#BIRTHDAY: Emly Starr from Belgium is 65 today Our friends in Belgium are a curious bunch. Plucky as ever, and taking part since the first contest (1956 in case you were wondering), and only ever had one win. It’s a nice arrangement that the broadcasters for the two […]
RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, have confirmed their participation at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in the United Kingdom. It is currently unknown whether or not RTE will stick with the revived National Final or revert back to an internal selection. Details on how RTE will choose their […]
Following the announcement of the OGAE Song Contest, it was revealed that OGAE Russia was one of the participants. OGAE Ukraine are against their participation and any further OGAE International participation at that. OGAE Ukraine, had the following to say on their Social Media: “OGAE Ukraine appeals to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dado Topić from Croatia is 73 today We celebrate all manner of things with our birthdays. The winners, the losers, the ‘also-ran’s. They all count, and you can guarantee that someone out there will like every single Eurovision song. So just occasionally, a song might not quite […]
RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, have confirmed their participation at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, RTP has opened the song submission period for Festival da Canção. The song submission period will close on Friday 21st October and from this, four acts will make […]
BIRTHDAY: Tinkara Kovač from Slovenia is 44 today As you know, we often drone on about people who keep trying. Some of them make it to the final week/fortnight many times, and still want more (cough Monetta cough). Some have a couple of attempts as a national final, […]
PBS, the Maltese national broadcaster, have announced details for their 2023 Eurovision Song Contest national selection – Malta Eurovision Song Contest (MESC). MESC will see Quarter Finals return to the national selection, along with the usual Semi Final and Grand Final. Each Quarter Final will see ten songs […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ruth Jacott from the Netherlands is 62 today Do you remember the time the contest went west? I mean, really west. It mainly goes north or east these days (except for where we’re going next year). But in 1993, the old cavalcade found itself in a cowshed […]
#BIRTHDAY: Stella Mwangi from Norway is 36 today The free language rule can be a bit of a challenge sometimes. Do you stay true to your country’s culture and only sing in a native one? Do you pick one that’s more widely known to the world? Do you […]
RTS, the Serbian national broadcaster, have confirmed their participation at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in the United Kingdom. Today, Thursday 1st September, RTS have opened the submission period for ‘Pesma za Evroviziju’. Applicants have until Tuesday 15th November to submit their entries. The Final of ‘Pesma za […]
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