#BIRTHDAY: Mary Cristy is 72 today Do you remember the 1970s? Maybe a relative or friend told you about them. They were a time of one-night contests, hair lacquer, long dresses and cigarettes. And French was the predominant language of our favourite TV programme. In 1976, an English-language […]
Today, the 2024 Tour de France continues and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. During the Tour, we will be looking at the Italian and French winning entries of the Contest. Today is stage thirteen, with the tour continuing in the French city of Agen. […]
#OBITUARY: Françoise Hardy has died aged 80 French singer-songwriter, actress and model Françoise Hardy has died after a long period of ill health, aged 80. Whilst France, she represented Monaco in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest. Françoise was born in Paris in 1944. After a troubled childhood she […]
With the semi finals done and dusted for another year, it’s time for one of our most popular annual articles – let’s find out which countries have had their qualification rates improved the most by reaching the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and who has […]
#BIRTHDAY: Romuald Figuier is 86 today Eurovision loves a trier. You don’t win? No problem, just come right back with another song that could be a killer, maybe for another country. After all, it might not be you Europe is uncomfortable with, it could be the little principality […]
The EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, have awarded full EBU membership to the Monegasque broadcaster TVMonaco. TVMonaco, who launched at the start of September 2023, have been awarded full EBU membership – as of the last week of March this year. TVMonaco was previously represented at the EBU […]
#BIRTHDAY: Françoise Hardy is 80 today Over the years, our favourite TV show has had more than its fair share of big stars. Not those that have one bite at the cherry, and mainly stick to a certain circuit of events year in, year out. Today’s birthday girl […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lise Darly is 42 today Those semi-finals are a brutal affair. The potential classic songs that fall by the wayside, meaning a possible winner has to watch from the sidelines. We can all name several. For those places that can’t get out of the semi-finals, it’s understandable […]
This year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest is coming to us live from beautiful coastal Nice in France! As well as having a fresh batch of songs to enjoy, we all know one of the best things about attending the pint-sized version of Europe’s favourite music competition (or indeed, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Séverine Ferrer is 46 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 they have […]