BIRTHDAY: Tonia from Belgium is 72 today Neighbours. Everybody needs good neighbours. Some of our favourite countries have them, others not. And it is said in some quarters that you need neighbourly voting to win at a certain song contest. I say this because there must always be […]
BIRTHDAY: Reynaerdt from Belgium is 64 today If you can cast your mind back to 1956 – never forget your heritage – you’ll know seven countries took part. Look them up. Fast forward to 2019, and each of those seven has won at least once. Of those seven, […]
BIRTHDAY: Tal Sondak from Israel is 43 today Several countries in our favourite TV show don’t actually lie in Europe proper. That’s the beauty of Eurovision – we have Europeans and Mediterraneans all as one big happy family. As you’ll know, we were in Israel in May and […]
While many had hoped it would become a reality – especially with The Netherlands hosting the Eurovision Song Contest next year, Luxembourg will not be retuning to the Contest next year. RTL told ESCToday: “It currently concentrates on news features rather than music and entertainment shows. A Eurovision […]
BIRTHDAY: Ryan Dolan from Ireland is 34 today Sometimes you want some countries to have success. Maybe it’s because you’d like to see how they host a contest. Or they did well in years gone by and have since lost their way. Talking of countries that have lost […]
BIRTHDAY: Anders Berglund from Sweden is 71 today In a change to our performers’ birthday, it’s worth remembering that for 43 contests, an important part of Eurovision was the orchestra. do we miss them? Some conductors only did their job once or twice. Others were more notorious. And […]
JESC2019: Final list of participating countries Over the previous months, various broadcasters have been announcing whether they would – or would not – be participating in the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It takes place in Gliwice, in southern Poland, on Sunday 24 November. But who will we […]
BIRTHDAY: Laura Rizzotto from Latvia is 25 today Each country enters our favourite TV show with high hopes. After all, their host broadcaster and national public have put their faith in the lucky performer, so they’ve got some backing already. However, you, as the performer, may see what […]
Hatari, this year’s Icelandic entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, will be touring Scandinavia and Western Europe in 2020 – including three UK dates. The tagline of the tour is “Europe Will Crumble”. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (19th July), however we don’t have a link […]
Earlier this evening, it was revealed that Rotterdam and Maastricht are the final two in the race to host the Eurovision Song Contest in the Netherlands next year. Sietse Bakker, the Executive Supervisor of the 2020 Contest, had the following to say: “All the cities and venues have […]