BIRTHDAY: Ilinca from Romania is 21 today It would be a dull old Eurovision if all the songs sounded the same. They obviously don’t, otherwise they’d all finish up with the same number of points. But whilst they all want to stand out, some stand out because they […]
BIRTHDAY: Jari Sillanpää from Finland is 54 today Our favourite song contest isn’t always all about the singing. Yes, an actual song won this year, but sometimes the medium of dance tries to get in on the act. There have been many songs about this medium, and includes […]
BIRTHDAY: Kølig Kaj from Denmark is 48 today Do you have a favourite style of music? Is it Schlager? Or something less predictable? If you’re into rap, then today’s song will be for you. Some countries experiment with this form of music from time to time. Either as […]
BIRTHDAY: Margot Eskens from Germany is 80 today You must have been thinking that I’m only picking the birthdays of recent performers. That is, in part, true. I know many of you have no knowledge of contests before 2000, but there was 44 of them. And, dear reader, […]
This weekend see’s the start of our monthly updates for next year’s Eurovision Young Musicians, to be held in Zagreb, Croatia. Croatia will obviously be present at the Contest, as they will be hosting it. Further details can be found HERE. Last August, RTBF of Belgium COMMITTED to […]
Mahmood, this year’s Italian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, will be touring Western Europe later this year – including a date in London. The tagline of the tour is “Good Vibes”. A date for ticket sales has yet to be announced. Mahmood will be performing in these […]
The date when next year’s Host City has been announced. NPO, AVROTROS & NOS will reveal the chosen city on Friday 30th August. Both Maastricht and Rotterdam had until 16:00 GMT/17:00 CET today, to submit their final bid books, with the additional information required, after the original ESC20 […]
BIRTHDAY: Odd Børre from Norway is 80 today Time to look back. A long way back. Back before some of you might even have been born. But fear not, it’s in beautiful colour. If you didn’t know, the first contest in colour was in 1968. A time when […]
On Saturday 24th August, P4 Nasta will be taking place in Sweden. The eight finalists will be vying for a spot in Melodifestivalen 2020. The eight finalists are: Faith Kakembo – “Through fire and rain” Hildur Höglind – “Further apart” Hugo Andersson – “Lovenote” Amanda Aasa – “Gå […]
ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, have confirmed to ESCToday that Estonia will be present in the Netherlands next May. This is as far as ERR went however, with no confirmation how their entrant will be selected – it’s expected Eesti Laul will be used as normal. Victor Crone […]