#BIRTHDAY: Magdi Rúzsa from Hungary is 35 today We miss Hungary. There, we’ve said it. Putting politics aside, they’ve put in some memorable stuff since that début in sunny Ljubljana in 1993. It’s not all been plain sailing, but without Hungary, it would be a far poorer contest. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dado Topić from Croatia is 71 today We celebrate all manner of things with our birthdays. The winners, the losers, the ‘also-ran’s. They all count, and you can guarantee that someone out there will like every single Eurovision song. So just occasionally, a song might not quite […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kenan Doğulu from Turkey is 46 today Let’s be honest – our friends in Turkey are sorely missed from our favourite TV show. They added that bit of exotica to proceedings, and were gunning for another win when they abruptly stopped coming along in 2012. Over the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sarbel from Greece is 39 today Our friends in Greece were, to be fair, a country with very little success during the 20th Century. Everything changed in Copenhagen, and that win suddenly came within reach. As we know, Helena Paparizou eventually pulled it off, and a crop […]
Bulgaria’s BNT1, is the latest broadcaster to announce it’s additional programming ahead of it’s live broadcast of “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light”, on May 16th, 21:00 CET. The following re-runs have been announced, all to be shown on BNT1: 12/05: Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final 2007 – 21:00 […]
BIRTHDAY: Hanna Pakarinen from Finland is 39 today If you were fortunate enough to be a Eurovision performer, would you want to do it in your home country. If you were a participant in 2019, the chances are you were from somewhere colder than Tel Aviv. So going […]
Following on from the ANNOUNCEMENT that “De Eurovisa” will be broadcast as usual, YLE have announced further programming to fill the void of this year’s cancelled Eurovision Song Contest. Three former Contests will be shown in full. 2014 (their best placing since 2006), 2006 (Lordi achieve Finland’s only […]