There are many people that have tried one more than one occasion to win European music’s biggest prize. Some do it knowingly, whilst others get drafted in late on, probably because they’ve done it before. Today’s birthday boy Jacques Raymond (né Jozef Remon) got the gig on his […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cláudia Pascoal from Portugal is 30 today That thing where you represent your country, in your country. There’s no pressure at all, oh dear me no. Seriously, it must be an honour, knowing that you have huge home support in that crowd. In 2018 – if you […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jeronimas Milius from Lithuania is 40 today Sometimes a song comes along and I don’t know what to say about it. It’s not a winner. It’s not a notorious last place. And many of you might have even forgotten it was ever entered. In other news, our […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dickie Rock from Ireland is 88 today We all like trailblazers. But what about those who were – maybe – one year too late to be one? Their achievement shouldn’t be overlooked, even though many are likely to. Our friends in Ireland first exercised their Eurovision vocal […]
#BIRTHDAY: Theodor Andrei from Romania is 20 today Some songs earn notoriety for a number of different reasons. They could be a winner. They could be – to coin the oft-used but incorrect phrase – the “real winner”. Or they could have been that far wide of the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Luca Hänni from Switzerland is 30 today It’s an old adage that anyone can won our favourite TV show. Portugal, Austria and Finland have proven this in the 21st Century. One win, and a scattering of other reasonable results. So there is hope for [insert country here], […]
#BIRTHDAY: Charlotte Perrelli from Sweden is 50 today One of the golden rules of our favourite TV show is this: If you win, leave it at that. You’ve reached the pinnacle, so don’t try again. It’ll end in tears. Unless you’re Seán Sherrard. Or Lorine Zeineb Nora Talhaoui. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tereza Kerndlová from Czechia is 38 today We occasionally talk about countries that have the old love/hate relationship with our favourite contest. While your country’s broadcaster may studiously take part every year, there are those that take the odd year out here and there. Our friends in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandro from Cyprus is 28 today That “missing” contest from 2020 will always be an enigma. “Who would have won?”, “How would the hosts have done?”, and “Who would have been the surprise non-qualifier?” are all questions we’ve asked since that time. One of that Class of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Leonora from Denmark is 26 today Sometimes, what you need to get ahead is a really good prop. It could be because you don’t think your song can manage without one, or it could be to enhance an already top-draw song. But it’s the choice of prop […]
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