#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Kim from Belgium is 48 today It’s a well-known fact that Eurovision fans love records. No, not the seven-inch kind, but the “Who got the most 12s” sort of record. One of those of note is the youngest winner. It’s held, of course, by today’s birthday […]
New Wave Junior 2020 took place last week in Artek, Crimea. Sofia Feskova, this year’s Russian entry at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, finished in 2nd place. A jury was responsible for choosing the winner – including former Eurovision Song Contest participants Alsou and Philip Kirkorov. Gaia Cauchi, […]
Eurofestivales has discovered that the European Broadcasting Union has set a deadline of Friday 30th October for all Contest performance recordings to be made, according to the Spanish media. Also revealed by the Spanish media, each of the participating artists will need to be live on stage, on […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cliff Richard from the UK is 80 today For some Eurovision performers, that appearance on the hallowed stage might not quite be the highlight of their career. Important, definitely, but not the pinnacle. Today’s birthday boy Cliff Richard (né Harry Rodger Webb) probably needs no introduction. He’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jacques Raymond from Belgium is 82 today There are many people that have tried one more than one occasion to win European music’s biggest prize. Some do it knowingly, whilst others get drafted in late on, probably because they’ve done it before. Today’s birthday boy Jacques Raymond […]
The Eurovision Broadcasting Union have confirmed to Eurofestivales that the 2021 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers will not take place next year. Furthermore to the news about next year’s Contest, the EBU have also confirmed that the competition is unlikely to return in the future. Eurovision Young Dancers […]
#BIRTHDAY: Brian Kennedy from Ireland is 54 today Do you like a ballad or a banger? Or something in between? Or do you like all forms of song – yes, even Schlager? Our friends in Ireland are past masters at the ballad. They’ve won no end of contests […]
The Grand Final of next year’s Melodi Grand Prix will take place on Saturday 20th February, NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster has confirmed. The first of five Semi Finals will commence on Saturday 16th January. All six shows will take place at the H3 Arena in 2021, where […]
RTCG, the Montenegrin national broadcaster, has confirmed to ESCToday that they will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest next year. Montenegro has previously stayed away from the Contest for two consecutive years – that was in 2010, when the Contest was held in Oslo and 2011, […]