#OGAE IRELAND: Eurobash Ireland 2023! Are you in Dublin on Friday 21 April? Then this event could be for you. Our friends over at OGAE Ireland are gathering for a Bash and Preview Party. You’ll get to see and vote on this year’s crop of songs, before the […]
#PORTUGAL: And the winner is… The national final of the 2023 National Final season, and the viewers of Portugal’s Festival da Canção have chosen a song to carry the country’s hopes at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. After a combination of jury and public […]
#PORTUGAL: Live Blog of Festival da Canção 2023 from 22.00 CET Portugal concludes its quest for a second Eurovision victory tonight, with the Grand Final of the legendary Festival da Canção. Thirteen songs are competing for right to represent Portugal at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool […]
#BIRTHDAY: Chingiz from Azerbaijan is 32 today Do you play any contests on repeat? Are you convinced that the xxth Eurovision Song Contest was the best one ever? Maybe your favourite is 2019. It has its high points, but I have other ones I like more. Talking of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Miro from Bulgaria is 47 today Those countries after their maiden win must look with a bit of envy to those ‘newer’ countries that already have them. There must be a secret formula, they cry. There is: simply enter a decent song with widespread appeal. Our friends […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden is 31 today We’ve often said that a gimmick can often help your quest for Eurovision glory. It’s usually something blindingly obvious, like a costume change or a big prop. But it’s not always so. In Torino/Turin, today’s birthday girl Cornelia Jakobs (née […]
#BIRTHDAY: Molly Sterling from Ireland is 25 today We like today’s birthday girl, and not just because she’s Irish. Some of us went on a boat trip with her, and chewed the fat for hours. It was a defining moment in 2015. Today’s birthday girl Molly Sterling was, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Morena from Malta is 39 today We all know that Eurovision should be a family affair. Yes, most of the fans are men, but there’s nothing to stop families settling down on a Saturday evening. So if it’s for a family audience, are there any subjects that […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lotta Engberg from Sweden is 60 today We like to think that most of the best songs to come from Sweden were in the 1980s. Classic after classic after classic. Well, for us they are anyway. Sometimes the saying about less being more is a wise one. […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção SF 2 from 22.00 CET Portugal continues its quest for a second Eurovision victory tonight, with the second semi-final of the legendary Festival da Canção. Ten songs are competing for the six remaining berths in the Grand Final, which takes place […]
#MOLDOVA: And the winner is… Moldovan broadcaster TRM has just finished selecting a song for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. Ten songs went in, but one proved victorious. After a combination of jury and public voting, the song going to Liverpool from Moldova is… […]
#MOLDOVA: Live Blog of Etapa Națională 2023 from 18.00 CET Tonight Moldova selects its song for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. Ten songs have made it to the the final, and will compete for the honour. You might recognise some of the names too. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Umberto Tozzi from Italy is 71 today Let’s go back to the 1980s. A world of orchestras, big hair, big shoulders, big everything. And a regular supply of the same countries taking part year in year out. That doesn’t always mean it was a bad thing. Our […]
#GERMANY: And the winner is… German broadcaster has just finished selecting the song to carry its hope at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. After a combination of international jury and public voting, the act going to the Contest in May is… Lord of the […]
#GERMANY: Live Blog of Unser Lied für Liverpool from 22.20 CET Tonight Germany becomes the latest of the automatic finalists to select its song for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. Eight songs will compete for the honour, and broadcaster ARD will use a jury […]