#BIRTHDAY: Evelina Sašenko from Lithuania is 33 today Can you cast your mind back to nine years ago? What were you doing? Were you at school? Were you celebrating one of those ‘big’ birthdays that ends in a zero? Were you even a fan of our favourite TV […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jake Shakeshaft from the UK is 25 today Are there certain countries you wish could do better. Yes, we know anyone can win our favourite TV show, but some places seem to lack a bit of luck. That luck could be circumstance, or just due to the […]
Slovenia has chosen their representative for the postponed Eurovision Young Musicians 2020 – after a televised final was due to take place on Sunday 29th March. A Jury selected the representative, based on the Semi Final performances. Sebastijan Buda was selected, with the Horn as his instrument of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sigga from Iceland is 58 today It’s repeat offender time again. You know the sort – They have a good/bad/indifferent result when they take part a first time. They get the bug and come back again. Repeat as necessary. Today’s birthday girl Sigga (née Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir) appeared […]
#BIRTHDAY: Fredi from Finland is 78 today Eurovision songs are occasionally branded – by muggles – as nonsense. Meaningless lyrics, daft arm-waving dance routines, and reinforcement of national stereotypes. Some of this may be true, but we love them nonetheless. Even if the title may make you think […]
#BIRTHDAY: Braulio from Spain is 74 today It’s always a curious mix of countries in our favourite TV show. We have the 21st Century newbies, to those that have racked up 50 appearances or more. So it follows that, occasionally, we pick songs from times before you, dear […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ester Peony from Romania is 27 today What do you think of stage shows? Should they be kept simple, in order to emphasise a song? Or is there anything wrong in a kickass dance routine or novel staging? Both can work. Just look at the contrast between, […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
Could we see another Eurasian nation, like Russia, participate at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest? Sadly not. TRT, the Turkish national broadcaster have confirmed the news to Eurofestivales earlier today. TRT stated they do not participate in any Eurovision contests. TRT previously participated in the Eurovision Song […]