NDR have announced two additional shows to air alongside Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light – which will be shown on a one hour delay. “World Wide Wohnzimmer – das ESC Halbfinale 2020” will air on Wednesday 6th May. “World Wide Wohnzimmer” hosts – Dennis and Benni will present […]
#BIRTHDAY: Björn Ulvæus is 75 today You may recall earlier this month we celebrated a big birthday of a member of some certain popular beat combo from the Nordic part of our great continent. Today we celebrate another birthday from a member of the same popular beat combo. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Halla Margrét from Iceland it 56 today Back in the 1980s our favourite TV show was bumping along nicely. Lots of entries every year Lots of interesting languages. And lots of interesting results. Take Iceland for example. They débuted in 1986 and finished 16th. Oddly enough, in […]
Are you having trouble entertaining your Children in lockdown? Do you need something to put a smile on your face? Then Eurovision Ireland’s James may have just stumbled across the perfect solution. Back in 1989, the Turkish group Pan took part in the Eurovision Song Contest, with their […]
#IRELAND: Maria Christian continues to impress on The Voice France As we reported earlier this year, Maria Christian, now known as Maria Cuche, has been competing in The Voice: La Plus Belle Voix, the French edition of the international Voice franchise. Back in January, Maria sang the Irish […]
#BIRTHDAY: Severina from Croatia is 38 today There’s often a debate these days about language. Does a country opt for their own tongue, or one of them? Or do they go for something more mainstream? Usually English. There are arguments for and against, but I think it’s nice […]
BIRTHDAY: Amir from France is 36 today Do you ever get caught up in the storms of interest that surround some songs? A momentum builds behind [insert song here] and people think it just has to show up to win. The fan community can sometimes get it very […]
BIRTHDAY: Ingrid Peters from Germany is 66 today Do you remember the contests back in the 1980s? They were a different affair to now, with countries often finishing in similar positions year in, year out. Our friends in German only managed one win, but also managed four runners-up […]
The Austrian public have chosen their winner of the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. During this week on Tuesday, Thursday and last night, a jury selected a winner from 13 or 14 songs – depending on the line-up. The winners went on to a public vote after the […]
#IRELAND: It was 40 years ago today… As we know, Ireland leads the table of most wins with seven. It also has the unique distinction of one performer winning twice. Forty years ago today, that unique performer won for the first time with the song What’s another year. […]