#BIRTHDAY: Stig van Eijk from Norway is 42 today Are you starting think that certain [insert country here] already has the 2023 contest in the bag? Some people may do, using different theories to reach a conclusion. It’s a thought that fans of our favourite TV show have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lucie Jones from the UK is 32 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 […]
RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, will be broadcasting the Grand Final of Dancing with the Stars tonight, on RTE One, from 18:30 GMT/19:30 CET. Brooke, the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest Irish representative, has reached the Grand Final of Dancing with the Stars tonight. Earlier today, Brooke took to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ovidijus Vyšniauskas from Lithuania is 66 today Not so long ago, eyebrows were raised when our favourite TV show was extended to 25 countries. Can you imagine that? A one-night spectacular with 25 songs. That would be seen as piffling these days. Of course, where there are […]
#BIRTHDAY: Martine Clemenceau from France is 74 today When your country has had success in our favourite TV show, the pressure is always on your singers to repeat that success year after year. But there often comes a year (or more), when those good placings desert you. I […]
#ST PATRICK’S DAY: A time to celebrate It’s that time of the year again. No, not that time, that’s in May. If you’re Irish, then this is the day for you. Much of the world goes a little bit green – in more ways than one. So here […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alvan from France is 30 today It’s good to see something different tried at a Eurovision Song Contest. Usually anyway. Sometimes, Schlager can get a bit staid, and how many have suffered death-by-ballad? So something a bit folksy can stand out. Take 2022 for example. Our friends […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kostas Bigalis from Greece is 70 today Do you remember the 1990s? It was the decade of change, when our favourite TV show went from being something nice and cosy and light entertainment, to something far more bloodbath-like. And Ireland won a lot. In one of those […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sheldon Riley from Australia is 24 today Make a statement, they say. You only get three minutes, so you have to make an impact. In days of yore, you only had the song to do that. Of course, now, there’s a whole staging that can enhance those […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rykka is 37 today Do you like it when we see people from outside Europe (or, since 2015, Australia), taking part in our favourite TV show? Do you want to see the best singers, wherever they’re from? Or should they just be European? Of course, non-Europeans have […]