#BIRTHDAY: Vesa-Matti Loiri from Finland is 77 today For every Eurovision song there will be a fan of it. You name it, they will pick out the good points of every song. But it’s just possible that some aren’t really songs, more like cries for help. So it’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Hovig from Cyprus is 33 today Did you ever wonder what makes a good selection process for your country’s act? Should it be a series of shows lasting months where one song gets eliminated each week? One show that’s all done and dusted in an hour? Or […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sanda Ladoși from Romania is 52 today A whole host of countries have yet to finish first at our favourite TV show. Will one of them break that duck this year? Or will it be a ‘popular’ Nordic win yet again? I’d like to see a new country’s […]
While the Eurovision Top 250 was broadcast throughout New Year’s Eve on ESCradio, the European Broadcasting Union has concluded a countdown of its own – the 50 most watched videos on their Eurovision Song Contest channel. Which songs made the 50? Find out in the highlights videos below: […]
#BIRTHDAY: John Allison from the UK is 82 today Another year ends, and we have a birthday to delight you. As you’ll know, the contest started deep in the 20th Century, so we’re going back to those early days. The United Kingdom of stuff had a proud reputation […]
#BIRTHDAY: Milly Scott from the Netherlands is 88 today Trailblazer. It’s a word bandied around far too often, maybe not least by these birthday articles. But today we really do have a trailblazer. Someone who broke new ground in our favourite TV show. And someone we really should […]
Some songs are just so good they get roundly ignored by the televoters and juries of Europe (and beyond). Other times, they get what they deserve and get the highest score ever. Ever. This song might have you in tears. Tears of joy, naturally. It’s such a great […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lise Darly is 40 today Those semi-finals are a brutal affair. The potential classic songs that fall by the wayside, meaning a possible winner has to watch from the sidelines. We can all name several. For those places that can’t get out of the semi-finals, it’s understandable […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marco Mengoni from Italy is 33 today We sometimes ramble on about countries gearing up for a win. You can think of your Russias or your Romanias or your Azerbaijans. But there’s one country who, arguably, could have won any time they chose. They were lined up […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dima Bilan from Russia is 40 today As you’ll know, some people can’t get enough of the drug that is the Eurovision stage. Some we like to see back. Some even do better second time round. The trouble with this article is that we have to pick […]
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