Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
Well there is good news and bad news from the following four countries – two will be attending the Junior Eurovision Contest in Warsaw, while the other two will not be. Israel will not be returning to the Contest this year in Warsaw. No further explanation has been […]
#BIRTHDAY: Filipa Azevedo from Portugal is 29 today What were you doing 10 years ago? Were you an ardent fan? Had you even discovered the contest? Or were you thinking it was time to take up hang-gliding instead of staying in on a Saturday night in May? If […]
Several Dutch singers have come together to cover some of the songs from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga”. The performances will filmed in an empty Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam – the location of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Edsilia Rombley (ESC 1998 & 2007) – “Husavik” […]
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga is going from strength to strength. This week, “Husavik” is the Record of the Week on BBC Radio 2 in the UK. Since Saturday and through to the end of this Friday, “Husavik” will be played in the majority of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Luiz Ejlli from Albania is 35 today It’s a thing these days that most songs are in English, or at least partly in English. Some fans are old enough to remember when there was no free language rule. So it’s nice when a country uses its own […]
The magic of Skjálfandi captured by Will Ferrell and My Marianne in hit song Húsavík has captured the audience in the USA! Just a few weeks after the release of Netflix’s musical comedy Eurovison Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Will Ferrell scores his first entry on a Billboard songs […]
PLAY JA JA DING DONG!!! Yes, you read that right – everyone’s favourite song from everyone’s favourite movie now has its own restaurant in Húsavík! Earlier today the JaJa Ding Dong Húsavík opened in the Icelandic town, setting of Will Ferrel’s film, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of […]
#THE REAL ME: Eurovision Memories from David Shardlow Eurovision Ireland asked fan David Shardlow for a Eurovision song that means something to him. He tells us his story… I was just eleven years old at the time and A Song For Europe for me, was more important than […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tó Cruz from Portugal is 53 today As you know, our friends in Portugal achieved their victory after the longest ever non-winning streak to date. They had tried everything since their début in 1964. Amongst Portugal’s notable achievements was sending the first black male performer in 1967. […]