#BIRTHDAY: Paula Seling from Romania is 46 today It’s always good to see instruments on a stage, and even better of the singers are playing them. And it’s a bonus if they’re actually playing them, and not just miming playing them. Sadly, we now live in a world […]
#BIRTHDAY: George Alkaios from Greece is 53 today To be true to your own country’s sound or not? That is the question. If you do, you get kudos in your own country but might be seen as a novelty by certain others. Back in 2010, Greece sent today’s […]
#CHRISTMAS2024: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 24 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
RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, have confirmed the composer/artist semi final splits for Festival da Canção 2025 – their national selection for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Switzerland. Following a random draw, the composers/artists split (not the running orders) will appear as follows: Semi Final One – […]
RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, broadcast the final of Festivali i Këngës 63 last night – their national selection for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel. Following a combination of jury and public voting, Shkodra Elektronike was chosen to represent Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Beth from Spain is 43 today Do you admire countries for sticking to their own languages? Or do you wish they can all sing in a tongue you can understand? Our friends in Spain have – almost without exception – always had their national language in their […]
#CHRISTMAS2024: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 23 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
The Monegasque Government have announced that it will merge TV Monaco & Monaco Info to launch a new public broadcaster in September 2025. Due to overlapping content with the two public broadcasters, they will become one on Monday 1st September 2025. This means TV Monaco will also be […]
ARD, the German national broadcaster, have released tickets for all shows of “Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland?” – their national selection for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel. FOLLOWING details of the format of “Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland?” last month, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bill van Dijk from the Netherlands is 77 today Our friends in the Netherlands have been at all-but-four of the contests, so are generally firmly in love with it. Even so, they’ve had their good years and bad years. Let’s not talk about Malmö. In 1982, NOS […]