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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anastasia Vinnikova from Belarus is 30 today Eurovision shouldn’t be political. A nice golden rule. Of course, there have been times when this rule has been stretched slightly. And times when a country’s chosen song needed a tweak. In 2011, our friends in Belarus picked today’s birthday […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part II – The Nordics With the Rotterdam contest approaching, we at Eurovision Ireland are reviewing the songs in seven bite-sized chunks. In our first review we looked at the automatic finalists, and you can see our scores at the foot of this article. […]
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 Israel. Israel debuted at the Contest in 1973, in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Ilanit finished in […]
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 Belgium. Belgium debuted at the Contest in 1956, in Lugano, Switzerland. Fud Leclerc took part […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jacques Houdek from Croatia is 40 today There are so many different ways to tackle your three (or maybe six) minutes of fame on that Eurovision stage. Being part of a noteworthy duo is one tack. Or you could perform a duet by yourself. Yes, you read […]