#BIRTHDAY: 10 Apr – Loïc Nottet from Belgium is 30 Do you feel for Belgium? A fully-formed country, but two broadcasters that keep to their own markets – except for Eurovision of course. And, I understand, there are very few channels of communications between the two. I’m sure […]
INFE have returned with their tenth annual poll. The second country to award their points, in the quest to find the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest winner, is Georgia. INFE Georgia awarded the following points: Following the addition of the Georgian votes, the INFE Poll 2026 currently stands at: […]
#BIRTHDAY: 9 Apr – Vesna Pisarović from Croatia is 48 There’s a long list of countries that have never won our favourite TV show. Will one of them win this year in Vienna? Or will it be somewhere dull? However, there is one country that claims a win, […]
INFE have returned with their tenth annual poll. The first country to award their points, in the quest to find the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest winner, is Moldova. INFE Moldova awarded the following points: Let us know what you think about the INFE Poll – either in the […]
#BIRTHDAY: 8 Apr – Dulce from Portugal is 57 When you think of some countries, you may think of a style of music associated with them. Highly-produced pop for somewhere Nordic for example. Or a Balkan ballad. Or fado perhaps. Fado is a solely Portuguese thing, even though […]
#BIRTHDAY: 7 Apr – Noëlle Cordier from France is 82 Your eyes won’t be deceiving you today. Yes, it’s fun and games in black & white. But don’t let that put you off. Some of the songs from those monochrome days are easily as good as some we […]
#BIRTHDAY: 6 Apr – Maria Rådsten from Sweden is 60 Our friends in Sweden sometimes get a bad rap for sending the same sort of over-produced stuff to Eurovision year after year. Yes, it sometimes pays dividends, and they are one of the few countries that seem to […]
#BIRTHDAY: 5 Apr – Kiev Connolly from Ireland is 70 You have to remember that nations put their reputations on the lines every time they take part in our favourite TV show. It can be a gamble. Will you win? Will you earn a creditable placing? Or will […]
#BIRTHDAY: 4 Apr – Maribelle from the Netherlands is 66 Pretty soon, the fans of our favourite TV show are due to be gathering in Austria for two weeks for thrills, spills and the occasional piece of quality music. Cast your mind back to 2020, when things were […]
ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster, have announced a 70th Anniversary Concert, ahead of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. ORF have announced a 70th Anniversary Concert for the Eurovision Song Contest – “70 Years of ESC – The Concert”. The concert will be recorded at ORF RadioKulturhaus. […]