#BIRTHDAY: Chris Kempers from Germany is 56 today Did I hear you ask for a duet? Did I? Did I? well, you’re getting one anyway. One from a famous year which featured songs with a very common theme. Yep, the year of note was 1990. Our friends in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Siw Malmkvist is 84 today We end the year with a legend among singers from the more northern end of our fair continent. Still in show business, she’s been doing her thing for 60 years. I’m talking about today’s birthday girl Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist. Swedish by […]
#CHRISTMAS: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 20 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#BIRTHDAY: Ulla Wiesner from Germany is 80 today All countries have good times and bad times at our favourite TV show. Those that were doing well in the 1990s might be having it less good today. And good form and become less good form very easily. Our friends […]
#CHRISTMAS: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 9 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#CHRISTMAS: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 1 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#JESC2020: Staggy Reviews… Part 1 Our mascot Staggy wanted in on the action for Junior Eurovision. So we let him review the songs as only he can. As he’s only little, he split them into three groups. His favourite goes through to a final. Belarus – A very […]
Possible 2021 Host News about a possible Host for the 2021 Turkvision Song Contest has emerged on Turkvizyon.tv – the official website. Shusha, the newly gained Azerbaijani territory are the rumoured Host. Shusha was handed to Azerbaijan as part of the peace agreement with Armenia, following the recent […]
HALLOWE’EN: Eurovision goes bump in the night Hallowe’en and Eurovision. Does it scare you? Do you tremble on 31 October when you get a sinister knock at your door? Are you relieved when you find out it’s only the local kids going trick-or-treating? Or do you leave the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Conny Froboess from Germany is 77 today How good is your knowledge of our favourite TV show? Do you have any interest in songs that appeared in the 20th Century? Do you know any songs that were in that long-distant period where everything was in black & […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nicole from Germany is 56 today Do you like a close contest? One where the lead changes many times, with a winner only emerging towards the very end? A runaway winner can spoil things, especially if many wonder why it’s a runaway winner. Back in 1982, we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Stefan Raab from Germany is 54 today Every country has its Mr Eurovision. And, of course, its Mrs/Ms Eurovision too. But some national claims to title are easier to judge. In Germany, you may think it can only be a certain Mr Siegel, with perhaps a Mr […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bianca Shomburg from Germany is 46 today Who are your favourite writers of Eurovision songs? Brendan Graham? Søren Bundgaard? Thomas Gustafsson? Or is it our old friends Messrs Siegel and Meinunger? The German duo have been around since the year dot, writing and writing and writing. It’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lena Valaitis from Germany is 77 today It’s an odd coincidence that the writers of the song sung by yesterday’s birthday also wrote the song by today’s birthday girl. We should remember that our favourite TV show is a competition for songwriters as well as performers. And […]
In the latest edition of our Best of the Big 5 series, we wanted to find out who is your all time favourite from Germany – and the results are in! You’ve perused all the German Eurovision songs from 1956 up to 2020 to pick out your Top […]
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