#BIRTHDAY: Valentina Monetta is 46 today What do you think of those performers that keep coming back? Do you think they should call it a day if they don’t do well? Do you admire persistence? Do you secretly one a trier to win at some point? Back in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Emmelie de Forest from Denmark is 28 today Are you always able to pick a winner when you first hear it? Or does it baffle you completely when [insert country here] wins? Obviously, if you could pick a winner, every year, you’d be as rich as Crœsus. […]
#PORTUGAL: Five more songs survive Festival da Canção 2021 The Portuguese public have picked five more song to go through to the Grand Final of Festival da Canção 2021 on Saturday 6 March. But what are the five? EU.CLIDES – Volte-Face Pedro Gonçalves – Não vou ficar Carolina […]
#PORTUGAL: Live Blog of Festival da Canção SF2 from 22.00 CET Portugal’s broadcaster RTP continues the search for a song for Rotterdam tonight. In this second semi-final, ten more songs will compete for five more places in the Grand Final of Festival da Canção on Saturday 6 March. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jessika Muscat is 32 today It’s always interesting how some countries choose their singers and songs. Some go internal, or there’s the bog standard national final. Or you could be innovative. Like a certain event in 2018. Our friends in San Marino tried something different in 2018. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandie Shaw from the UK is 74 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 […]
#IRELAND: Lesley Roy reveals her song for Rotterdam! RTÉ has today launched Ireland’s 2021 Eurovision entry, Maps, by Lesley Roy. Dubliner Lesley will get her second chance to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam this May, following the cancellation of last year’s show due to the ongoing pandemic. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Claudia Faniello from Malta is 33 today If at first you don’t succeed, try again. It’s an old adage that could relate to many different situations. Of course, it also applies to our favourite TV show too. In 2017, today’s birthday girl Claudia Faniello finally got to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Monique Melsen from Luxembourg is 70 today We often mention those false-flaggers that come and go each year. You wonder why some countries use them, but then there are others that are mire understandable. Our friends in Luxembourg took part 37 times before they hung up their […]
#BIRTHDAY: Duilio from Switzerland is 48 today Did you ever envy Switzerland? Not only are they good at chocolate and cheese, but during those no-free language rule days, they had a choice of four of them. And they used them too. You might think it was all French […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bobbie Singer from Austria is 40 today If you were a singer on the Eurovision stage, would you keep your birth name, or would you adopt a stage name? A stage name could better show off your talent, and maybe be something more useful for foreigners. Today’s […]
#PORTUGAL: Five songs survive Festival da Canção 2021 After the first semi-final of Portugal’s Festival da Canção 2021, five songs have fallen away, and five have made it to the Grand Final on ‘Super’ Saturday 6 March. What are the five? The Black Mamba – Love is on […]
#ESTONIA: Six more songs selected for Eesti Laul 2021 The people of Estonia have decided, and picked six more songs to go forward to the Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2021. But what are they? Uku Suviste – The lucky one Suured tüdrukud – Heaven’s not that far […]
ESTONIA: Live blog of Eesti Laul SF2 from 18.30CET Estonian broadcaster ERR continues its search for a song for Rotterdam with the second semi-final of Eesti Laul. As with Thursday, twelve songs are vying for six places in the Final of Eesti Laul on Saturday 6 March. A […]
The BBC has revealed that James Newman will be singing for the United Kingdom at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. James was invited again to fly the flag for the UK. Last year he was supposed to represent the nation with his song My last breath, a song […]