BIRTHDAY: Daz Sampson from the UK is 45 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 […]
Previously, we had ANNOUNCED that Finland was going back to an open selection for UMK. During the submission period, 426 songs were received by YLE. On 21st January 2020, the Six Acts that will be taking part in UMK 2020 will be announced in a Press Conference. The […]
Earlier this month, the participating Acts and their Songs were announced HERE & HERE for Eesti Laul 2020. The Songs will be released this Saturday – that’s the 30th November. Today, we can reveal the Semi Final split in which each Act will perform in. Semi Final One […]
It’s time to “Open Up” and discover next year’s theme art! The logo is an abstract design, encompassing 65 years of the Eurovision Song Contest and the 41 participating country flags this year, in the chronological order of their debut. A further understanding on how all 41 flags […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Muireann McDonnell is 14 today Muireann McDonnell represented Ireland at JESC 2017 with the song Súile glasa. Happy birthday, Muireann Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Vlado Janevski is 59 today Our friends in North Macedonia, formerly the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are a noteworthy bunch. They came along in 1996, got stuck in the pre-selection, took a year out, and then came back two years later. It’s 1998 where we go […]
SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen 2020 participants announced Sweden’s broadcaster SVT has revealed the 28 lucky acts vying for a ticket to Rotterdam next May. For many (though not all), Melodifestivalen is one of the highlights of the national final season. A number of returning acts have won the golden ticket […]
Victoria Georgieva will sing for Bulgaria next year in Rotterdam Earlier today Bulgaria’s broadcaster BNT revealed that Victoria Georgieva will represent the country at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Bulgarian viewers of Eurovision will probably best know Victoria from the 4th series of the X-Factor – […]
Tonight was the 17th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, coming to us live from Gliwice, Poland! Nineteen incredible acts took to the stage, but there could only be one winner… The votes of the juries and public vote have crowned Poland with their entry “Superhero” the […]
BIRTHDAY: Viktor Klimenko from Finland is 77 today We often mention false flags here, and it can be a little misleading at times. Many people don’t participate for their country of birth because their country of birth isn’t participating Such a thing happens with today’s birthday boy Viktor […]