Eurovision 2011 winner Eldar Gasimov and VoColor team up in the new single "Until the End"

Eurovision 2011 winner Eldar and VoColor team up in the new single
Saturday, 23 May 2020

  • The power of music to unite people and bring together acts and composers from different ends is undoubtful. And that exactly is the case for Georgios Kalapkidis, Vocolor,  and the ESC 2011 winner Eldar Gasimov, who have teamed up for their new song "Until The End".

     

     

     

     

     

     

     Eldar Gasimov,the Eurovision 2011 winner for Azerbaijan as part of the duo Ell & Nikki ( "Running Scared") is featuring the new song of Vocolor tilted "Until the end". The composition team of the song consists of Georgios Kalpakidis, who is behind  the lyrics and composition of the song along with Vocolor themselves. Vocolor is a Swedish-Greek project run by Sebastian Ekstrand and Nikos Sofis, with the first on contributing to music of the new song while the second to the lyrics. 

     

    Who are Vocolor 

    Vocolor is a EDM,Electronic, Pop project run by Sebastian Ekstrand, the vocalist of Metalcore band Escape the Day and Nikos Sofis, a Greek lyricist. The two of them first met and started working in early-2016, when the two got together to work on Ekstrand's solo single "Come To Me". Having collaborated well together, Sofis involved Ekstrand on the song "If I Could" for Moldovan artist Max Fall, a song that was submitted to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The same year, the two worked on Ekstrand's next solo single, "Hold On". During the same year, Ekstrand involved Sofis into the writing process of Escape the Day's comeback single "Breaking the Tide", released in early-2018.

    The two have also worked together on the song "Hypnotized", released in 2018 by popular Azerbaijani pop star Samra (Azerbaijan ESC 2016). In 2019, Ekstrand and Sofis collaborated once again and wrote the song "Stop Breathing" for Angelika Pushnova, who tried to represent her country, Belarus, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

    Nikos Sofis has been behind the lyrics of ESC preselection entries in several occasions , either alone or other lyristis or along with Sebastian Ekstrand and the thrid partner of the composition team, Georgios Kalpakidis, marking together a long list of Eurovision national finals in which the have taken part as composers or lyrists. You can take a look at their ESC preselction entries in the following board: 


    YearCountryArtistSongSongwritersResult 
    2014 Romania Romania Ovidiu Anton "Love Will Find A Way" Primož Poglajen, Erik Mjörnell, Michael Gunnarsson, Nikos Sofis –  
    2015 Belarus Belarus Alen Hit "Alive" Will Taylor, Nikos Sofis  
    Moldova Moldova Anewta C "Unshakable" Will Taylor, Nikos Sofis  
    Switzerland Switzerland Ryan Axisa "C'est Moi" Alex Leu, Ryan Axisa, Nikos Sofis  
    2016 Moldova Moldova Anna Gulko "Never Let Go" Will Taylor, Georgios Kalpakidis, Nikos Sofis 12th (Semifinal)
    Switzerland Switzerland Omar Naber "Take Me Far" Will Taylor, Nikos Sofis –  
    2017 Belarus Belarus Alen Hit "Let's Make A Party" Alen Hit, Nikos Sofis  
    Lithuania Lithuania Audrius Janonis "Run" Georgios Kalpakidis, Mickey Huskic, Nikos Sofis 8th (First Round)
    Moldova Moldova Dana Rogovski "Gave You Everything" Mattias Törnell, David Gällring, Nikos Sofis –  
    Moldova Moldova Max Fall "If I Could" Georgios Kalpakidis, Sebastian Ekstrand, Nikos Sofis  
    2018 Lithuania Lithuania Valdas Lacko "Dying Inside" Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson, Nikos Sofis 10th (First Round)
    Moldova Moldova Vera Țurcanu "Black Heart" Vera Țurcanu, David Gällring, Karl Sahlin, Nikos Sofis 2nd
    2019 Belarus Belarus Angelika Pushnova "Stop Breathing" Georgios Kalpakidis, Sebastian Ekstrand, Nikos Sofis –
    Iceland Iceland Ívar Daníels "Þú bætir mig" ("Make Me Whole") Stefán Þór Steindórsson, Richard Micallef, Nikos Sofis 3rd (Semifinal)
    Moldova Moldova Vera Țurcanu "Cold" Vera Țurcanu, David Gällring, Karl Sahlin, Nikos Sofis 3rd
    Poland Poland Clödie "Devil In Disguise" Linda Dahl, Jimmy Glavå, Peter Dahl, Nikos Sofis –
    2020 Belarus Belarus Angelika Pushnova "True Love" Oleg Sidorov, Anastasia Belyavskaya, Nikos Sofis 6th
    Belarus Belarus July "Every Hour" Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson, Nikos Sofis –
    Moldova Moldova Catarina Sandu "Die For You" Dimitri Stassos, Jennifer Aalto Kallunki, Nikos Sofis 4th
    Moldova Moldova Maxim Zavidia "Take Control" Maxim Zavidia, Alexey Streltsov, Nikos Sofis 3rd

     

    A few words about Georgios Kalpakidis

    Georgios Kalpakidis (aka Gorgi or GK)  is a Greek songwriter,composer,  former journalist, Radio & TV host, best known for having composed the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest entry for Moldova, "Stay" by Anna Odobescu.

    But even before that Kalpakidis has a long Eurovision related history and is no stranger to the Eurovision world. Georgios has been covering the Eurovision Song Contest as a journalist for radio and TV stations, magazines and newspapers from 2000 until 2008. In addition, Gorgi counts several entries in national selections, all over Europe. The following board reflects his remarkable involment in numrous ESC national selection entries across the continent. 

    YearCountryArtistSongResultMusic // Lyrics
    2004 Lithuania Lithuania EVA "Be My Baby" 10th Gorgi
    2005 Lithuania Lithuania EVA & Ceslovas Gabalis "I'll Be There"
    		 8th Gorgi
    2008 Lithuania Lithuania My Magic "Lady"
    		 5th (Semifinal) Gorgi // S. Engel
    Republic of Ireland Ireland Nikki Kavanagh "Destiny"
    		 – Gorgi
    Spain Spain Crystina Maez "Nuestro Destino" – Gorgi // Santana, Loredo
    2009 Poland Poland Nasty Ladies "For Once In My Life"
    		 – Gorgi
    Georgia (country) Georgia Tika Patsatsia "Miracle"
    		 4th Gorgi
    2010 Lithuania Lithuania Audrius Zavadskis "Right Now"
    		 8th (Semifinal) Gorgi
    Republic of Ireland Ireland Nikki Kavanagh "Sacred Fortune"
    		 – Gorgi
    2011 Switzerland Switzerland Evelyn Zangger "Who Do You Love?"
    		 – Gorgi
    Switzerland Switzerland Natalia Wohler "Voulez Vous"
    		 – Gorgi
    Moldova Moldova Marcel Rosca "Voulez Vous"
    		 – Gorgi
    Lithuania Lithuania Aurelija Slavinskaite "The End"
    		 11th (Semifinal) Gorgi
    Portugal Portugal Tania Tavares "Se Esse Dia Chegar"
    		 10th Gorgi // T. Tavares, N. Valerio
    2012 Belarus Belarus George Koldun "Heavy On My Heart"
    		 – G. Koldun // Gorgi
    Malta Malta Kaya "First Time"
    		 13th Gorgi
    Moldova Moldova Mariana Mihaila "Live On Forever"
    		 12th Gorgi // A. O' Connor
    Lithuania Lithuania Donata Virbilaite "Superman"
    		 8th (Semifinal) A. Anastasiou // Gorgi
    Lithuania Lithuania DAR "Home"
    		 2nd Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
    2013 Lithuania Lithuania DAR "Jump!"
    		 4th Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
    Lithuania Lithuania Samanta Tina & Vudis "Hey Chiki Mama"
    		 4th (First Round) A. Martynenas, Gorgi
    Belarus Belarus Ivan Buslay "Looking For Love"
    		 – Gorgi
    2014 Lithuania Lithuania Vaidas Baumila "Worlds Apart"
    		 4th Gorgi, Y. Malachi // Gorgi
    2015 Switzerland Switzerland Kaya "In And Out Of Love"
    		 – Gorgi, E. Rydmark
    Cyprus Cyprus Anastasia Liberos "Unicorn"
    		 – Gorgi, Y. Persson, L. Persson, M. Antoniou // 
    2016 Moldova Moldova PRIZA "Rewind"
    		 11th (Semifinal) Gorgi, M. Huskic // Gorgi
    Moldova Moldova Anna Gulko "Never Let Go"
    		 12th (Semifinal) Gorgi, W. Taylor // N. Sofis
    Malta Malta Corazon "Falling Glass"
    		 8th Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren
    2017 Moldova Moldova Max Fall "If I Could" – Gorgi, S. Ekstrand // Gorgi, N. Sofis
    Lithuania Lithuania Virgis Valuntonis "Victorious" 12th (First Round) Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren
    Lithuania Lithuania Audrius Janonis "Run" 8th (First Round) Gorgi, M. Huskic // N. Sofis
    2018 Armenia Armenia Suren Poghosyan "The Voice" 10th (Semifinal) Gorgi, N. Turner, J. Gladnikoff
    Lithuania Lithuania Milda Martinkėnaitė "Hurricane" 7th (First Round) Gorgi, T. Reil, J. Reil, M. Broberg
    Moldova Moldova Anna Timofei "Endlessly" 11th Y. Persson, L. Persson, N. Bergqvist, S. Johansson // Gorgi
    2019 Belarus Belarus Angelika Pushnova "Stop Breathing" – Gorgi, S. Ekstrand // Gorgi, N. Sofis
    Moldova Moldova Anna Odobescu "Stay" 1st Gorgi, T. Reil, J. Reil, M. Broberg

     

    About Eldar Gasimov

    Eldar "Ell" Parviz oglu Gasimov s an Azerbaijani singer who successfully represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the music duo Ell & Nikki with Nigar Jamal. He co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan with Leyla Aliyeva and Nargiz Birk-Petersen.

    Eldar won with Nigar Jamar the Azeri national final, Milli Seçim Turu 2011 and went on representing Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest in  Düsseldorf, Germany in May 2011. They sang under the pseudonym Ell & Nikki the song "Running Scared" written by Stefan Örn and Sandra Bjurman from Sweden and Iain Farquharson from the UK, which won the competition with 221 points.