While we await a date for this year’s Contest, which will be taking place online for the first time, a further seven participants have been announced. They are: Albania will be represented by Rovena Stefa. She will be singing “Zjarr” in both the Albanian and Turkish languages. Bosnia […]
The twenty four songs that will be participating in the 2021 edition of Eesti Laul, will be revealed this forthcoming Saturday, December 5th. The twenty four songs will be revealed in a show called “Eesti Laul 2021, Start”. The show will be broadcast at 20:35 CET, meaning 21:35 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Boggie from Hungary is 34 today We mentioned our Magyar friends the other day, in that we missed them and we wanted them back. But it’s also true that they’ve tried a variety of musical styles down the years. What’s your preferred style? If it happens to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Magdi Rúzsa from Hungary is 35 today We miss Hungary. There, we’ve said it. Putting politics aside, they’ve put in some memorable stuff since that début in sunny Ljubljana in 1993. It’s not all been plain sailing, but without Hungary, it would be a far poorer contest. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Josh Dubovie from the UK is 30 today Our friends in the UK seem to be in a rut at the moment, and they don’t seem to know how to get out of it. Since the heady days at the end of the 20th Century, they’ve been […]
#JESC2020: Staggy reviews… Part 4 Our mascot and esteemed colleague Staggy has reviewed the 12 songs taking part in the contest on 29 November, and now pits his three winners against each other. He also includes a wild card to make it an even four songs. Which are […]
#BIRTHDAY: Michał Szpak from Poland is 30 today What do you think about the modern day system of giving jury and televoting results separately? It sets out how differently those two elements can think, and potentially throw up a surprise winner. In 2016 we saw it for the […]
This weekend, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 should have been coming to us live from Warsaw in Poland – but in a year that has been anything but ordinary, we of course now know that JESC will be taking place under more unfamiliar circumstances, with most acts […]
#BIRTHDAY: Andrius Pojavis from Lithuania is 37 today As we know, any country can win first prize at our favourite TV show. They could be finishing in the top three every year, or they could have that one wayward result that buckles the form. Our friends in Lithuania […]
#JESC2020: Staggy Reviews… Part 3 Our mascot Staggy wanted in on the action for Junior Eurovision. So we let him review the songs as only he can. As he’s only little, he split them into three groups. His favourite goes through to a final. France – A song […]