#BIRTHDAY: Maria Olafs from Iceland is 28 today We all know those semi-finals can be bloodbaths. Yes, each song may have a better than average chance of qualifying but it can still be brutal, knowing your quest for glory could end rather ignominiously on a Tuesday evening. It […]
The release date for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest official CD has been announced. This year, you will be able to purchase the official CD from Friday 23rd April. In previous years, you have been able to download the album a week or two earlier, however this has […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lucie Jones from the UK is 30 today What do you think of the Big Five? Should they get an automatic place in the final, or should they have to go through the semi-finals like the rest of us? It’s true that the Big Five do have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Christine Guldbrandsen from Norway is 36 today Do you miss countries singing in their own languages? Or do you like the songs in English so you know what the performers are singing about? Our friends in Norway have – on the whole – stuck to English since […]
It’s just two weeks since Fyr & Flamme won the Danish Melodi Grand Prix and therefore the Golden ticket to represent Denmark at the ESC in Rotterdam in Maywith their song “Øve os på hinanden”. This week it’s been announced that they have topped the Danish Singles chart […]
The European Broadcasting Union has given Eurovoix a statement in regards to the current situation surrounding Belarus in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The EBU had the following to say, without any further details: “We are still in discussions with Belarus’ broadcaster BTRC regarding the submission of a […]
Christer Bjorkman has revealed during a video Q&A with Melodifestivalen’s English Twitter, the inaugural American Song Contest will now take place in 2022 – and specific packages will be put together for Eurovision fans! Christer had the following to say: “We are, at the moment, negotiating about it […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bobby Solo from Italy is 76 today That thing where you get to represent your country must be great. Although you never get to take a trip abroad. Unless you’re a false flagger that is. You’re in luck, we don’t have a false flagger today. The Sanremo […]
During an interview with James Rowe on The Euro Trip, Tobbe Ek from Aftonbladet revealed that Melodifestivalen is unlikely to return to a national tour in 2022. Tobbe had the following to say: “I spoke to someone who has been working with Melodifestivalen for more than ten years […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandhja from Finland is 30 today The Eurovision fortnight can be a long two weeks if they don’t quite go your way. You turn up in the host city a long time before the big Grand Final, and you have to hang in there till the end. […]