#BIRTHDAY: 10 Sept – Stoyan Yankoulov from Bulgaria is 60 There’s a word we want to use today, as today’s song reminds us of it. It might feature in this article, or we might save it for another time. Our friends in Bulgaria took a while to find […]
#BIRTHDAY: 9 Sept – Sarah Bray from Luxembourg is 60 Who enjoyed the last Italian contest in 2022? They’ve hosted three times, and the never fail to disappoint. But let’s look back to the middle Italian contest. No, not his shenanigans. Today’s birthday girl Sarah Bray (née Monique […]
#BIRTHDAY: 8 Sept – Carola from Sweden is 60 We know you like our birthday feature. Well this is one you won’t want to miss. Sweden is – in some eyes – the pinnacle of Eurovision-ness. So when a Swedish birthday comes along, we’re going to celebrate it. […]
#BIRTHDAY: 7 Sept – Ami Aspelund from Finland is 73 Finland. Who doesn’t love Finland. A land of content people, vast expanses of nature and a language many people have been known to find incomprehensible unless there’s a “cha” or two involved. And it’s fair share of very […]
#BIRTHDAY: 6 Sept – Marlain from Cyprus is 48 Does luck play a part in Eurovision success (or lack of it)? Can your position in the running order help your chances? Has a song been sunk by what was on around it? Back in 1999 we had a […]
#BIRTHDAY: 5 Sept – Alessandra from Norway is 24 Every Eurovision brings out the fan favourite. The song that the fans love, and if you’re deep inside the Eurovision bubble you think it could win at a canter. And then Eurovision Grand Final night comes along… Today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: 4 Sept – Dado Topić from Croatia is 77 We celebrate all manner of things with our birthdays. The winners, the losers, the ‘also-ran’s. They all count, and you can guarantee that someone out there will like every single Eurovision song. So just occasionally, a song might […]
#BIRTHDAY: 3 Sept – Lindsay Dracass from the UK is 42 Do you have a preferred size of venue? Do you wish our favourite TV show – and it is a TV show after all – was in a small TV studio with people in their finery? Or […]
#BIRTHDAY: 2 Sept – Stevan Faddy from Montenegro is 40 You know when you’re new at something, and you’re really enthusiastic about it? You want to make a good impression, and so you put on your best frock, your best voice, and you try to be dead nice. […]
#BIRTHDAY: 1 Sept – Stella Mwangi from Norway is 40 The free language rule can be a bit of a challenge sometimes. Do you stay true to your country’s culture and only sing in a native one? Do you pick one that’s more widely known to the world? […]