BIRTHDAY: Sakis Rouvas is 48 today Any country can win our favourite TV show. Even a country that languishes way down low when the scores come in can confound those critics and finish first. Just look at Portugal. That was a good win. At the end of the […]
BIRTHDAY: Amaia from Spain is 21 today As you’ll know, we pick performers from all years when we celebrate birthdays here. You’ll relish the black & white of some, but equally you’ll enjoy the “4K HD-ness” of the more recent contests. As it happens, today we go all […]
BIRTHDAY: Sanda from Romania is 50 today A whole host of countries have yet to finish first at our favourite TV show. Will one of them break that duck this year? Or will it be a ‘popular’ Nordic win yet again? I’d like to see a new country’s […]
BIRTHDAY: Gisela from Andorra is 41 today Happy New Year! And may your dreams for 2020 all come true. Whether it’s trying your first lobster thermidore, taking that trip to Funchal, or that [insert country here] wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam on 16 May. But you’re […]
BIRTHDAY: John Allison from the UK is 80 today Another year ends, and we have a birthday to delight you. As you’ll know, the contest started deep in the 20th Century, so we’re going back to those early days. The United Kingdom of stuff had a proud reputation […]
EUROVISION: Lise Darly is 38 today Those semi-finals are a brutal affair. The potential classic songs that fall by the wayside, meaning a possible winner has to watch from the sidelines. We can all name several. For those places that can’t get out of the semi-finals, it’s understandable […]
BIRTHDAY: Boris Novković from Croatia is 52 today If you’re not confident on stage by yourself, what do you do? Well, you get some pals up there with you. You know they’l be on your side, and if things don’t go well, you can lay the blame on […]
BIRTHDAY: Dima Bilan from Russia is 38 today As you’ll know, some people can’t get enough of the drug that is the Eurovision stage. Some we like to see back. Some even do better second time round. The trouble with this article is that we have to pick […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Jael from Australia is 14 today Jael Wena represented Australia at JESC 2018. She finished third. Happy birthday, Jael! Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Anita from Austria is 59 today In every contest someone always wins. Even if it’s not the person you want to win. But also someone has to come last. It’s not always the someone who perhaps should come last. Lots of these last places are accidental lasts. […]
BIRTHDAY: Carlos do Carmo is 80 today We’ve seen many changes in Europe since Eurovision started in 1956. Countries have come and gone, revolutions have happened. And through it all, countries still have the chance to put these changes behind them and send us a song. In the […]
BIRTHDAY: Anna Vissi is 62 today As you’ll know, there have been 64 contests. So that means 64 home entries. We had one yesterday, and we’ve got another one today. Are you excited yet? Today’s birthday girl Άννα Βίσση/Anna Vissi was the home entrant in 2006, but more […]
BIRTHDAY: Frans from Sweden is 21 today Do you ever feel old when you watch certain performers do what they do best? Those singers who were teenagers when they took part in our favourite TV show years ago and are still only in their twenties. Cast your mind […]
BIRTHDAY: Eimear Quinn is 47 today A winner? What’s that? You want a winner? But not a recent one? Well, you’ve come to the right place. And it’s winner that no-one has yet equalled. No, they’re not Swedish – those six-win also-rans. We’re talking about the one person […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Sophia Patsalides is 19 today Sophia Patsalides/ Σοφία Πατσαλίδου represented Cyprus in JESC 2014 with the song I pio omorfi mera/ Η πιο όμορφη μέρα. Happy birthday Sophia! Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
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