#BIRTHDAY: 13 Mar – Rykka is 40 today Do you like it when we see people from outside Europe (or, since 2015, Australia), taking part in our favourite TV show? Do you want to see the best singers, wherever they’re from? Or should they just be European? Of […]
Peppe Lindholm has turned 54 years old today. Görgen most recently took part, as part of Engmans Kapell, at Melodifestivalen 2024 – although was knocked out of the Contest after Heat 2, with “Norrland”. Happy Birthday, Peppe! Let us know what you think about Melodifestivalen – either in […]
#BIRTHDAY: 11 Mar – Sarah McTernan from Ireland is 32 You have to feel for Ireland. Remember those heady days of the 1990s when RTÉ were being slowly and painfully bankrupted. Irish singers could do no wrong and it was a good time. Fast forward to today and […]
#BIRTHDAY: 10 Mar – Kyle Alessandro from Norway is 20 Are Eurovision performers getting younger? Well, we obviously have that minimum age for taking part in Big ESC. But are we seeing more teenagers? It’s maybe not the case, although as we all age, it may feel that […]
#BIRTHDAY: 9 Mar – Katja Ebstein from Germany is 81 There is an elite bunch of people out there who have taken part more than once. It’s as if they can’t get enough of the Eurovision drug. And I don’t mean Ibuprofen. But that elite club has advanced […]
#BIRTHDAY: 8 Mar – Sergej Ćetković from Montenegro is 50 When Yugoslavia disintegrated many years ago, we were always keen to see as many of its parts entering songs in our favourite TV show. All six of them (that are EBU members) have now, but some are sitting […]
#BIRTHDAY: 7 Mar – Manel Navarro from Spain is 30 For those of you who remember the older contests, but the more recent ones seem to meld into one, we’ve picked a song from 2017 today. It was in the beautiful Ukrainian capital of Київ/Kyiv. Luckily we’ve got […]
Betty from Armenia, has turned 23 years old today. Betty represented Armenia, at the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 3rd place, with “People of the Sun”. Happy Birthday, Betty! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the […]
Malou Prytz has turned 23 years old today. Malou most recently took part at Melodifestivalen 2025 – although was knocked out of the Contest after Heat 3, with “24K Gold”. Happy Birthday, Malou! Let us know what you think about Melodifestivalen – either in the comments below or […]
#BIRTHDAY: 5 Mar – Amina from France is 64 There are songs that become classics for various reasons. They could be winners. They could be insanely bad. Or it could be by accident. Back in 1991, you could argue we were in a very chaotic contest. Chaos from […]