#BIRTHDAY: Daníel from Iceland is 56 today That thing when you get all keyed up to represent your country, and what happens? Not one country puts you in your top 10. You could be eleventh with every one, and not score a single point. Remember, it can even […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rona Nishliu from Albania is 39 today Do you remember when the contest went east? About as east as it’s possible to go whilst still being in Europe? It was a wild old affair, and the host country couldn’t do enough – even building a venue. There […]
#BIRTHDAY: Morgane from Belgium is 50 today Have you ever thought that some performers might not want to be at our favourite TV show? Or that they might want to shed their image as a Eurovision performer when they turn their back on music for, say, a career […]
#BIRTHDAY: Windows95man from Finland is 40 today All genres come along occasionally to our favourite TV show. Some welcome and do well. And some others, well… It also sometimes happens that a country takes an odd turn after a good result. In other news, Finland did really really […]
#BIRTHDAY: Antonio Carbonell from Spain is 56 today Eurovision is a funny old thing. You can be up one moment, and have your hopes dashed the next. Take those pesky semi-finals/preselections for example. You get through, not quite knowing how, but hoping for the best. A precursor to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kristína Peláková from Slovakia is 38 today Are there any countries you’d like to see in the 2026 edition of our favourite TV show, that weren’t going to be there in 2025? A new country perhaps? Or one that hasn’t been there for a while? Today we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Adrian Lulgjuraj from Albania is 45 today Don’t you just love our favourite TV show for its masses of different styles? You can have good old Scandi-Schlager, followed by good old Adriatic ballad, followed by something completely insane. There’s something for everyone. Some styles feature more than […]
#BIRTHDAY: Hughes Aufray is 96 today Our favourite TV show has always been a fun beast. Every year millions tune in. Many many people record it, and watch it afterwards, picking apart the performances. It’s not always been this way. In 1964, the contest took place as planned […]
#BIRTHDAY: Katri Helena from Finland is 80 today Do you ever see a performer and think “they have class”? That performer who doesn’t need to try. They have a stage presence, and have the audience in the palm of their hand. They may not win, but they are […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jari Sillanpää from Finland is 60 today It’s opening song time again. And not just any old opening song. Oh no. This was has a special place in Eurovision history. It was the first song in the first semi-final in the host country. And only a mere […]