BIRTHDAY: Krista Siegfrids from Finland is 35 today It’s another contender for Mr/Mrs/Ms/Mx Eurovision today. You know the sort – one of those who crops up at every Eurovision-related opportunity to open something, or present something, or drink something. These people should be cherished. Luckily, they become the […]
BIRTHDAY: Michael Hoffmann from Germany is 69 today The home entry. A good thing or a bad thing? Well, you’re guaranteed a warm welcome as you get your three minutes on stage. But it means that two weeks in somewhere exotic or interesting might not quite come to […]
Three weeks ago, the live shows of Georgian Idol started and therefore the search to find Georgia’s act at the 65th Eurovision Song Contest, has reached its final stages. Ten acts reached the live show stage, but three have already been eliminated over the past three weeks. They […]
BIRTHDAY: Lize Marke from Belgium is 83 today To start off this festive month, we’re going back in time. You might have been alive in 1965, but do you remember today’s song? The set alone must have cost, well a tiny amount to set up. Anyway, 1965 was […]
After using Destination Eurovision as their National Selection for the past two years, France are reverting back to an Internal Selection for the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in 2020. Alexandra Redde-Amiel, the Head of Entertainment for France Televisions, had the following to say: “We want to control the […]
Out of the 178 songs submitted for the 2020 edition of Eesti Laul, 24 were selected. You can listen to all 24 HERE. The announcement of which artists were performing in which Semi Final was announced EARLIER this week. The running order for each Semi Final will be […]
BIRTHDAY: Antonio Carbonell from Spain is 50 today If you’re a true fan of our favourite TV show, you’ll know that before 2004, there were two pre-selections that became the bloodbaths that we’re so used to now. In 1996, the pre-selection was only done in an audio stylee. […]
Cyprus has made an internal selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, in Rotterdam. CyBC have chosen Sandro Nicolas to represent Cyprus, with the song yet to be revealed. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
JESC BIRTHDAY: Thor! from Belgium is 22 today Thor Salden represented Belgium at JESC 2006 in Bucharest. Happy birthday Thor! Author: John Stanton Source: OnEurope.biz
BIRTHDAY: Daz Sampson from the UK is 45 today The ‘novelty’ song. Every contest has them. Just look at Carola. I joke. Carola has never been a novelty. But these songs sometimes do far better than expected. And some we can just point and laugh at. I leave […]