Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Belgium - City Lights - Blanche

Digital release image
4 - 363 pts /4 - 165 pts in semi 1
RTBF, the Wallonian broadcaster for Belgium, selected Blanche as the singer to represent the country in Kyiv.
The song, City Lights, is written by Blanche and Pierre Dumoulin.
The song was released as a digital single on March 8

2019 remixes
Two remixes were released on July 23 2019.
The Gorje Hewek & Izhevski remix comes in a 4 minute mix and a 6:30 extended version.
Digital release (Anjunadeep)


Blanche (real name Ellie Delvaux) starred on the 2016 season of The Voice Belgique and made it to the live shows. She didn't proceed to the final.
Blanche is currently working on her debut EP which will undoubtedly include the Eurovision entry.

2019 remix DRI
Promo Issues
A 1-track promo (cd-r) was used in Kyiv but it's a low quality home made affair. Just a blank disc with a sticker in a plastic sleeve with printed insert in a thin plastic sleeve. (No record company mentioned on disc or sticker)
Easy to reproduce so beware of fakes. And spending a lot of cash on it is not a good idea anyway.
A French promo made for radio has the name and title printed on the disc and comes with a printed insert in a plastic sleeve. (Le Label/Pias promo)

An acoustic version of City Lights was released on July 14 (digital).

Versions
City lights - ESC/single version
- Kyiv 2CD
City lights - Acoustic
- digital single (july 14)
City lights - karaoke
- digital releases
City lights - Gorje Hewek & Izhevski remix
City lights - Gorje Hewek & Izhevski extended mix
- remixes are digital releases from 2019

DRI Acoustic version
Charts
Belgium top 100 (Flemish): 16, 12, 15, 16, 9, 17, 11, 16, 5, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 10, 10, 15, 19, 25, 32, 25, 33, 34, 28, 42, -
Belgium top 50 (Wallonian): 31, 30, 17, 14, 9, 9, 7, 5, 2, 2, 4, 7, 7, 14, 15, 24, 22, 48, 50, -
Sweden top 100: 18, 33, 53, 82, -
Netherlands top 100: 39, 97, -
Germany top 100: 38, -
Switzerland top 100: 24, -
France top 200: 35, -
Austria top 75: 14, 29, 39, 38, 55, 51, 49, 53, 57, 62, -
Portugal top 50: 20, 28, 45, -
Spain top 50: 21, -

Coverversion DRI
Coverversions
A dance version was made by Alex Rae ft. Carly Clare. Seven mixes were released through all your digital sources.
(Major Music, released 19-07-17)

South African singer Colé van Dais teamed up with her chum Sishana Kubheka and recorded City Lights in English and Xhosa for her album Colé and Friends.
Find out all about this album here at Eurocovers.


Links and sources
Thanks to Frank
Blanche: WebsiteFacebook
RTBF Eurovision pages
Belgiums latest hits: 20162015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009

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