#BIRTHDAY: 21 July – Ester Peony from Romania is 33 What do you think of stage shows? Should they be kept simple, in order to emphasise a song? Or is there anything wrong in a kickass dance routine or novel staging? Both can work. Just look at the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Debrah Scarlett from Norway is 33 A song like today’s song is one we don’t want to stop. You get them sometimes. They look a bit odd to start with but draw you in as they go along. By the end, you wish the song were twice […]
#BIRTHDAY: 19 July – Amila Glamočak from Bosnia & Herzegovina is 60 Are you a fan of a ballad? They can be more heartfelt than a banger, but they’re not everyone’s cup of tea. There are many out there that are darn good, and should be in people’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: 18 July – Laura Rizzotto from Latvia is 32 Nationality is a funny thing. Some countries taking part in our favourite TV show insist on someone who only hails from where they’re representing. Others have a more laissez-faire approach. Today’s birthday girl Laura Rizzotto is of Latvian […]
#BIRTHDAY: 17 July – Andy Abraham from the UK is 62 The United Kingdom has generally had a torrid time of things in the 21st Century. The once dominant nation, with 22 Top Three finishes in 42 appearances in the 20th Century, has managed two Top Three finishes […]
#BIRTHDAY: 13 July – Annie Cotton is 51 today We always say anyone can win our favourite TV show. All it needs is a perfect storm of stuff, and even the country that normally stays in the semi-final can do well. We say this because of what our […]
#BIRTHDAY: 12 July – Luiz Ejlli from Albania is 41 It’s a thing these days that many songs are in English, or at least partly in English. Some fans are old enough to remember when there was no free language rule. So it’s nice when a country uses […]
#OBITUARY: Peppino di Capri Italian entertainment legend Peppino di Capri has died at the age of 86. Born Giuseppe Faiella, he had been singing for audiences for some eighty years, starting with entertaining American troops on the island of Capri from the age of four. by 1958 he […]
#BIRTHDAY: 10 July – Anne-Cathrine Herdorf from Denmark is 59 If there’s one country that you can rely on, it’s our friends in Denmark. Yes, they took a few years out in the 1960s and 1970s. But they’re a firm fixture, and even win from time to time. […]
#BIRTHDAY: 9 July – Mietek Szcześniak from Poland is 62 Do you have a particular type of song? Is upbeat your thing? Are you a fan of something ‘ethnic’? Do you like a well-constructed ballad? Well, there’s always something for everyone, but today is something for you lovers […]
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