#BIRTHDAY: Piasek from Poland is 53 today Have you ever wondered why a country can do well in the Junior version of our favourite TV show, but don’t quite have the same success at the Big One? Exhibit A: Poland. Exhibit B: Armenia. Our friends in Exhibit A […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tanel Padar from Estonia is 43 today Do you remember the start of this century/millennium? The bug was behind us and we had a whole new one hundred/one thousand years to look forward to. And of course our favourite TV show carried on. One year in, and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lindsay Dracass from the UK is 39 today Do you have a preferred size of venue? Do you wish our favourite TV show – and it is a TV show after all – was in a small TV studio with people in their finery? Or do you […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nuša Derenda from Slovenia is 54 today Have you noticed that some song titles have been getting shorter? There are a few this year where they’re only known by one word. Solo, Stay, Aijā, Eaea, Duje. Is it that the printers are running short of ink? It’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Michelle from Germany is 51 today Do you ever think history repeats itself, and there’s nothing original anymore? In the Eurovision context, how many songs have been called ‘Shine’ for example. Or ‘Angel? In 2001, it wasn’t duplicated song titles, it was duplicated singer names We has […]
#BIRTHDAY: Arnis Mednis from Latvia is 61 today Would a song lyric that says “I’m voting for beer” draw you in? Do you like alcohol? Or do you think it’s the root of all evil? Today’s birthday boy Arnis Mednis incorporated this killer line in his song in […]
Today, the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship concludes and we will be celebrating it this year, with a Eurovision twist. Today sees Match Day 20 and Game 31 of the tournament. England (UK) will be playing Germany, from 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. So which female Eurovision stars are we […]