#BIRTHDAY: Sertab from Türkiye is 60 today Many countries have very inconsistent results. For years they could finish way down the scoreboard. And then they win. It makes that win all the more sweeter. It came as a shock to a lot of us when our friends in […]
#CHRISTMAS2024: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 4 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#BIRTHDAY: Iru from Georgia is 24 today In these days of 21st Century contests, it’s becoming common that we’re getting alumni from the Junior version. No-one’s yet done the double, but it’s only a matter of time. In 2023, today’s birthday girl ირინა ‘ირუ’ ხეჩანოვი/Irina ‘Iru’ Khechanovi took […]
#BIRTHDAY: Səbinə Babayeva from Azerbaijan is 45 today It’s time for another one of our home entrants today. That poisoned chalice of wanting to win on your home turf, but not wanting to bankrupt your country. What do you do? Today’s birthday girl Səbinə Babayeva had that dilemma […]
#CHRISTMAS2024: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 2 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#BIRTHDAY: Zoë from Austria is 28 today Has the free language rule signalled the death knell for some languages? It’s true that songs in Italian and Portuguese have won in the last few years, but generally English is king. Or in the case of the 2021 contest, perhaps […]
#BIRTHDAY: Boggie from Hungary is 38 today We missed our friends the Magyars, and we want them back. Perhaps mainly because they’ve tried a variety of musical styles down the years. What’s your preferred style? If it happens to be a soft ballad that builds, then today could […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dion Cooper from the Netherlands is 31 today Do you have a penchant for duets? Do you like the close harmonies when two well-suited singers are paired up for a gem of a song? Do you like it when they stand millimetres apart and shout at each […]
#BIRTHDAY: Daz Sampson from the UK is 50 today The ‘novelty’ song. Every contest has them. Just look at Carola. I joke. Carola has never been a novelty. But these songs sometimes do far better than expected. And some we can just point and laugh at. I leave […]
#MONTENEGRO: And the winner is… Montenegro’s national final – Montesong 2024 – to pick a song for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in May has just finished. After a mix of jury and public voting, the Golden ticket from broadcaster RTCG the winner is… Clickbait by […]