Following North Macedonia’s reveal of Vasil earlier today, we now have the first 10 acts waiting to go to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 – hurrah! We may still only have one actual song, but if we know Eurovision fans, you’ve been on YouTube and Spotify working out whose […]
BIRTHDAY: Lize Marke from Belgium is 83 today To start off this festive month, we’re going back in time. You might have been alive in 1965, but do you remember today’s song? The set alone must have cost, well a tiny amount to set up. Anyway, 1965 was […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Thor! from Belgium is 22 today Thor Salden represented Belgium at JESC 2006 in Bucharest. Happy birthday Thor! Author: John Stanton Source: OnEurope.biz
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: Ingeborg from Belgium is 53 today Do you remember thirty years ago? The world was a very different place. We were in sunny Switzerland for our favourite TV show. There were no bloodbath-style semi-finals. And the United Kingdom did better than they do today. As it was […]
BIRTHDAY: Tonia from Belgium is 72 today Neighbours. Everybody needs good neighbours. Some of our favourite countries have them, others not. And it is said in some quarters that you need neighbourly voting to win at a certain song contest. I say this because there must always be […]
BIRTHDAY: Reynaerdt from Belgium is 64 today If you can cast your mind back to 1956 – never forget your heritage – you’ll know seven countries took part. Look them up. Fast forward to 2019, and each of those seven has won at least once. Of those seven, […]
BIRTHDAY: Jacques Zegers from Belgium is 72 today What do you think of the stages? Are they too over the top? Do they compliment a song perfectly? And do performers need to make the most of them? Back in 1984, we had a typical stage for the age. […]
BIRTHDAY: Blanche from Belgium is 20 today You wait ages for a Belgian performer to come along, and then two appear on consecutive days. Well, Belgium have been participating since 1795, only missing three years. So there are a lot of singers to choose from. As you’ll know, […]
BIRTHDAY: Lisa del Bo from Belgium is 58 today Do you ever hear a song and think that it sounds a lot like another song? It’s not quite plagiarism, but there are similarities that you can’t ignore. The plagiarism allegation is levelled at songs every year, usually without […]
ESC2019: The best/worst lyric of 2019? We all know that killer line in a song can make or break it. But what could be the crucial one this year? Albania – Every song, every tear is just a bitter souvenir… Armenia – First you said you kneeled, you […]
Day Six? Where was the Day Five rehearsals we hear you cry? Well, Day Five was Memorial Day in Israel, so everything stops in terms of work. This will be why we started rehearsal coverage on Saturday instead of the traditional Sunday. ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY SIX REHEARSALS […]
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Contest last been held in Israel. In 1999, the Contest was held in Jerusalem and twenty three participants took part. Over a series of five articles, we are going to look at where those twenty three participants are now. Lithuania: […]
ESC2019: Day Two thoughts – Part One After the first three rehearsals on day two, we give our thoughts on what we’ve seen. That’s Belgium, Georgia and Australia. Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
ESC2019: Blog of Day Two rehearsals #Dare to dream Live from 9.40am CET Welcome back to day two of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Today we see the final eight songs in the first semi-final that takes place on Tuesday 14 May. Will the eventual […]
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