BIRTHDAY: Mélanie Cohl from Belgium is 37 today Another day, another birthday, and today it comes from plucky little Belgium. You know the place – capital of Europe and made up of a conglomeration of various communities that sometimes speak to each other. Of course, with a country […]
BIRTHDAY: Hovig from Cyprus is 30 today Did you ever wonder what makes a good selection process for your country’s act? Should it be a series of shows lasting months where one song gets eliminated each week? One show that’s all done and dusted in an hour? Or […]
BIRTHDAY: Agathonas Iakovidis from Greece is 64 What do you like about Eurovision? The singing? The costume? The fact that various culture from about our fair continent lock horns in a battle that can only make for the betterment of Europe? It’s none of these. It’s about alcohol. […]
BIRTHDAY: Gisela from Andorra is 40 A new year, and we can now say that Israel will be hosting this year. Exciting, isn’t it? Well it is for the 42 countries that will be there on stage between 14 and 18 May. Will yours be of them? One country that […]
EUROVISION: Loreen is top of the pops In its annual chart of the favourite songs of 2018, Euphoria has been revealed by ESC Radio as Number One. This is the seventh consecutive year Loreen’s winner from 2012 has placed first. The runner-up was Fuego by Eleni Foureira, mirroring […]
This evening, Festivali i Kenges 57 final took place – also the first National Final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest season. After three days of competition, Jonida Maliqi won with her song Ktheju tokës. Lidia Lufi was runner up with her song Rrëfehem. Eranda Libhova completed the […]
ALBANIA: Live blog of Festivali i Këngës Final from 20.45 CET We’ve been through two nights of quality song from Tirana. Tonight is the Grand Final of Festivali i Këngës 57, and the winner will carry the double-headed eagle to Tel Aviv next May. Fourteen songs have made […]
ALBANIA: Live Blog of Festivali i Këngës 57 from 20.45 CET The 2019 Eurovision season kicks off properly tonight, with the first show of Festivali i Këngës from Tirana in Albania. A grand total of 22 acts will perform tonight with the aid of the RTSH Symphonic Orchestra. […]
MONTENEGRO: Finalists of Montevizija announced The broadcaster for Montenegro – RTCG has revealed the five lucky hopefuls vying for the Montenegrin ticket for Tel Aviv. As last year, the winner will be chosen through Montevizija. A total of 27 songs were submitted, with a special jury narrowing down […]
#SPAIN: RTVE reveals hopefuls for Eurovision 2019 Spain, one of the Big 5, has revealed the line-up of participants competing for the lucky ticket to Tel Aviv next May. Seventeen songs have been selected by a special jury for an online vote. But what are they? Famous “No […]