#HUN: A Dal 2019 yields more semi-finalists Six songs have made it through the third heat of A Dal 2019. They are: Holnap by Bogi Nagy Az én apám by Joci Pápai Forró by Ruby Harlem Help me out of here by Petruska Egyszer by Mocsok 1 Kölykök […]
#HUN: Live blog of A Dal Heat 3 from 19.30 CET Things continue apace in Hungary, with the third and final heat of A Dal. Six songs from tonight will qualify for the semi-final stage. We’ll explain more about how they’ll pick the lucky six later, but it’s […]
BIRTHDAY: Dana International from Israel is 47 today It’s winner time! Yeah, winner time! You know the ones. They scored more points than the countries they were up against. Except in one instance. But that’s another story. Plenty of countries have won more than once, and some have […]
BIRTHDAY: Hersi from Albania is 29 today Are you from a country that’s never won our favourite TV show? How do you feel? Do you think that [at least] one of your songs should have won, so we can see the delights of what your capital city has […]
BIRTHDAY: Helena Paparizou from Greece is 37 today People win the contest. From time to time anyway. There could be some contests where no song should have won, and the EBU should have told them to go away and try harder next year. But winners we have, and […]
BIRTHDAY: Dries Holten from the Netherlands is 83 today We have our fair share of ballads, floor-fillers and other songs with very carefully crafted lyrics, designed to reel in the casual voter and make them decide that melody is the best. Or, you could bounce onto stage, wear […]
BIRTHDAY: Liam Reilly from Ireland is 64 today I mentioned yesterday that songs had certain themes. Usually involving love. And, thankfully, very rarely about domestic abuse. But there are certain get outs you can use if you’re stuck as a song-writer. That’s why today’s song uses one of […]
BIRTHDAY: András Kállay-Saunders from Hungary is 34 today Isn’t it always the way that most songs have themes running through them. Falling in love, falling out of love, tributes, those sorts of things. Occasionally, we get a sing that’s a bit darker. Very dark in fact. It has […]
BIRTHDAY: Jaana Pelkonen from Finland is 42 today What’s this? A birthday and it isn’t a singer? Well we like to mix things up a little sometimes. So we’ve picked a presenter. Jaana did her stuff in Finland in 2007. She wasn’t alone – only Swedes do that […]
#FRA: Bilal Hassani to sing for France at Eurovision 2019 After a close contest, international jurors and French televoter have just picked Bilal Hassani to go to Tel Aviv. Here are the final results, showing Bilal’s win. He will sing Roi. Here’s his performance from the final. Do […]
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