BIRTHDAY: Heddy Lester from the Netherlands is 69 today Dutch? You want Dutch? Of course you do. They’ve got lots to choose from, and four five winners. So it’s nice to dip into the Dutch pool of birthday talent from time to time. Today we go back to […]
BIRTHDAY: RiskyKidd from Greece is 25 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: Anabel Conde from Spain is 44 today Second, eh? Is there a more annoying position? Well, if you’re the home entry, then maybe not if you’re the host broadcaster. But if you’ve travelled half-way across Europe with high hopes, then finishing second and finishing sixteenth are about […]
BIRTHDAY: Tor Endresen from Norway is 60 today We can all agree that Eurovision is a bug. It gets to you, and you can’t get enough. Sometimes you may even think it’s taken over your very soul. It must be the same if you’re a performer. You keep […]
KAN, the Israeli broadcaster, have announced that they will once be withdrawing from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – with no specific reason why. Israel had only participated twice before last year – in 2012 and 2016. However all is not lost for Israeli fans, as KAN have […]
BIRTHDAY: Esther Ofarim representing Switzerland is 78 today Picture the scenario: you’ve heard of the Eurovision Song Contest and think you’re good enough to compete. But your nation can’t or won’t participate. What do you do? You find a country that will. It’s happened many times. Czechs singing […]
BIRTHDAY: Ivo Linna from Estonia is 70 today Hooray! A big birthday! And a legend’s. Well, we think he is anyway. It’s from the time when a certain Baltic nation started to show us what it could via the gift of song. It’s a very important thing in […]
Last week, we revealed that there was a chance that Slovakia would be debuting at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, however the rumoured information seems to have been false. The press spokesperson for RTVS, Erika Rusnáková, confirmed that the nation would not be participating this year. Author: […]
BIRTHDAY: Lisa del Bo from Belgium is 58 today Do you ever hear a song and think that it sounds a lot like another song? It’s not quite plagiarism, but there are similarities that you can’t ignore. The plagiarism allegation is levelled at songs every year, usually without […]
BIRTHDAY: Amaury Vassili from France is 30 today The free language rule is a funny old thing. Obviously, most countries have picked a world-wide language to do their stuff. English usually, but French is often a good bet too. So imagine our surprise when one of the Big […]