#BIRTHDAY: Svetlana Loboda from Ukraine is 41 today What’s your favourite type of song? One where a singer stands still on stage, with a dark backdrop, and belts out a big beefy ballad? Or something a little more glitzy? Or three minutes of lunacy from Moldova? Well today […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dami Im from Australia is 35 today It’s a vexed question these days. no, not how much this website is better than all those others. It’s about who should be able to compete in our favourite TV show. The natural answer is those countries that fall within […]
#BIRTHDAY: Loreen from Sweden is 40 today Hang onto your hats, your gloves, your scarves. It’s Sweden. And it’s someone who may have taken part in our favourite TV show on more than one occasion. Every year, another website has a poll to pick the favourite songs ever. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ingeborg from Belgium is 57 today Do you remember 1989? The world was a very different place. We were in sunny Switzerland for our favourite TV show. There were no bloodbath-style semi-finals. And the United Kingdom did better than they generally do today. As it was an […]
#BIRTHDAY: Iveta Mukuchyan from Armenia is 37 today Today we go to one of those countries who have been able to get things right with the junior version of our favourite TV show. Seven Top 2 places no less. But they’ve had a little less success at the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Virginie Pouchain from France is 43 today Some countries often go through the doldrums. No matter what they try, they can’t catch the ear or eye of the juror or televoter, however earnest a performance is. Our friends in France have experienced the highs and lows, with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Konstrakta from Serbia is 45 today There are occasions when songs come along that completely throw you. And sometimes in a good way. You think you know where a song’s going, and then it sends you a curved ball. This can be a good thing, and waken […]
#BIRTHDAY: Isis Gee from Poland is 51 today It can be an odd thing being a false flagger. You could be up against someone from your country, who’s representing your country too. So it’s maybe less of a dilemma if your country of origin doesn’t actually take part […]
#BIRTHDAY: Séverine is 75 today Is it good to be a false flagger? Would you do it to deprive a native singer of the Eurovision gig? Or would you see it as bringing along your own expertise to a country that needs some help? Certain countries are/have been […]
#BIRTHDAY: Christina Simon from Austria is 69 today One trick that’s been tried occasionally at our favourite TV show is to make the arena audience feel special by singing about their country/city. It might give your song an extra big reception, which the jurors and televoters pick up […]