#BIRTHDAY: Lotta Engberg from Sweden is 60 today We like to think that most of the best songs to come from Sweden were in the 1980s. Classic after classic after classic. Well, for us they are anyway. Sometimes the saying about less being more is a wise one. […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção SF 2 from 22.00 CET Portugal continues its quest for a second Eurovision victory tonight, with the second semi-final of the legendary Festival da Canção. Ten songs are competing for the six remaining berths in the Grand Final, which takes place […]
#MOLDOVA: And the winner is… Moldovan broadcaster TRM has just finished selecting a song for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. Ten songs went in, but one proved victorious. After a combination of jury and public voting, the song going to Liverpool from Moldova is… […]
Good evening Europe, Good morning Australia, Reykjavik calling ! Tonight, Iceland will decide who will be flying their flag at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, to be held in Liverpool,UK . Five songs will tonight compete in the Songvakeppnin Grand Final for that golden ticket to Liverpool. The […]
#MOLDOVA: Live Blog of Etapa Națională 2023 from 18.00 CET Tonight Moldova selects its song for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. Ten songs have made it to the the final, and will compete for the honour. You might recognise some of the names too. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Umberto Tozzi from Italy is 71 today Let’s go back to the 1980s. A world of orchestras, big hair, big shoulders, big everything. And a regular supply of the same countries taking part year in year out. That doesn’t always mean it was a bad thing. Our […]
#GERMANY: And the winner is… German broadcaster has just finished selecting the song to carry its hope at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. After a combination of international jury and public voting, the act going to the Contest in May is… Lord of the […]
#GERMANY: Live Blog of Unser Lied für Liverpool from 22.20 CET Tonight Germany becomes the latest of the automatic finalists to select its song for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. Eight songs will compete for the honour, and broadcaster ARD will use a jury […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anmary from Latvia is 43 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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gjoko Taneski from North Macedonia is 46 today One of the smaller members of our happy Eurovision family is a country near Greece. It’s known officially as North Macedonia, but was previously the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Or unofficially as the Republic of Macedonia. But let’s […]
#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 […]