#BIRTHDAY: Martin Stenmarck from Sweden is 50 today Hold onto your hats! I’ve picked a birthday from Sweden today. Are you really excited? Could it be one of your favourites? Or not? Well as I sometimes say, every song ever performed on a Eurovision stage has fans. Some […]
#BIRTHDAY: Martin Vučić from North Macedonia is 40 today Who, among the list of countries that have never won, would you like to see win? And why? Is it because they have had good songs in the past? Is it because they have decent food and drink? Is […]
Today, the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship continues and we will be celebrating it this year, with a Eurovision twist. Today sees Match Day 14 and Game 25 of the tournament. England (UK) will be playing Spain, while Italy will be playing Belgium – both from 20:00 GMT/21:00 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Omar Naber from Slovenia is 41 today Many people can claim to have a unique record in our favourite TV show. It could be their country’s only winner. Or the only person to win twice as a performer. More often – probably – are people who share […]
#BIRTHDAY: Glennis Grace from the Netherlands is 44 today Anyone can win the Eurovision Song Contest. There, I’ve said it. We cite the examples of Portugal and Finland. But there are others. Recently we had a win by our friends in the Netherlands. Over the years, the Dutch […]
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 Moldova’s story. Moldova debuted at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, […]
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 Bulgaria’s story. Bulgaria debuted at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, […]
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 start with Ukraine’s story – in full. Ukraine debuted at the 2003 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ledina Çelo from Albania is 45 today It can be a strange thing being a country’s second ever participant in our favourite TV show. Especially if the first entrant did well. That second entrant has a hard act to follow. In 2005, today’s birthday girl Ledina Çelo […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lise Darly is 40 today Those semi-finals are a brutal affair. The potential classic songs that fall by the wayside, meaning a possible winner has to watch from the sidelines. We can all name several. For those places that can’t get out of the semi-finals, it’s understandable […]