Welcome to our weekly series – ‘Swiss Sundays’. Each week, we will be looking towards the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Switzerland. This forthcoming FRIDAY, we will discover whether Geneva or Basle will become the host city of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. The Swiss national broadcaster, SRG […]
#BIRTHDAY: La Zarra is 37 today When you look at non-Europeans that participate in our favourite TV show, our friends in Canada must have provided more than their fair share. We’ve had one Canuck winner, and many others have tried. Today’s birthday girl La Zarra (née Fatima-Zahra Hafdi) […]
#BIRTHDAY: William Mangion from Malta is 66 today There are some special contests where things change. 1971 was one instance (previews started). 2004 was another (semi-finals). But perhaps one of the most important was 1993. The EBU had started to embrace those further east places that wanted to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gunvor from Switzerland is 50 today Imagine how you’d feel. You’re on the Eurovision stage, you’re giving it everything, and things don’t go quite as well as expected. This is all after a long road which included winning your national final in December the previous year with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jasmine from Finland is 48 today Eurovision always loves a good sing-a-long song. Those mumbly arty Swedish types have their place, but nothing can beat a jovial singer with a big hearty smile. And a guitar. OK, the guitar is an optional extra, but when you get […]
#BIRTHDAY: Demy from Greece is 33 today Do you often wonder what goes on in planning meetings to decide upon a staging for a Eurovision song? The outfit to wear, the positions of the backing singers, whether to have dancers even. It all needs careful planning. In 2017, […]
Rai, the Italian national broadcaster, have revealed the 2025 Festival di Sanremo rules and night-by-night details. RAI have published the new RULES & REGULATIONS for the 75th Edition of the Festival di Sanremo – following the ANNOUNCEMENT of its revised dates. Also, on nights two and three, four […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kristína Peláková from Slovakia is 37 today Are there any countries you’d like to see in the 2025 edition of our favourite TV show, that weren’t going to be there in 2024? A new country perhaps? Or one that hasn’t been there for a while? Today we […]
NRK, the Norweigian national broadcaster, has revealed their Head of Delegation is stepping down, ahead of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest season. Stig Karlsen has revealed he is stepping down as the Norwegian Head of Delegation and the Producer of Melodi Grand Prix – a role he will […]
Northern Norway, have chosen their representative for the 2024 Pan-ArcticVision Song Contest, in Nuuk. Emil Kárlsen has been internally selected to represent Northern Norway. Emil has been releasing music since 2021 when he released his debut album Nagirvárrái. Emil will be joined on stage in Nuuk by bass […]