#BIRTHDAY: Jean Gabilou from France is 78 today France are good at Eurovision. Well, they have been in the past. And anyone can win our favourite TV show. And wouldn’t you love a contest in Paris? And they almost did it in Rotterdam. And that’s a lot of […]
BIRTHDAY: Evdokia Kadi from Cyprus is 41 today One of these days, we know we’ll be off to sunny Cyprus for an edition of our favourite TV show. In 37 contests, they’ve managed one runner-up spot. But as you’ll know from Portugal, Austria and Finland, past performance is […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandie Shaw from the UK is 75 today It’s often good to be the first to do something. No one can take that “I was first…” accolade away from you, even though others may do the same thing bigger and better. Today we have a first, on […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tomas Ledin from Sweden is 70 today Fans often mention Sweden as the pinnacle of our favourite TV show. Yes, they have had six wins, and you can never right them off. But there is that history, often revolving around their first winners. Back in 1980, broadcaster […]
#BIRTHDAY: Stig Rästa from Estonia is 42 today I’m loving today’s birthday. But more of that later. Our favourite TV show often throws up writers who keep coming back. It could be because they’re good writers. Or it could be because they’ve nothing better to do with a […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lisa Haavik is 60 today It’s a common thing that countries don’t always pick a national when they’re deciding who should sing for them. That’s down to the country concerned, whether it’s right or wrong. Some places had almost no national singing for them. Sometimes it worked, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Robin Stjernberg from Sweden is 31 today If you were to be lucky enough to represent your country in our favourite TV show, would you want to travel somewhere exotic to do so? Or would you like a whole bunch of the arena crowd on your side […]
#MALTA: And the winner is… The Malta Eurovision Song Contest has finished, broadcast from Ta’ Qali in the middle if the country. Seventeen acts competed for the chance to represent the Mediterranean’s happiest rock in near neighbours Italy in May. And the song going to Turin is… Emma […]
#SAN MARINO: And the winner is… SMRTV, the broadcaster for the Serene Republic of San Marino, has finished its selection process to choose a song to carry Sammarinese hopes in Turin in May. It used the Una voce per San Marino programme and we now have a result. […]
#POLAND: And the winner is… Polish broadcaster has held its final of Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję, and selected an act to represent the country at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. And that act is… Krystian Ochman with River! Did Poland make the […]