video is One Kiss by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa .  The single was released last month and I included the lyric video in April's New Music/Videos post , but the music video has come out at the beginning of this month. One Kiss is the 2nd single from Calvin's 6th studio album, yet to be released. It has a nice, summery vibe. Dua fan? Check out these links: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/04/more-dua-lipa-videos.html https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/06/new-dua-lipa-album.html

It's Eurovision season! The 63rd Eurovision Song Contest will be held on Saturday 12th May in Lisbon, Portugal, since Portugal won last year with Salvador Sobral's Amar Pelos Dois. (How is it almost a year since he won?! Feels like yesterday!). Next week I'll do a more in-depth post, but for now here are a few Eurovision related links. :) Back in February the UK held our Eurovision selection contest Eurovision: You Decide and the winner was SuRie who will enter with the song Storm.  Read more about SuRie and her entry here: https://eurovision.tv/story/surie-to-represent-the-united-kingdom-eurovision-2018 Here is my Eurovision Round-up post from last year, listing every year's post up to 2016: https://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/eurovision-round-up.html And here is 2017's post: https://starsparklex.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/eurovision-faves-and-past-contestant.html Like last year, I'm only going to watch the Semi-Final that the UK can vote in (th

This week's  video is Bounce by Tanzanian singer Vanessa Mdee , featuring Maua Sama and Tommy Flavour. It samples Jamaican singer and rapper Wayne Wonder's Bounce Along (another song I like) and the video was uploaded to YouTube in November. Bounce is on Vanessa's debut album Money Mondays which was released in January. Also check out  the video for Vanessa's latest single Wet featuring G. Nako here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU89jFezPko