#BIRTHDAY: 21 August – Lukas Meijer is 38 Time for a false flagger. It shouldn’t make any difference whether you’re singing for your own country or another one. However some countries have permeated the general fabric of Eurovision more than others. Our friends in Poland are still looking […]
#BIRTHDAY: 19 August – Laura Tesoro from Belgium is 30 Do you enjoy good national final? No, not that Melodifestivalen thing – we’re talking about good national finals. We jest of course. Every national final will have good songs and, erm, other songs. Our friends in Belgium flit […]
#BIRTHDAY: 18 August – Klavdia from Greece is 24 It’s become a thing lately that more and more countries are spurning English, and reverting to using their own languages. It’s a good thing surely, and shows how diverse our continent is. for many years – when they could […]
#BIRTHDAY: 17 August – Ilinca from Romania is 28 It would be a dull old Eurovision if all the songs sounded the same. They obviously don’t, otherwise they’d all finish up with the same number of points. But whilst they all want to stand out, some stand out […]
#BIRTHDAY: 13 August – Águst from Iceland is 53 It’s duet time. And one from over 25 years ago. It’s scary that when we talk about over 25 years ago, we can still be in the 21st Century. Does it make you feel old? In 2000, today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Frédéric Etherlinck from Belgium is 58 Do you often wonder what happens to Eurovision singers once they’ve done their stuff on that stage. We know some become real musicians or politicians, or all-round media personalities. But then there are others. Today’s birthday boy Frédéric Etherlinck (né Frédéric […]
#BIRTHDAY: 9 August – Gjon Delhusa from Hungary is 73 We like looking at members of very exclusive clubs. There’s the double winner’s Club. That’s pretty exclusive. Then there’s the 2020-only Club. A little less so. And then there’s another club with only four members. In 1993 and […]
#BIRTHDAY: 8 August – Sanja Vučić from Serbia is 33 Some of those singers just can’t get enough of our favourite TV show. They keep coming back, just to see if they can win that crystal microphone. But it sometimes happens that they come back again in a slightly […]
#BIRTHDAY: 7 August – Martin Vučić from North Macedonia is 44 Who, among the list of countries that have never won, would you like to see win? And why? Is it because they have had good songs in the past? Is it because they have decent food and […]
#BIRTHDAY: 6 August – Stella Maessen is 73 today Those people who keep coming back for me. Is i good because they know what they’re doing? Or is it bad because they’re doing someone else out of a chance? Today’s birthday girl Stella Maessen disguised her appearances a […]