BIRTHDAY: DJ BoBo from Switzerland is 51 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: Mélanie Cohl from Belgium is 37 today Another day, another birthday, and today it comes from plucky little Belgium. You know the place – capital of Europe and made up of a conglomeration of various communities that sometimes speak to each other. Of course, with a country […]
Today’s interview focuses on another Romanian candidate from Selectia Nationala 2019: Vaida. Some of you might remember her from the 2014 selection, when she finished 2nd with her song ‘One More Time’, behind Paula and Ovi’s ‘Miracle’. This year she returned with an entry entitled ‘Underground’. Let’s see […]
Recently, we here at Eurovision Ireland wrote about ESC Radio’s annual Top 250, in which we noted that only 63 of these song came from the first 40 years of Eurovision. Many of you took to social media to say you thought this a great shame – and […]
BIRTHDAY: Hovig from Cyprus is 30 today Did you ever wonder what makes a good selection process for your country’s act? Should it be a series of shows lasting months where one song gets eliminated each week? One show that’s all done and dusted in an hour? Or […]
The wait is over! TVR revealed today the audio versions for the 23 songs in the Semi-Finals of Selectia Nationala 2019! Even though initially they announced 24 songs which qualified, Dan Bittman withdrew from the competition due to other commitments. So without further ado, here are the songs […]
When it comes to the Eurovision Song Contest, there have been 52 participating nations in the past – if you count Serbia & Montenegro and Yugoslavia as separate nations too. Therefore only three nations not to feature in the annual Eurovision Top 250 poll was a surprise to […]
BIRTHDAY: Agathonas Iakovidis from Greece is 64 What do you like about Eurovision? The singing? The costume? The fact that various culture from about our fair continent lock horns in a battle that can only make for the betterment of Europe? It’s none of these. It’s about alcohol. […]
BIRTHDAY: Gisela from Andorra is 40 A new year, and we can now say that Israel will be hosting this year. Exciting, isn’t it? Well it is for the 42 countries that will be there on stage between 14 and 18 May. Will yours be of them? One country that […]
Happy New Year! While a new year means that a new Eurovision Song Contest is edging ever closer, it also means it’s time to look through ESC Radio’s Annual Top 250! While Loreen has held on to her crown for a 7th consecutive year, James took a closer […]