#BIRTHDAY: Valentina Monetta from San Marino is 48 today What do you think of those performers that keep coming back? Do you think they should call it a day if they don’t do well? Do you admire persistence? Do you secretly one a trier to win at some […]
#BIRTHDAY: Emmelie de Forest from Denmark is 30 today Are you always able to pick a winner when you first hear it? Or does it baffle you completely when [insert country here] wins? Obviously, if you could pick a winner, every year, you’d be as rich as Crœsus. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jessika Muscat is 34 today It’s always interesting how some countries choose their singers and songs. Some go internal, or there’s the bog standard national final. Or you could be innovative. Like a certain event in 2018. Our friends in San Marino tried something different in 2018. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Humphrey Campbell from the Netherlands is 65 today Are the contests too big? Do you like 154 countries taking part, or were you happy when it was just 20? It has increased over the years, but there were days without the semi-finals. In 1992, we were wondering […]
#POLAND: And the winner is… Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję has just finished, where ten acts were competing for the chance to represent their country at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. After the voting, the winner is… Blanka with Solo! Is […]
#POLAND: Live blog of Tu bije serce Europy! from 17.30 CET Poland dangles a golden ticket to Liverpool this afternoon. Ten acts will be competing for the right to head to the United Kingdom in May. We’re blogging the action to you can see what we at Eurovision […]
#BIRTHDAY: Evridiki from Cyprus is 55 today You have to admire those that keep coming back time after time. The first couple of times, you sing a song written by your fiancé/husband. The third time, you don’t. It’s a story as old as time. Today’s birthday girl Ευρυδίκη […]
#BIRTHDAY: Monique Melsen from Luxembourg is 72 today We often mention those false-flaggers that come and go each year. You wonder why some countries use them, but then there are others that are more understandable. Our friends in Luxembourg took part 37 times before they hung up their […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maxi from Ireland is 73 today Some countries in our favourite TV show have had a very illustrious history, even if these days it’s a little more patchy. It’s difficult to fathom out why. Or is it? So to remember those past good times, we’ve delved back […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sébastien Tellier from France is 48 today Gimmick. A song needs a gimmick. But what to choose. We’ve had costume changes, wind machine, and pyros. But they were becoming so old hat by 2008. What’s a performer to do? In 2008, our friends in France sent Sébastian […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kali from France is 64 today Do you remember the times when countries had to sing in their national languages? It was easy for some – German all the way, for example. Or a choice of obvious ones if you were Switzerland. But if you were slightly […]
#BIRTHDAY: SuRie from the UK is 34 today Sometimes performers aren’t always remembered for their three minutes of singing on that hallowed stage. Just occasionally, there’s an event outside their control that overshadows what they’re there to do. We won’t dwell on the incident that befell today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elhaida Dani from Albania is 30 today Do you think it’s only a matter of time before another country wins our favourite TV show for the first time? It could, of course, be this year. Our friends in Albania have never won, but they can get out […]
#BIRTHDAY: DQ from Denmark is 50 today Our favourite TV show can be a glamorous affair, and many people just tune in for the costumes. They must just like shiny things. Well that might explain a certain Ukrainian with a star on their head. Of course, there’s more […]
#BIRTHDAY: Michelle from Germany is 51 today Do you ever think history repeats itself, and there’s nothing original anymore? In the Eurovision context, how many songs have been called ‘Shine’ for example. Or ‘Angel? In 2001, it wasn’t duplicated song titles, it was duplicated singer names We has […]
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