Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Cyprus. Cyprus debuted at the Contest in 1981, in Dublin, Ireland, Island finished in sixth […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mélovin from Ukraine is 24 today If you want to get ahead, you need a showstopper of a song. It’s obvious, isn’t it. But how to stop that show? With a song that you can’t help falling in love with? Or with a bonkers stage show? Both […]
Shay Healy, the winning Songwriter behind “What’s Another Year” has passed away at the age of 78. RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, gave the following obituary: “From Sandymount in Dublin, he originally worked in RTÉ as a trainee cameraman, but soon found himself on the other side of […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate North Macedonia. North Macedonia debuted (as Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia) at the Contest in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Linas Adomaitis from Lithuania is 45 today Who’s your favourite duo? Is it one that won? Is it one that had two performers yelling at each other whilst stood close together? Or is it one of those duos that tried their best, but failed to make the […]
We can all recall the disappointment of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest being cancelled last year and probably no-one was as disappointed as all the 2020 performers , who were putting their hearts and souls into producing great performances for us in May 2020 . However, whilst many […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Australia. Australia debuted at the Contest in 2015, in Vienna, Australia, Guy Sebastian finished in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tania Tsanaklidou from Greece is 69 today Have you ever met your hero? That one person who made you think a particular way, or aspire to a certain lifestyle. Were you disappointed when you met them, or did you admire them all the more? Today’s birthday girl […]
#BIRTHDAY: Manuel Ortega from Austria is 41 today If in doubt, repeat some words in your song lyric. It can sometimes pay dividends. Or it can make it appear that your song was originally two minutes and you needed to pad it out somehow. In 2002, Austria sent […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Sweden. Sweden debuted at the Contest in 1958, in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Alice Babs finished […]