#BIRTHDAY: Chris Kempers from Germany is 58 today Did I hear you ask for a duet? Did I? Did I? well, you’re getting one anyway. One from a famous year which featured songs with a very common theme. Yep, the year of note was 1990. Our friends in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Joëlle Ursull from France is 62 today It’s always a good thing when a country tries something different. There’s one thing for a formulaic song, but thinking outside the box can be a breath of fresh air. It can sometimes pay dividends too. In the 1990s, our […]
On September 27th, the SHORTER-SHORT LIST for the 2023 Host City was revealed. While we don’t know where the Eurovision Song Contest will be held next year until the Autumn, we thought we’d look back at the cities that have already hosted the Contest. The Hague The Hague hosted the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nucha from Portugal is 56 today What do you now? It’s more Lusitanian singing that was largely ignored by the juries of Europe. I’ll admit that not everything Portugal did was good, but they deserved better some years. Back in 1990, Eurovision was a simpler affair. We […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lonnie Devantier from Denmark is 49 today Are you happy with the free language rule? Are you glad that most songs are now in English? Or do you miss listening to those obscure tongues that make some countries so proud? On another subject entirely, we’re going Danish […]
#BIRTHDAY: Toto Cutugno from Italy is 78 today If you’re a Eurovision worth their gravy (or glitter), you might have an eye on where our favourite TV show will be taking place next year. Our friends have hosted the contest twice before, in Naples and Rome. Will one […]
#BIRTHDAY: Chris Kempers from Germany is 56 today Did I hear you ask for a duet? Did I? Did I? well, you’re getting one anyway. One from a famous year which featured songs with a very common theme. Yep, the year of note was 1990. Our friends in […]
#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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Joëlle Ursull from France is 60 today It’s always a good thing when a country tries something different. There’s one thing for a formulaic song, but thinking outside the box can be a breath of fresh air. It can sometimes pay dividends too. In the 1990s, our […]
#IRELAND: Review of Ireland’s Eurosong 1990 Ireland’s progress through the Eurovision Song Contest is more than just seven wins. There has been a fair share of other high finishes through the years. Eurovision Ireland reviews the Irish national final from 1990. This show yielded a joint runner-up in […]