RTL, the Luxembourgish national broadcaster, have launched their national selection for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Sweden. Those wishing to represent Luxembourg can apply through RTL’s Eurovision WEBSITE. Those wishing to apply, must meet the following requirements: An unconfirmed number of finalists will take part in the televised […]
Omrop Fryslân, the Dutch regional broadcaster, has announced their selection for Regio Songfestival 2023. Omrop Fryslân have revealed their selection for Regio Songfestival 2023. The winner of Liet 2023, which will take place on Thursday 12th October, will represent Friesland at the Regio Songfestival 2023. Liet 2023 applications […]
#BIRTHDAY: Piera Martell from Switzerland is 80 today The 1970s. An interesting time when our contest was a light entertainment show and all done in one evening. And arguably the decade in which the greatest ever act to emerge, well, emerged. It was 1974 and we were in […]
NPO Zapp, the Dutch national broadcaster, has announced how the Finalists have been divided up for Junior Songfestival 2023 – their national selection for the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Nice. The Acts in the Final of Junior Songfestival 2023 will look like this: Let us know […]
#BIRTHDAY: Catherine Ferry from France is 70 today It’s good to have a really good look back in time to those earlier contests. The days of simplicity, when a singer had to actually sing, with fancy-schmancy backdrops and pre-recorded backing vocals. In 1976, we saw our friends in […]
The annual summer spectacular, Allsång på Skansen, is back and the 2023 season premiered on Tuesday. Helping kick-off the season was Loreen. Amongst her various performances, Loreen performed “Tattoo”, which you can watch below: If you missed the premiere episode of Allsång på Skansen 2023, you can watch […]
#BIRTHDAY: Miriam Christine from Malta is 45 today Do you ever wonder how some people from one country end up in another? Or how someone’s parents got together, in order that someone has an unusual dual nationality? A certain Burkinabé-Latvian combination must be one of the most unusual. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maxi Garden from Germany is 49 today Duos come in strange pairings sometimes. We’ve had the lovers, the siblings, the twins, and the people put together as a result of a TV talent show. But then there is another type of duo. This is the parent and […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have announced changes to Melodifestivalen – their national selection for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. 30 entries, instead of 28 entries will compete in 2024. There will be five Heats in 2024, instead of four Heats and the Semi Final (Andra Chansen) round […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kristina Hautala from Finland is 75 today Do you think it’s true that some languages sound easier on the ear than others? French songs did well in the early days, before English came along. Other languages, however, never really seemed to hit the mark. Today’s birthday girl […]