#BIRTHDAY: Despina Olympiou from Cyprus is 50 today Are you a real fan? Could you name every single song by every single country, in order? Could you also throw in where they finished? Then we like to throw in challenges every now and then. For various reasons, some […]
#BIRTHDAY: Yohanna from Iceland is 35 today I know, we keep picking songs from the 20th Century that no-one remembers, and aren’t impressive. Well I’m hopefully redressing that balance today with a song from the 21st Century. That’s right. It’s recent. If you can call 2009 recent. And […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anne-Karine Strøm from Norway is 74 today That thing when you think a song title hasn’t been used before, but in actual fact it has. Take a certain Azerbaijani singing in Rotterdam a few years ago. She sang about a Dutch temptress. Maybe she didn’t know that […]
RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, have announced the dates for Festivali i Këngës 64 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. On Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th December, the 28 Acts will perform their entries across the two nights. Friday 19th December will see the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cliff Richard from the UK is 85 today For some Eurovision performers, that appearance on the hallowed stage might not quite be the highlight of their career. Important, definitely, but not the pinnacle. Today’s birthday boy Sir Cliff Richard (né Harry Rodger Webb) probably needs no introduction. […]
RTCG, the Montenegrin national broadcaster, have revealed the artists for Montesong 2025 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. The fifteen artists taking part in Montesong 2025 and vying for a place at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna are: Andrea Demirović […]
ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster, have revealed further details for ‘Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich?’ – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. FOLLOWING on from the announcement that ‘Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich?’ will be held on Saturday 20th […]
RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, have announced the artists for Festivali i Këngës 64 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. The 28 artists participating in Festivali i Këngës 64 are: Let us know what you think about Albania and the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest […]
#BIRTHDAY: Virginie Pouchain from France is 45 today Some countries often go through the doldrums. No matter what they try, they can’t catch the ear or eye of the juror or televoter, however earnest a performance is. Our friends in France have experienced the highs and lows, with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Andromache is 31 today It’s only natural that you can’t remember every song that had graced a Eurovision stage. For every Waterloo there’s a [insert song here]. In other news, our friends in Greece and Cyprus often swap singers, and there is of course nothing wrong with […]