#BIRTHDAY: Maria Haukaas Storeng from Norway is 45 today Performing last in the Grand Final at our favourite TV show can be daunting. You have to watch 20+ other acts perform, doing their best for their respective broadcasters and nations. And by the time you come on, the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Justyna from Poland is 52 today You know that thing where you have to follow something outstanding. You’re going to be compared to that good thing, whether you’re better or not. And if you are good, people might still overlook you. Our friends in Poland almost had […]
#BIRTHDAY: Olia Tira from Moldova is 36 today Our friends in Moldova have not yet won, but we all know they really put in the hard yards/metres every year, and that win might not be that far away. They have had a third-place finish, and two weeks in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ira Losco from Malta is 43 today That thing where you enjoy something so much, you want to do it again. We’ve all been there. But how many times has the second time not quite matched up to the first? This has happened often to those winners […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elena Gheorghe from Romania is 39 today When the weekend comes, what do you like to do? Do you start it with gin, tonic and lime? Do you hit the gym? Or do you work until late into the evening because you love your job so much? […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sevak Khanagyan from Armenia is 37 today Our friends in Armenia are definitely trying. They’ve mostly got into Grand Finals, but we all have bad days, don’t we? Even Sweden. Back in 2018, 1TV of Armenia sent today’s birthday boy Սևակ Խանաղյան/Севак Ханагян/Sevak Khanagyan with a really […]
#BIRTHDAY: Peppino di Capri from Italy is 85 today As we’ll all know, one of the best shows in the pre-Eurovision season comes from a place called Sanremo. These days, it’s used to select RAI’s entry, and it can be argued that Italy can win any time they […]
#BIRTHDAY: Evelina Sašenko from Lithuania is 37 today Can you cast your mind back to nine years ago? What were you doing? Were you at school? Were you celebrating one of those ‘big’ birthdays that ends in a zero? Were you even a fan of our favourite TV […]
#BIRTHDAY: John Karayiannis from Cyprus is 30 today There are still plenty of countries that have never won the big prize at our favourite TV show. Some have come close, but can’t quite find that mystery ingredient to push them over the line. Banger or ballad? Male or […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tal Sondak from Israel is 48 today Several countries in our favourite TV show don’t actually lie in Europe proper. That’s the beauty of Eurovision – we have Europeans and Mediterraneans (and some others too) all as one big happy family. And we know how dysfunctional families […]