#BIRTHDAY: Barbara Dex from Belgium is 49 today You know sometimes when you look at song, and then realise it was in our favourite TV show nearly 30 years ago. It really makes you feel old. I was bumbling along nicely until I noticed today’s song and its […]
Tonight was Heat 1 of Pabandom is naujo 2023 and here are the first 10 Semi-finalists (jury points + televote points): Source: LRT, Eurovision Ireland
German website, eurovision.de, has revealed that Songcheck will return for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest season. Songcheck 2023 will feature four episodes and will all be broadcast during one week. Songcheck will be broadcast on Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th, Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd April, will be hosted […]
#NORWAY: Live blog of MGP SF2 from 19.50 CET Norway’s quest for another Eurovision win continues apace tonight, with NRK’s second semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2023. Seven songs will go in, and three will progress. Could Norway’s song for Liverpool come from tonight’s show? We’ll be blogging […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marian van de Wal from Andorra is 53 today We have some interesting matching of nations. Latvia and Burkina Faso. Ukraine and Congo-Brazzaville. And there’s today’s singer. Maybe not quite as exotic, but just as noteworthy. Today’s birthday girl Marian van de Wal is Dutch by birth, […]
Labas vakaras Europa, labas rytas Australija! Tonight Lithuania’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 commences with the first of two Heats. Eurovision Ireland’s own Bogdan is here behind the screen to give you his views on the show so stay tuned and refresh this page for updates! […]
GPB, the Georgian national broadcaster, has broadcast the second eliminations of The Voice – their national selection for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool. The teams of Dato Evgenidze and Dato Porchkhidze participated. This is how they did: Dato Evgenidze’s Team: Dato Porchkhidze’s Team: Let us know […]
#MALTA: Live blog of MESC QF2 from 21.00 CET Malta continues its selection process to find a song for Liverpool in May. Tonight is the second quarter-final (of three) to pick some songs to go forward. Join us as we dodge the adverts and describe the 13 songs […]
#IRELAND: Interview with Leila Jane Eurovision Ireland caught up with 2023 hopeful Leila Jane. She has made the Irish National final, taking place on 3 February 2023 on RTÉ1. She told us about multi-national songwriting, the person she’d like to duet with and, of course, her favourite cake. […]
#OBITUARY: Richard Oesterreicher from Austria Austrian conductor and jazz musician Richard Osterreicher has died aged 90. Between 1978 and 1991, he fulfilled the role of conductor a total of 12 times, making him one of the most recognised Eurovision personalities in that time. Outside of Eurovision appearances, he […]