#BIRTHDAY: Justine Pelmelay from the Netherlands is 63 today Eurovision singers come from ethnicities far and wide. They’re not just of European, Israeli or Australian ancestry. They’ve had people from all over the world. Even more unlikely places like Indonesia. Today’s birthday girl Anneke Wilma ‘Justine’ Pelmelay sang […]
118 young acts have made a submissions to represent Ukraine at the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. A committee will select 12 to 16 finalists by Tuesday 5th October. The Ukrainian national final will be televised on UA:KULTURA, on Saturday 23rd October. The winner will be decided by […]
So , while we’ve ended one Eurovision season and started another ( patiently waiting for the host city to be announced for ESC Italy 2022) , another popular competition returned last week on BBC ,which is popular with some Eurovision fans too, the 2021 edition of Strictly Come […]
YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster, has put a call out for dancers for UMK 2022 – however it is currently unknown where it will be held. During the call for dancers, YLE announced that UMK 2022 will take place in the final week of February. Along with other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Patrick Fiori is 52 today It’s always nice to hear a song that’s not English. But even more special when we hear a proper minority language. Our friends in France have gone down that road in the past with, among others, Breton and Antillean Creole. They’ve also […]
Multiple Melodifestivalen finalists, The Mamas & Magnus Carlsson, have released brand new singles. The Mamas have released “Sun Go Down”. The official video is to follow, but you can listen to “Sun Go Down” below: Magnus Carlsson has released “Never Gonna Give You Up”. The official video is […]
As everyone in the Eurovision world know, Khabar Agency, the Kazakh national broadcaster and EBU associate member, has taken part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2018 – on an invitational basis similar to Australia. They are also wanting to participate in the Adult Contest. Unlike the […]
‘Una Voce Per San Marino’, the new national selection from San Marino RTV, the Sanmarinese national broadcaster, has been announced. It is only a second time a national selection has been used since ‘1in360’, in 2018. ‘Una Voce Per San Marino’ will feature both emerging and big (established) […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alejandro Abad from Spain is 59 today You know that our favourite TV show is a contest for songwriters? They should – arguably – be getting top billing on their songs, as they’re the ones who’ve carefully crafted a masterpiece for our listening pleasure. But songwriters have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lisa Angell from France is 53 today You may think that when Portugal won, they had been mightily unlucky to only win at its 376th attempt. Well I guess they have, but now the most appearances without a win honour lies with Malta and Iceland – depending on […]