Today is the day when the finalists take to the stage to complete several run-throughs of their entries, ahead of tomorrow night’s final of Eesti Laul. Twenty four acts have taken to the stage in Tartu, vying for the twelve spots this Saturday night. One of these twelve […]
Snippets of this weekend Melodifestivalen semi finalists are now online. Taking part in Leksand this coming Saturday are: The Lovers of Valdaro – Somebody Wanrs Dolly Style – Habibi Martin Stenmarck – Låt skiten brinna Lina Hedlund – Victorious Omar Rudberg – Om om och om igen Rebecka […]
BIRTHDAY: Anita Thallaug from Norway is 81 today It’s about time we had a song in black & white. Some people forget that there were contests before 2000, and there’s a rich seam of good music buried in the 20th Century. All you have to do is look […]
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Ah, Valentine’s Day… a day for flirting, for romance, for you to confess your heart’s deepest desires… also a chance for it to all go spectacularly wrong! Let’s face it, the path to true love rarely runs smooth. Everyone has that date they’d rather […]
After five Heats and a staggering thirty songs, the Final of “The Greatest… Estonian Entry Ever” is here! The top two songs from each Heat have qualified over the last couple of weeks. Watch all the videos below and then cast your vote! For the Final, you are […]
BIRTHDAY: Sonia from the UK is 48 today Do you wish that contests were close these days. The current scoring makes things a little more dramatic, but there were days when it genuinely came down to the last set of votes. In the 1990s there were a couple […]
This Saturday is going to be a busy one for Eurovision fans! Not only are Romania choosing on Sunday, but Estonia, Slovenia, Croatia and Latvia are ALL choosing their Eurovision entries on Saturday night! After 2 semi finals, there are 8 finalists left with a chance to sing […]
Good news for our friends Down Under – Australia will be part of the Eurovision Song Contest until at least 2023. The country was invited to take part in the interval of the second Semi Final in 2014, before been invited to participate annually – but on an […]
BIRTHDAY: Ajda Pekkan from Turkey is 73 today Some countries seem to have fallen out with our favourite TV show of late. It wasn’t that long ago you’d see the likes of Monaco, Andorra and Slovakia eager and willing to take part. Now they just sit on the […]
BIRTHDAY: Simone de Oliveira from Portugal is 81 today Did you go to Lisbon last year? Did you go there for the contest? Did you enjoy it? Were you there on that amazing night down in the Eurovision Village? I’ll elaborate. I was down there with some Riigi […]