BIRTHDAY: Hugo Sigal from Belgium is 72 today We celebrate the winners here. We also celebrate the also-rans. And, indeed, we celebrate the last places too. After all, there are many last-placed songs that are better known than the songs that beat them. Today we take a trip […]
BIRTHDAY: Gianluca from Malta is 30 today Are there any countries you would love to see win for the first time? Well there aren’t that many left, but some are dying to lose their winning virginity. Today we look at the Mediterranean’s happiest rock. In 2013 they sent […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Anna Filipchuk from Russia is 15 today Anna took part in JESC 2018 in Minsk, with the song Unbreakable. Happy birthday Anna! Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Laila Kinnunen from Finland would have been 80 today That first entry. Always daunting for a broadcaster. What will Europe think of us? How will we do? Will we have the money to take part every year? Back in the 1960s, participation was easier. Eurovision was a […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Anne Gadegaard from Denmark is 28 today Anne took part in the first JESC in 2003, in her home country. She’s also taken part in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2015. Happy birthday Anne! Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Anri Jokhadze from Georgia is 39 today It could be time to have another contender for Mr Eurovision. Each country will have one – as well as a Mrs/Miss/Ms Eurovision. But we’ll leave the ladies for another time. Georgia has had 12 songs make it to the […]
BIRTHDAY: Geir Rönning is 57 today False flag time again. It’s a close thing, with the Nordics. They’re very close culturally, so someone moving between them isn’t that noteworthy. So perhaps there’s no false flag after all. Finland is an interesting case. Nordic, but not quite that Nordic. […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Angélina Nava from France is 13 today Angélina took part in JESC and was runner-up to Poland’s Roksana Węgiel. Happy birthday, Angélina! Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
OBITUARY: Gay Byrne has died aged 85 Tributes have been pouring in after the death was announced of Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne. Whilst he is not someone you would automatically with Eurovision, he was nevertheless connected. Gabriel Mary ‘Gay’ Byrne may be best remembered as the host of […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Irina Brodić from Serbia is 15 today Irina performed at JESC 2017 with Jana Paunović. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Gianni Mascolo from Switzerland is 79 today In those days before the free language, did you wish that your country could sing in any language it chose? Or do you think Eurovision should ditch the rule? If you were Swiss, you had the choice of four languages […]
BIRTHDAY: Pearl Carr from the UK is 96 today It’s good to go right back at time. For those that don’t know, there was once a contest with only ten songs. Can you imagine that now? Well, compared to that, 1959 was a bumper edition. In that year, […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Josie Zec is 19 today Josie took part in the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Malta, with the song Game over. Happy birthday, Josie. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Tijana Bogićević from Serbia is 38 today Balkan, Balkan, Balkan. And so on. That’s where we are today, and things have a definite Cyrillic flavour. We’re with a country that burst onto the Eurovision scene in 2007. That’s Serbia. Yes, the place who’s capital is Belgrade had […]
BIRTHDAY: Séverine Ferrer representing Monaco is 42 today It’s always sad when a country decides to sit out Eurovision. For a year is understandable, but there are a few we’ve not seen for many years now. Are they still paying attention to our favourite TV show? Or do […]
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