#BIRTHDAY: Wyn Hoop from Germany is 84 today Do you ever get confused by song titles? You expect a song in a certain language because of the title, and you get something else? Songs in Serbo-Croat with English titles for example. Today’s birthday boy Wyn Hoop (né Winfried […]
STAGGY: Review of 2020 Part I Our friend Staggy has been mulling over the choices made by the broadcasters around Europe (and beyond). We normally can’t keep him quiet, but for now he insists that a picture can paint a thousand words. But what did he think of […]
Tomorrow, Norway will be commemorating the tenth anniversary of the last time they hosted the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final – Saturday 29th May 2010. NRK3 will be rebroadcasting the show tomorrow night, from 19:50 CET. This was the third time the Norwegians had hosted the Contest – […]
BIRTHDAY: Nadine Beiler from Austria is 30 today Some countries have had a patchy relationship with our favourite TV show. Take Italy for example. They took over a decade out, and have been pushing for a win since. Then there are our friends in Austria. It’s been a […]
A total of 73 million viewers from across 38 broadcasting markets viewed “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light” on Saturday 16th May. The European Broadcasting Union did not have figures for seven of the broadcasting markets that also broadcast the show. Italy had an average of 3 million viewers, […]
We mentioned yesterday about whether certain countries could host our favourite TV show, and the headache some broadcasters may face if they ever won. The Mediterranean’s happiest rock has never hosted the big ESC, but they do have two JESCs under their belt. There are a lot of […]
The dates have been announced for when interested artists can submit their songs for Melodifestivalen 2021. The submission period will open on Monday 24th August, while closing on Wednesday 16th September. Rules are available HERE for any interested artists. Unlike many other broadcasters, SVT have chosen not to […]
Kazakhstan has no clear answers when it comes to participation at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The Head of Delegation for Kazakhstan, Zhazira Dyussembekova, had the following to say to on the situation: “Unfortunately, right now I cannot give you a clear answer to the questions.” Like […]
#BIRTHDAY: Aliona Moon from Moldova is 31 today We know that anyone can win our favourite TV show, whether it’s that Nordic country that many fans have as their default 12 points, or whether it’s that outsider that captures the zeitgeist before sinking back into obscurity. But have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Silje Vige from Norway is 36 today Can you imagine how it feels if you’re closing a contest. And not just closing any old contest, but closing the biggest contest the world had ever seen at the time. And imaging doing all of this if you were […]
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