MRT, the North Macedonian national broadcaster, have announced that they will be withdrawing from this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, due to be held on Sunday 29th November. Like Australia and Wales, the North Macedonians will be withdrawing due to the current Coronavirus pandemic. MRT are hopeful for […]
#BIRTHDAY: Evelina Sašenko from Lithuania is 33 today Can you cast your mind back to nine years ago? What were you doing? Were you at school? Were you celebrating one of those ‘big’ birthdays that ends in a zero? Were you even a fan of our favourite TV […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jake Shakeshaft from the UK is 25 today Are there certain countries you wish could do better. Yes, we know anyone can win our favourite TV show, but some places seem to lack a bit of luck. That luck could be circumstance, or just due to the […]
Warsaw will not see the return of Cyprus to this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Cyprus participated in the first seven Contests, before returning in 2014, 2016 & 2017. They also hosted the Contest in Limassol, in 2008. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
Slovenia has chosen their representative for the postponed Eurovision Young Musicians 2020 – after a televised final was due to take place on Sunday 29th March. A Jury selected the representative, based on the Semi Final performances. Sebastijan Buda was selected, with the Horn as his instrument of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sigga from Iceland is 58 today It’s repeat offender time again. You know the sort – They have a good/bad/indifferent result when they take part a first time. They get the bug and come back again. Repeat as necessary. Today’s birthday girl Sigga (née Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir) appeared […]
#BIRTHDAY: Fredi from Finland is 78 today Eurovision songs are occasionally branded – by muggles – as nonsense. Meaningless lyrics, daft arm-waving dance routines, and reinforcement of national stereotypes. Some of this may be true, but we love them nonetheless. Even if the title may make you think […]
Over the last 24 hours, we have heard some sort of news from Azerbaijan, Belgium & Ukraine – this is either to do with participation in Warsaw or how they will select their entry. Rumours circulated various websites over the past 24 hours that ITV, the Azeri national […]
PBS, the Maltese national broadcaster, have today confirmed that Malta will be participating in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Applicants can submit entries up until Sunday 23rd August. 12 finalists will be chosen to attend a television recording – which will be transmitted later on both television […]
#BIRTHDAY: Braulio from Spain is 74 today It’s always a curious mix of countries in our favourite TV show. We have the 21st Century newbies, to those that have racked up 50 appearances or more. So it follows that, occasionally, we pick songs from times before you, dear […]