BIRTHDAY: Charlie from Hungary is 72 today What was it that drew you into Eurovision? The costumes? The glorious melodies? For us, it was the languages. Where else could you have heard someone using Hebrew, Portuguese or Finnish to get a message across? Of course, many use English […]
The participants and dates for this year’s Festivali i Kenges have been announced. The Contest will take place on 19th, 20th and 22nd December. Hosting this year’s proceedings will be Alketa Vejsiu. The twenty participating artists are: Alberie Hadergjonaj Aldo Bardhi Arilena Ara Bojken Lako Devis Xherahu Eli […]
Destiny Chukunyere has confirmed she will be participating in this year’s Maltese X-Factor and will be in tonight’s auditions episode. The live shows for the Maltese X-Factor, Season 2, begin in January – with the Final taking place on February 8th. Destiny represented Malta at the Junior Eurovision […]
BIRTHDAY: Tanel Padar from Estonia is 39 today Do you remember the start of this century/millennium? The bug was behind us and we had a whole new one hundred/one thousand years to look forward to. And of course our favourite TV show carried on. One year in, and […]
Croatia have launched their National Selection for next year’s Eurovision Young Musicians – which they are hosting in Zagreb. Applicants have until Sunday 15th December to apply for a chance to represent their country. The Semi Finals, where all the potential musicians will be seen, will take place […]
Sweden will once again be participating at Eurovision Young Musicians next year. Polstjärnepriset will once again be used as their National Selection – with the Final taking place on Sunday 5th January, from the Gothenburg Concert Hall. The Finalists and the instruments they will be playing are: Oskar […]
BIRTHDAY: Mary Spiteri from Malta is 72 today When Portugal won in 2017, they had held the record for the most entries without a win. It’s not a record a country wants, but it’s one to watch. But who holds that record now? Well, it depends on your […]
ESC2020: The theme of Eurovision 2020 is ‘Open up’ The organisers of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest have revealed that the theme for the shows will be ‘Open up’. TV channel NPO1 has revealed it on the popular TV programme De wereld draait door. According to Exective Producer, […]
BIRTHDAY: Jean-Claude Pascal representing Luxembourg would have been 92 today Occasionally, we like to look back – right back – at early contests. It’s important no to forget our history as if it wasn’t for events on a May evening in 1956, we wouldn’t have had the lunacy […]
BIRTHDAY: Eduard Romanyuta representing Moldova is 27 today False-flagger alert! Well, of sorts. It’s one of those days when the worlds of false flaggers and persistent triers collide. With criminal results, you might say. Today’s birthday boy Едуард Едуардович Романюта/Eduard Romanyuta tried three times before he finally got […]