#BIRTHDAY: Isaak from Germany is 30 today Look at the running order of almost every contest, and you’ll see one nation pop up, doing their level best to win. That’s right it’s Germany. With a couple of wins and a clutch of less auspicious finishes, you can always […]
#GREECE: We have a winner! Ethnikós Telikós 2025 has just finished, and the Greece has selected its representative for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in May. After a top-class show, the song will be… Asteromata by Klavdia! Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland, ERT
#GREECE: Live blog of Ethnikós Telikós 2025 from 20.00CET Greece tonight holds its first national final for several years. Twelve lucky acts will compete for the golden ticket to Basel in May. Will tonight’s winner taste further success in Switzerland We’ll be blogging the action, giving you our take […]
#BIRTHDAY: András Kállay-Saunders from Hungary is 40 today Songs sung in our favourite TV show cover a very wide range of themes. We’ve had songs about falling in love, songs about falling out of love, and songs about how we need to take care of the things we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Oddrun Valestrand from Norway is 51 today We often pick members of duos, as they we know they can provide a bit of variety. Today, we pick a member of a trio. Yes, when they perform you get three for the price of one. What could be […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gary Lux from Austria is 66 today What was the best contest of all time? Yes, it was 1985. It’s been scientifically proven*. So any act that took part in that contest in Göteborg should be very proud of themselves. After all, when Lys Assia is the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tina Karol from Ukraine is 40 today Who doesn’t love a good thigh-slapper of a song. It’s more than just plain old Schlager. A good old banger that will fill a dance floor, even if the lyric isn’t the most profound in the world. A thigh-slapper with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Suzy from Portugal is 45 today Luck plays a huge part in our favourite TV show. Who gets through from a semi-final depends on who you’re lucky enough to get in your semi-final. But the unluckiest place to finish in a semi-final isn’t last – it’s eleventh. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rasmussen from Denmark is 40 today Denmark. A fine country eh? Full of bacon, pastries and the odd singer. And once you get them talking in their own language, you’ll be more amazed than at any time in your life. They’ve sent acts of all shapes an […]
#BIRTHDAY: Chris Harms from Germany is 45 today Do you start to follow new music as a result of seeing an act perform at our favourite TV show? Do you use it to expand your musical horizons or is there an act you’ve followed forever, and are ecstatic […]