#BIRTHDAY: Patricia Kraus from Spain is 59 today Do you wonder why some songs don’t do better? Perhaps, for example, it could be severe make-up. Or a mischievous green shawl that is eventually cast aside. Or backing guitarists trying to get in on the act. Today’s birthday girl […]
ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, have announced the Semi Final running orders for Eesti Laul 2023 – their national selection for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool. The Semi Finals will take place at the Viimsi Artium, in Viimsi. The shows will be hosted by Tõnis Niinemets […]
#BIRTHDAY: Amaia from Spain is 24 today As you’ll know, we pick performers from all years when we celebrate birthdays here. You’ll relish the black & white of some, but equally you’ll enjoy the “4K HD-ness” of the more recent contests. As it happens, today we go all […]
Yesterday, the ESC Top 250 was broadcast on ESCradio after the annual vote. After a decade at the top, Sweden’s Loreen fell to second place with “Euphoria”. Spain’s Chanel took the top spot with “SloMo” – gaining 35376 points, which included 2096 sets of 12 points. But how […]
RTS, the Serbian national broadcaster, has confirmed Pesma za Evroviziju 2023 – their national selection for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool. The Grand Final of Pesma za Evroviziju 2023 will take place on Saturday 4th March. The Semi Finals will take place on Wednesday 1st & […]
Yesterday, the ESC Top 250 was broadcast on ESCradio after the annual vote. After a decade at the top, Sweden’s Loreen fell to second place with “Euphoria”. Spain’s Chanel took the top spot with “SloMo” – gaining 35376 points, which included 2096 sets of 12 points. But how […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gisela from Andorra is 44 today Happy New Year! And may your dreams for 2023 all come true. Whether it’s trying your first lobster thermidore, taking that trip to Funchal, or that [insert country here] wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool on 13 May. But you’re […]
#BIRTHDAY: Siw Malmkvist is 86 today We end the year with a legend among singers from the more northern end of our fair continent. Still in show business, she’s been doing her thing for 60 years. I’m talking about today’s birthday girl Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist. Swedish by […]
#BIRTHDAY: Barbara Berta from Switzerland is 59 today Contests come and go, and sometimes songs that you took an interest in seem to pass out of memory, even though they may have popular at the time. Back in 1997 – yes, there were contests in the 20th Century, […]
On Monday 5th December, the 2022 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Opening Ceremony took place in Republic Square, Yerevan. The EBU provided a livestream of the Opening Ceremony via YouTube for everyone to enjoy across the world. But the livestream didn’t continue after Yerevan’s Christmas Tree lighting. AMPTV, the […]