BIRTHDAY: Ajda Pekkan from Turkey is 73 today Some countries seem to have fallen out with our favourite TV show of late. It wasn’t that long ago you’d see the likes of Monaco, Andorra and Slovakia eager and willing to take part. Now they just sit on the […]
BIRTHDAY: Simone de Oliveira from Portugal is 81 today Did you go to Lisbon last year? Did you go there for the contest? Did you enjoy it? Were you there on that amazing night down in the Eurovision Village? I’ll elaborate. I was down there with some Riigi […]
BIRTHDAY: Poli Genova from Bulgaria is 32 today The fan community can be a big mover and shaker in what sinks and what doesn’t at a Eurovision. They can use their cunning and guile, and occasionally influence what the televoters of Europe can vote for. Obviously, it’s not […]
UKRAINE: First three Vidbir finalists chosen Ukraine started its quest for success in Tel Aviv by hosting the first semi-final of Vidbir. Eight went into the competition, with three progressing. The expert jury and televoting public were almost in agreement, with the following qualifying: Maruv – Siren song […]
ITALY: Mahmood wins Sanremo 2019 The 69th Festival of Italian Song from Sanremo has just finished, and Mahmood has won. His song is Soldi. He made the superfinal with Ultimo and Il Volo. Il Volo managed to finish third. This was after technical problems with his performance in […]
ITALY: Live Blog of Sanremo Final from 2030 CET it’s the big night from Sanremo. Twenty-four acts have been involved in four nights of song so far, and tonight we find the overall winner. You know what to do. Hit ‘Refresh’ to see our latest thoughts. And you […]
BIRTHDAY: Joe Grech from Malta is 85 today Every now and then a song comes along that is just legendary. It could be for one of several reasons. It could be a big winner, a début entry, or one that just has fine costumes or choreography. Today’s song […]
FINLAND: Darude reveals first UMK song As we know, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu is the Finnish selection for Eurovision. This year, Darude and Sebastian Rejman will be carrying hopes and sending one of three songs. Tonight we heard the first, called Release me. Here it is. We’ll be hearing […]
BIRTHDAY: Svala from Iceland is 42 today They say that the music business can be a difficult one to get into, which is probably why the current crop of talent shows around Europe won’t go away. Of course, many recent performers have come via that route. But there’s […]
BIRTHDAY: Lena Valaitis from Germany is 76 today From time to time we have to acknowledge that some songwriters get more songs in our favourite TV show than others. After all, how many songs could name by Jim Pembroke. But there are a couple of individuals who come […]
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