#BIRTHDAY: Verka Serduchka from Ukraine is 50 today Occasionally, a song comes along that gets under your skin. It’s not one you really like, as there are far better ones around. But You just can’t help yourself humming it in the shower, or at other inappropriate times. Back […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alenka Gotar from Slovenia is 46 today Do you like it when popular music strays into the realm of classical music? It takes a special person to fuse them properly, and an even more special person to bring their talent to the Eurovision stage. Very special in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kenan Doğulu from Türkiye is 49 today Let’s be honest – our friends in Türkiye/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 after the 2012 shows. […]
#BIRTHDAY: DQ from Denmark is 50 today Our favourite TV show can be a glamorous affair, and many people just tune in for the costumes. They must just like shiny things. Well that might explain a certain Ukrainian with a star on their head. Of course, there’s more […]
#BIRTHDAY: DJ BoBo from Switzerland is 55 today If you’re a fan of the history of our favourite TV show, you’ll first know that there were contests before 2000. You’ll also know who won when. Take 1956 for example, when the late great Ms Lys Assia won. She […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dado Topić from Croatia is 73 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 […]
On August 12th, the SHORT LIST for the 2023 Host City was revealed. While we don’t know where the Eurovision Song Contest will be held next year until the Autumn, we thought we’d look back at the cities that have already hosted the Contest. Harrogate Harrogate hosted the 1982 Eurovision […]
#BIRTHDAY: Natalia Barbu from Moldova is 43 today If you’ve read a recent novel by a certain Eurovision fan, you’ll know which country he sets his story in. It’s a country that has yet to win the real thing, but they’re ever hopeful. And so are we. Our […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sopho Khalvashi from Georgia is 36 today The first decade of this century saw a big expansion of the amount of countries taking part in our favourite TV show. Fifteen countries débuted. That’s more countries than took part in the first contests. One such début came from […]
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, […]
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