#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day Three with James from EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Søren Bundgaard from Denmark is 70 Eurovision can be full of Venn diagrams. Who are Swedish and winners, for example. Or who are German and have finished at the other end of the table. But a more interesting Venn diagram is duos who have performed more than […]
#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day Two with James from EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to […]
#BIRTHDAY: 3 Mar – Elnur Hüseynov from Azerbaijan is 39 Has Eurovision got too big? Was it better when we saw 20 countries (give or take) on a Saturday night in front of a polite audience? Or is the more the merrier? One of the most recent additions […]
#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day One with James from EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to […]
#BIRTHDAY: 2 Mar – Nina Morato from France is 60 It must be daunting when you’re drawn to perform last in the Eurovision Song Contest. It might have been less so when they were smaller, but in these years of 25+ songs per contest, those butterflies must start […]
#BIRTHDAY: 1 Mar – Bernadette from the Netherlands is 67 today Back in the day, when there was no free language rule, some took it upon themselves to bend the rules as much as possible. They were allowed a few phrases in other languages. If you did it […]
#PORTUGAL: FdC26 Semi-final two results In addition to all the national finals taking place on Saturday night, Portugal held its second semi-final. Five songs are already in the Grand Final of Festival da Canção, and five more would join them. Four as of right, and a best of […]
#ITALY: And the winner is… After five nights of one of Italy’s biggest entertainment shows of the year, Sanremo has yielded a winner. As you know, this winner has the chance to go to the Eurovision Song Contest, but they sometimes choose not to. The winner was chosen […]
#BIRTHDAY: 28 Feb – Jean Gabilou from France is 82 France are good at Eurovision. Well, they have been in the past. And anyone can win our favourite TV show. And wouldn’t you love a contest in Paris? And they almost did it in Rotterdam. And that’s a […]