BIRTHDAY: Benny Borg is 74 today Back in the 1970s, it was almost the same countries that turned up every year. There was none of this semi-final tomfoolery. And as for the concept of countries further east taking part. Well, that would just be madness. Obviously things chance, […]
BIRTHDAY: Elina Konstantopoulou is 49 today Have you ever thought what the stars of Eurovision have to go through on the big night? Apart from the pressure of representing their country that is. Well, just spare a thought if you’re the last to sing in the Grand Final. […]
BIRTHDAY: Hugo Sigal from Belgium is 72 today We celebrate the winners here. We also celebrate the also-rans. And, indeed, we celebrate the last places too. After all, there are many last-placed songs that are better known than the songs that beat them. Today we take a trip […]
BIRTHDAY: Gianluca from Malta is 30 today Are there any countries you would love to see win for the first time? Well there aren’t that many left, but some are dying to lose their winning virginity. Today we look at the Mediterranean’s happiest rock. In 2013 they sent […]
BIRTHDAY: Laila Kinnunen from Finland would have been 80 today That first entry. Always daunting for a broadcaster. What will Europe think of us? How will we do? Will we have the money to take part every year? Back in the 1960s, participation was easier. Eurovision was a […]
BIRTHDAY: Anri Jokhadze from Georgia is 39 today It could be time to have another contender for Mr Eurovision. Each country will have one – as well as a Mrs/Miss/Ms Eurovision. But we’ll leave the ladies for another time. Georgia has had 12 songs make it to the […]
BIRTHDAY: Geir Rönning is 57 today False flag time again. It’s a close thing, with the Nordics. They’re very close culturally, so someone moving between them isn’t that noteworthy. So perhaps there’s no false flag after all. Finland is an interesting case. Nordic, but not quite that Nordic. […]
OBITUARY: Gay Byrne has died aged 85 Tributes have been pouring in after the death was announced of Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne. Whilst he is not someone you would automatically with Eurovision, he was nevertheless connected. Gabriel Mary ‘Gay’ Byrne may be best remembered as the host of […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Irina Brodić from Serbia is 15 today Irina performed at JESC 2017 with Jana Paunović. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Gianni Mascolo from Switzerland is 79 today In those days before the free language, did you wish that your country could sing in any language it chose? Or do you think Eurovision should ditch the rule? If you were Swiss, you had the choice of four languages […]
BIRTHDAY: Pearl Carr from the UK is 96 today It’s good to go right back at time. For those that don’t know, there was once a contest with only ten songs. Can you imagine that now? Well, compared to that, 1959 was a bumper edition. In that year, […]
BIRTHDAY: Tijana Bogićević from Serbia is 38 today Balkan, Balkan, Balkan. And so on. That’s where we are today, and things have a definite Cyrillic flavour. We’re with a country that burst onto the Eurovision scene in 2007. That’s Serbia. Yes, the place who’s capital is Belgrade had […]
BIRTHDAY: Séverine Ferrer representing Monaco is 42 today It’s always sad when a country decides to sit out Eurovision. For a year is understandable, but there are a few we’ve not seen for many years now. Are they still paying attention to our favourite TV show? Or do […]
BIRTHDAY: Fausto Leali from Italy is 75 today As you will know, every performer in our favourite TV show is a professional. They all want to do their best. Nevertheless, it must still be daunting singing in front of millions. It must be even more daunting if you’re […]
BIRTHDAY: Charlie from Hungary is 72 today What was it that drew you into Eurovision? The costumes? The glorious melodies? For us, it was the languages. Where else could you have heard someone using Hebrew, Portuguese or Finnish to get a message across? Of course, many use English […]
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