The Polish entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, was originally planned for Melodifestivalen 2021 – the Swedish national selection. Songwriter Thomas Karlsson had the following to say: “The Ride” was written with the intention to compete in Melodifestivalen 2021. Work began on the song in July and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Géraldine Gaulier from Switzerland is 75 today We love vintage here. There is more to Eurovision than someone clucking in ultra high definition. There were days when we had nothing more than respectable black & white, and an altogether more demure look. Today we go back to […]
“Je Me Casse” the Maltese entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, is one of the favourites to take victory in Rotterdam this May. Destiny, like many of the other 2021 artists, has released a new version of her song. Destiny joined an orchestra at Fort St. Elmo, […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Ukraine. Ukraine debuted at the Contest in 2003, in Riga, Latvia. Oleksandr Ponomariov finished in […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part III: The East We’re getting closer to the contest in Rotterdam. Are you excited? We at Eurovision Ireland most definitely are. As a way to keep us occupied, we’re reviewing the 39 songs over seven panel reviews. This is our third one, which […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan debuted at the Contest in 2008, in Belgrade, Serbia. Elnur & Samir finished […]
#BIRTHDAY: Hanna Pakarinen from Finland is 40 today Would you want to be the home entrant if you were in a Eurovision Song Contest. You have no issues with the host country’s culture, but you won’t get to travel to somewhere exotic. On the plus side, the crowd […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Romania. Romania debuted at the Contest in 1994, in Dublin, Ireland. Dan Bittman finished in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Doris Dragović from Croatia is 60 today There are fan favourites every year. They may not necessarily be the one that wins. But they’ll be remembered by the fans as a classic for many years to come. One of these favourites happened in 1999 and was sung […]
Chelcee Grimes has joined the United Kingdom’s commentary team as their fifth member – joining Rylan Clark-Neal and Scott Mills for the Semi Finals. On the announcement, Chelcee had the following to say: “I am super excited to be joining the Eurovision family, I can’t wait to host […]