BIRTHDAY: Margot Eskens from Germany is 80 today You must have been thinking that I’m only picking the birthdays of recent performers. That is, in part, true. I know many of you have no knowledge of contests before 2000, but there was 44 of them. And, dear reader, […]
Germany return for the second Eurovision Choir contest, after taking part in the augural edition in Riga, two year’s ago. This year, the Germans will be represented by BonnVoice and will feature fourth in the running order. The following biography about BonnVoice has been sourced from the EBU […]
USA: Eurovision performers from across the pond Whilst Eurovision is distinctly a European, Mediterranean and Australian affair, our friends across the Atlantic have occasionally been called in to help countries with their songs. As rumours always swirls around about a US version of Eurovision, or a US broadcaster […]
BIRTHDAY: Gitte representing Germany is 73 today Remember Germany? They win very occasionally and also finish near the bottom of the table these days? A country in the middle of Europe bordering lots of places? Well they don’t always win or finish badly. And they don’t always have […]
If you haven’t heard yet about Alexandro Kröger Degerfeldt, you are about to be amazed now. The 26 year old Eurovision fan from Umeå, Sweden, has an unique hobby – he builds Eurovision stages with legos! This year he amazed yet again the Eurovision community by reimagining the […]
The time has come! Welcome to the Jury Grand Final Live Blog AND our last Live Blog of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest season, here from Tel Aviv! Tonight, the twenty qualifiers from across Tuesday and Thursday take to the stage, joining Israel and the Big 5. 50% […]
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 […]
ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY NINE REHEARSALS #DARE TO DREAM LIVE FROM 9.00AM CET Welcome back to day nine of rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Today we see Israel and the Big 5. Will we see a winner amongst them? You know what to do. Hit ‘Refresh’ […]
ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY SEVEN REHEARSALS #DARE TO DREAM LIVE FROM 9.00AM CET Welcome back to day seven of rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Today we see the final two acts of the first semi-final, first nine acts of the second semi final, Israel and the […]
BIRTHDAY: Katja Ebstein from Germany is 75 today It’s trier time again. And what a trier we have today. There have been others, but no-one else has performed in three contests, and finished either second or third every time. That’s quite a claim to make, and who’s to […]
BIRTHDAY: Ireen Sheer from Germany* is 70 today It’s all coming together today. When you have someone who keeps coming back for another try. And they can represent a different country to their own, you have to celebrate. AND, when it’s a big birthday, just hold us back. […]
Sisters took victory in Germany tonight and will represent the country in Tel Aviv. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovision Ireland
This is the final of Unser Lied Fur Israel and the set of seven songs vying for Germany’s spot at the Eurovision Song Contest this year in Tel-Aviv – you know the drill, join me, Richard from 20:15CET by regularly refreshing the page! Refresh from 20:15 CET The […]
BIRTHDAY: Lena Valaitis from Germany is 76 today From time to time we have to acknowledge that some songwriters get more songs in our favourite TV show than others. After all, how many songs could name by Jim Pembroke. But there are a couple of individuals who come […]
BIRTHDAY: Mary Roos from Germany is 70 today Have you ever wondered how difficult it is to open a Eurovision Song Contest? On the one hand, you get your three minutes out of the way and can then sip the free bubbly. I’m looking at you Amandine. But […]
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