BIRTHDAY: Ryan Dolan from Ireland is 34 today Sometimes you want some countries to have success. Maybe it’s because you’d like to see how they host a contest. Or they did well in years gone by and have since lost their way. Talking of countries that have lost […]
It has been announced that the US streaming service Netflix, have gained the rights to stream this year’s and next year’s Contests. As of today, viewers in the USA can view the whole of this year’s Contest from Tel Aviv. Next year’s Contest in the Netherlands, will be […]
Szansa na Sukces has been chosen as the method to select this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest entry from Poland. The show will feature three casting heats, with two entries progressing from each heat. The final will then feature those six singers progressing from the casting heats. In […]
BIRTHDAY: Anders Berglund from Sweden is 71 today In a change to our performers’ birthday, it’s worth remembering that for 43 contests, an important part of Eurovision was the orchestra. do we miss them? Some conductors only did their job once or twice. Others were more notorious. And […]
JESC2019: Final list of participating countries Over the previous months, various broadcasters have been announcing whether they would – or would not – be participating in the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It takes place in Gliwice, in southern Poland, on Sunday 24 November. But who will we […]
BIRTHDAY: Laura Rizzotto from Latvia is 25 today Each country enters our favourite TV show with high hopes. After all, their host broadcaster and national public have put their faith in the lucky performer, so they’ve got some backing already. However, you, as the performer, may see what […]
Hatari, this year’s Icelandic entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, will be touring Scandinavia and Western Europe in 2020 – including three UK dates. The tagline of the tour is “Europe Will Crumble”. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (19th July), however we don’t have a link […]
Earlier this evening, it was revealed that Rotterdam and Maastricht are the final two in the race to host the Eurovision Song Contest in the Netherlands next year. Sietse Bakker, the Executive Supervisor of the 2020 Contest, had the following to say: “All the cities and venues have […]
BIRTHDAY: Andy Abraham from the UK is 55 today Do you think performers like to publicise the fact they’ve taken part in our favourite TV show? Do they make the most of it, or just pretend it never happened? When they’re selected, they must think that they’ll never […]
BIRTHDAY: Danijela from Croatia is 48 today Opening a contest. Is there anything more daunting? Well, being on second or sixteenth is no fun as those positions have never won. However, if you get it over with , then it means you can hit that free bar earlier […]