#BIRTHDAY: Lena Valaitis from Germany is 77 today It’s an odd coincidence that the writers of the song sung by yesterday’s birthday also wrote the song by today’s birthday girl. We should remember that our favourite TV show is a competition for songwriters as well as performers. And […]
In the latest edition of our Best of the Big 5 series, we wanted to find out who is your all time favourite from Germany – and the results are in! You’ve perused all the German Eurovision songs from 1956 up to 2020 to pick out your Top […]
Niamh Kavanagh has completed two stints at Tesco as a Customer Service Desk assistant during Lockdown, to help pay the bills. As an entertainer, all her work dried up after large indoor gatherings were banned. Niamh had the following to say: “We still need to feed ourselves. It […]
Today is the deadline day for any interested broadcasters to confirm their participation for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Any broadcaster withdrawing their interest after today could face a financial penalty. To date, 14 countries have confirmed participation – however there seems to be some doubt surrounding […]
Is there a song that really means something to you? Something that made you really fall in love with Eurovision? Something that you associate with a particular event in your life? In our ‘The Real Me’ articles, we get to the root of why we can’t get enough […]
Armenian Head of Delegation, David Tserunyan, has announced today that Armenia will be participating at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, as well as next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will be in Rotterdam. It is currently unknown how the Armenian representative will be selected for Warsaw. However, […]
The first semi final of “Szansa na Sukces” has taken place this afternoon with the theme Inter-generational Hits. Lena Marzec was the lucky contestant to progress to the final on Sunday 27th September. The jury of Viki Gabor, Edyta Gorniak and Piotr Rubik had the 100% to decide […]
Back in MARCH, this year’s edition of Eurovision Young Musicians was postponed from the original date in June, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Now, several undisclosed broadcasters have told Eurofestivales that this year’s Contest will not take place in 2020. The EBU Musical Reference Group will be meeting […]
Amadeus, the Artistic Director for the 2021 Sanremo Festival, has come out with a blunt message surrounding next year’s Festival and the current Coronavirus pandemic. He had the following to say: “The 2021 Festival, what for me is 70 + 1, must be the first post Coronavirus, that […]
BIRTHDAY: Michele Perniola from San Marino is 22 today When we celebrate birthdays, usually the performers have seen a few summers. People in their 60s, 70s, even 80s are all worth celebrating. So it’s very different when someone who took part five years ago is still only in […]