#BIRTHDAY: Luca Barbarossa from Italy is 61 today All Eurovision eyes are increasingly focussing on the oddly anatomically shaped country that is Italy (we understand some riotous cavalcade of quality song takes place there next month). And so are we! Our friends in Italy have at times had […]
#BIRTHDAY: Scott Fitzgerald from the UK is 73 today Do you like a close contest? That show where more than one country can win, even going down to the last vote. It’s less likely these days, with bigger scores and more countries. The close contest did happen several […]
#OBITUARY: Liam Reilly has died aged 65 Legendary Irish singer/songwriter Liam Reilly died aged 65 on 1 January. An incredibly popular figure in the Irish entertainment industry, the Eurovision community will best remember him for coming second in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb. In 1978 he […]
#OBITUARY: Reynaert from Belgium has died aged 65 Joseph Reynaerts, known by his stage name Reynaert, has died as a result of COVID-19. He participated for Belgium in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, held at the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion in Dublin. He performed the song Laissez briller le […]
It is with great sadness that we report that Rajko Dujmic has passed away following a traffic accident on Wednesday 29th July. Rajko was part of Novi fosili, who represented Yugoslavia in 1987, finishing 4th in Belgium. He then went on to write the Yugoslav entries in 1988 […]