#BIRTHDAY: Svetlana Loboda from Ukraine is 41 today What’s your favourite type of song? One where a singer stands still on stage, with a dark backdrop, and belts out a big beefy ballad? Or something a little more glitzy? Or three minutes of lunacy from Moldova? Well today […]
#BIRTHDAY: Virginie Pouchain from France is 43 today Some countries often go through the doldrums. No matter what they try, they can’t catch the ear or eye of the juror or televoter, however earnest a performance is. Our friends in France have experienced the highs and lows, with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Oxenryd is 41 today Here’s an upbeat little number to kick-start your October. We know how you all like something to groove along too, and if it’s Schlager inspired, even more so. Even more so if you add a sprinkling of Swedish-ness into the mix, and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sibel Tüzün from Türkiye is 52 today Here’s something we thought we’d never see. It’s a performer from one country singing in another with whom there was no love lost for a long time. These days, most European countries generally get on, apart from the obvious. But […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kate Ryan from Belgium is 43 today Those fans, eh? If things were left to them a whole load of different songs would have won contests, or even qualified for finals. They can be a stubborn bunch at times in what’s hot and what’s not. Thus was […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mariana Popova from Bulgaria is 45 today Do you remember your country’s early days in our favourite TV show? Was it all good, or was it more patchy. We all know Serbia won on its first attempt in its own right. But others didn’t have it so […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tina Karol from Ukraine is 38 today Who doesn’t love a good thigh-slapper of a song. It’s more than just plain old Schlager. A good old banger that will fill a dance floor, even if the lyric isn’t the most profound in the world. A thigh-slapper with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mihai Trăistariu from Romania is 43 today Some countries have flirted with that first win, but it’s never actually happened. But as we often say, past form is no guide to future form. In the early part of the 21st Century, it looked like Romania could achieve […]
#BIRTHDAY: Daz Sampson from the UK is 48 today The ‘novelty’ song. Every contest has them. Just look at Carola. I joke. Carola has never been a novelty. But these songs sometimes do far better than expected. And some we can just point and laugh at. I leave […]
#BIRTHDAY: Brian Kennedy from Ireland is 56 today Do you like a ballad or a banger? Or something in between? Or do you like all forms of song – yes, even Schlager? Our friends in Ireland are past masters at the ballad. They’ve won no end of contests […]
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