OBITUARY: Dina from Portugal has died aged 62 Singer Dina, who represented Portugal in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest, has died after a short illness aged 62. She sang in the contest held in Malmö’s Isstadion on 9 May 1992, performing the song Amor d’agua fresca, co-written by […]
BIRTHDAY: Deen from Bosnia & Herzegovina is 37 today As we saw yesterday, Eurovision throws up performances as well as songs. Do they detract, or does a song need some form of gimmick to do well? St Salvador of Sobral didn’t think so, but they do sometimes help. […]
During last weekend’s Amsterdam In Concert – the first of this year’s Preview Parties, Sarah McTernan took to the stage with the Irish entry “22”. This will not be the only Preview Party Sarah will be attending. We hope to catch up with her in London this weekend […]
Last weekend in Amsterdam, Ryan O’Shaughnessy joined up with SuRie to perform “Mercy” – last year’s French entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, performed by Madame Monsieur. The performance took place at Amsterdam Calling, on the eve of Amsterdam In Concert – the first of this year’s Preview […]
BIRTHDAY: Mélovin from Ukraine is 22 today We all know that the road to Eurovision is not always easy. All sorts of things can get in the way of that song a country selects for the hallowed stage in [insert city here]. It’s definitely true this year. As […]
Following strong reports that Madonna will be part of the interval act during the final in Tel Aviv, USA fans will be in for a shock. Logo TV, owned by Viacom, will not be showing this year’s Contest. Logo TV first showed the Contest in 2016 – the […]
BIRTHDAY: Linas Adomaitis from Lithuania is 43 today Yesterday we had a country who had never won. Well, sort of. Now today we have a country with a record that’s been a little more patchy since day one. Our friends in Lithuania haven’t had the success of its […]
Last week, I began by introducing my series of articles on hosting the Eurovision song contest and what this means for the host country . Today , I am going to look at one of the most important things that the winning country of the year has to […]
BIRTHDAY: Vesna Pisarović from Croatia is 41 today There’s a long list of countries that have never won our favourite TV show. Will one of them win this year in Tel Aviv? Or will it be Sweden somewhere dull? However, there is one country that claims a win, […]
BIRTHDAY: Freddie from Hungary is 29 today Are you a fan of national finals? Are you religiously watching them through the whole ‘season’, from Albania to Sweden? Do you pick certain countries to watch, even though they may have many many shows? Or do you prefere it to […]