Sweden will once again be participating at Eurovision Young Musicians next year. Polstjärnepriset will once again be used as their National Selection – with the Final taking place on Sunday 5th January, from the Gothenburg Concert Hall. The Finalists and the instruments they will be playing are: Oskar […]
BIRTHDAY: Guy Sebastian from Australia is 38 today It’s always exciting when a country débuts in our favourite TV show. Over 40 countries have participated, and there’s always rumour of more débuts to come. The newest country is that famous European country – Australia. Avid viewers for 30 […]
BIRTHDAY: Mary Spiteri from Malta is 72 today When Portugal won in 2017, they had held the record for the most entries without a win. It’s not a record a country wants, but it’s one to watch. But who holds that record now? Well, it depends on your […]
ESC2020: The theme of Eurovision 2020 is ‘Open up’ The organisers of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest have revealed that the theme for the shows will be ‘Open up’. TV channel NPO1 has revealed it on the popular TV programme De wereld draait door. According to Exective Producer, […]
BIRTHDAY: Jean-Claude Pascal representing Luxembourg would have been 92 today Occasionally, we like to look back – right back – at early contests. It’s important no to forget our history as if it wasn’t for events on a May evening in 1956, we wouldn’t have had the lunacy […]
This afternoon, TG4 released the final version of “Banshee”, the Irish entry at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It will be sung by Anna Kearney, who won Junior Eurovision Eire 2019 on Sunday 6th October. Author: Richard Taylor Source: TG4
BIRTHDAY: Eduard Romanyuta representing Moldova is 27 today False-flagger alert! Well, of sorts. It’s one of those days when the worlds of false flaggers and persistent triers collide. With criminal results, you might say. Today’s birthday boy Едуард Едуардович Романюта/Eduard Romanyuta tried three times before he finally got […]
BIRTHDAY: Hadise from Turkey is 34 today Let’s cast our minds back to former years, to countries taking a long-term absence from our favourite TV show. They could be financially constrained, disappointed with results, or there could be other darker reasons. Our friends in Turkey used to be […]
BIRTHDAY: Riccardo Fogli from Italy is 72 today Do you remember the 1980s? An interesting decade where we had some innovative sets and some innovative costumes. And we had the finest orchestras TV companies could hire. Back in 1983, we were in an old Olympic venue. Olympics, Eurovision […]
Italy have internally selected Marta Viola for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Marta Viola will be performing “La Voce Della Terra” in Gliwice. Author: Richard Taylor Source: ESCXtra