BIRTHDAY: Tinkara Kovač from Slovenia is 44 today As you know, we often drone on about people who keep trying. Some of them make it to the final week/fortnight many times, and still want more (cough Monetta cough). Some have a couple of attempts as a national final, […]
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. Birmingham Birmingham (one of the short-listed […]
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 19 and Game 30 of the tournament. Germany will be playing France, from 20:00 GMT/21:00 CET. So which female Eurovision stars are we celebrating […]
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: Carl Espen from Norway is 40 today Do you ever notice that some songs are touted as winners, only to fade away once they get to the host city. It could be a missed staging opportunity, or the draw conspiring against it. Back in 2014, we all […]
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 9 and Games 15 & 16 of the tournament. Italy will be playing Iceland from 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. France will be playing Belgium from […]
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 8 and Games 13 & 14 of the tournament. Sweden will be playing Switzerland from 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. The Netherlands will be playing Portugal […]
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 6 and Games 9 & 10 of the tournament. Austria will be playing Northern Ireland (UK) from 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. England will be playing […]
#BIRTHDAY: RiskyKidd from Greece is 28 today Have you noticed an increase in collaborations? No? Well, maybe not necessarily in Eurovision circles, but definitely in the wider world of music. But what happens in music eventually permeates to Eurovision. And in 2014 Greece entered a collaboration between Freaky […]
#BIRTHDAY: Emma Marrone from Italy is 38 today Our friends in Italy have done fairly well since they can back from exile. Seven top 10 finishes in their last nine attempts, including two runner-up spots. Which other of the Big Five can boast that record? Of course, for […]