BIRTHDAY: Anmary from Latvia is 39 today A song about yourself can sometimes be a good thing. It tells people about you, and lets them get to know what makes you really tick. Of course, there’s a fine line between telling them interesting snippets about yourself, and boring […]
PORTUGAL: Conan Osíris wins Festival da Canção 2019 The 51st Festival da Canção has just finished in Portimão, and Portugal will be sending Telemóveis to Tel Aviv with the song xxx. Conan won both the regional jury vote, and the televote. Here’s the song: Here are the final […]
FINLAND: Darude and Sebastian take Look away to Tel Aviv Finland’s selection show – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest has just finished, and Darude and Sebastian Rejman will be taking Look away to Tel Aviv. In a three song final, Look away won […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção from 22.00 CET Last year’s hosts take a step nearer Tel Aviv tonight, when they decide who’s getting the Portuguese golden ticket to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Two semi-finals have already passed, cutting the 16 songs down to the eight […]
BIRTHDAY: Mariya Yaremchuk from Ukraine is 26 today Let’s just forget current events at the moment. We’re here to celebrate birthdays, wherever they fall throughout Europe (and Australia). Today we’re celebrating the birthday of Марія Назарівна Яремчук/Mariya Nazarivna Yaremchuk who did her stuff for Ukraine in 2014. I […]
FINLAND: Live blog of UMK 2019 from 19.00 CET After three weeks of reveals, Finland picks which of Darude’s song will be flying the blue-and-white cross in Tel Aviv in May. Broadcaster Yleisradio is keeping things simple. Three songs by Darude and his pal Sebastian Rejman are in […]
BIRTHDAY: Bernadette from the Netherlands is 60 today Back in the day, when there was no free language rule, some took it upon themselves to bend the rules as much as possible. They were allowed a few phrases in other languages. If you did it right, you could […]
BIRTHDAY: Emmelie de Forest from Denmark is 26 today Do you remember a few years ago when the Nordics, more specifically Scandinavia, had things sewn up. We say this from time to time that some countries could have a guy on stage humming and he’d still come third. […]
BIRTHDAY: Jessika from San Marino is 30 today Coming from one country yet singing for another? Well, it happens as well you know. Maybe more often that we realise. But some countries seem more likely to pick a foreigner than others. If you cast your mind back to […]
BIRTHDAY: Sandie Shaw from the UK is 72 today It’s monochrome Tuesday here, so suspend your disappointment in the lack of colour, and concentrate on the song. A song that won. And was the first song in the now all-pervasive English language to win. Picture the scene. A […]
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