Today is the national day of one of Eurovision’s more interesting countries. Back on 26 October 1955, the Austrian Parliament declared the country permanently neutral. As a result, that anniversary became Austria’s National Day. To celebrate, let’s take a look at some of Austria’s entries in our favourite TV show […]
One of the Big 5 has its national day today. Can you guess which? That’s right, it’s Spain. And as a stalwart of 56 contests, we thought it would be good to look at some of those memorable songs from down the years. Are yours amongst them? […]
You might be wondering what this title means? Well, on this day back in 1990, the two Germanys finally unified. They therefore made it a national holiday. So to celebrate this, here are a few of those German songs down the years that have made an impression. First […]
Eurovision Royalty Abba took to the stage last night and performed together. “June 5th is exactly 50 years since Björn and Benny met for the first time in Linköping, Sweden. The rest is history and we are all so grateful for this day. Thank you for the music […]
It’s been announced that the winner of the second Eurovision Song Contest, Corry Brokken, has died. She was 83. Corry had a long association with the Eurovision Song Contest, as she was there in Lugano for the first contest – which celebrated its 60th anniversary only last […]
Today we celebrate a little experiment that happened exactly 60 years ago on a cloudy and wet night in Lugano Switzerland. Seven countries had gathered to enter a song into a European song competition to see whether the idea of different music, language and culture could combine to make […]
We’ve all celebrated well all of the anniversaries that have cropped up over the years. In London last year we had the gala night to celebrate 60 ESCs, before the 60th ESC had actually taken place. We’ve even just had the 61st Contest. Preparations are now in place […]
As Jamala-gate rumbles on (she won people – get over it!) I’m taking my annual look at who wore what at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. We caught up with many of the performers on the red carpet this year, where it’s all about the fashion! If you […]
Last night we all had our first look at Justin Timberlake’s interval performance at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and the crowd absolutely loved it! Despite the obviously cheesy interview with Mans in the green room, where the plug for the new movie and single were dropped like […]
Eurovision isn’t just about the main acts. Large numbers of performers take to the stage as backing singers, making them the unsung heroes of the contest. We caught up with LaTiDa, who on stage with the #wonderful Poli Genova. LaTiDa are Desislava Hristova, Elizabeth Nesheva and Yana Baleva. They prove […]
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