#BIRTHDAY: Ovidijus Vyšniauskas from Lithuania is 66 today Not so long ago, eyebrows were raised when our favourite TV show was extended to 25 countries. Can you imagine that? A one-night spectacular with 25 songs. That would be seen as piffling these days. Of course, where there are […]
#ST PATRICK’S DAY: A time to celebrate It’s that time of the year again. No, not that time, that’s in May. If you’re Irish, then this is the day for you. Much of the world goes a little bit green – in more ways than one. So here […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kostas Bigalis from Greece is 70 today Do you remember the 1990s? It was the decade of change, when our favourite TV show went from being something nice and cosy and light entertainment, to something far more bloodbath-like. And Ireland won a lot. In one of those […]
#BIRTHDAY: Evridiki from Cyprus is 55 today You have to admire those that keep coming back time after time. The first couple of times, you sing a song written by your fiancé/husband. The third time, you don’t. It’s a story as old as time. Today’s birthday girl Ευρυδίκη […]
#BIRTHDAY: William Mangion from Malta is 64 today There are some special contests where things change. 1971 was one instance (previews started). 2004 was another (semi-finals). But perhaps one of the most important was 1993. The EBU had started to embrace those further east places that wanted to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sigga from Iceland is 60 today It’s repeat offender time again. You know the sort – They have a good/bad/indifferent result when they take part a first time. They get the bug and come back again. Repeat as necessary. Today’s birthday girl Sigga (née Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir) appeared […]
#BIRTHDAY: Petra Frey from Austria is 44 today Sometimes when we’re picking a birthday song, it makes us feel old. I’ve been watching contests since 19xx so have seen a few acts in my time. And some of them are a lot older now than I thought they […]
On the lead up to the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, which is been held in Turin, we are looking back at the countries participating in the Contest and their histories – past and present. Today we continue with Lithuania’s story. Lithuania debuted at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, […]
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