Romania once had one of the best qualification rates of any country at the Eurovision Song Contest. But 2019 marks the second year the country has failed to progress to Saturday’s final. Fans were understandably disappointed and everyone has their own theories as to what went wrong or […]
Will Luxembourg return to the Eurovision Song Contest? The Contest will return to the BENELUX region for the first time since the 1980’s – the perfect time for Luxembourg to return? Groups have appeared on Social Media, as well as former Contest stars calling for the Nation’s return […]
BIRTHDAY: Pasha Parfeny from Moldova is 33 today Mr Eurovision. Every country has one. Or several. Or someone who thinks they are deserving of this title. Not to be confused with Dr Eurovision, obviously. There’s only room for one of those. Moldova has a claimant to that title […]
BIRTHDAY: Eyþór Ingi from Iceland is 30 today Performers of all ages have been seen on a Eurovision stage. It cam sometimes be a fun game to guess whether a performer looks their age or not. Many performers try to look younger than they are. Some succeed. Some […]
BIRTHDAY: Maimuna from Belarus is 39 today It’s sometimes the case that someone is credited as a performer, but they don’t actually sing. They could be really famous, and there’s a hope their name will capture a few extra votes. Today’s birthday girl Маймуна Амаду Мурашка/Maimuna Amadu Murasjko, […]
So, it’s only been just over a week since The Netherlands took the Eurovision crown and the hosting responsibility passed over from Israel to this beautiful country . There has of course, since then been a lot of speculation about which city the Dutch will pick as host […]
Last weekend in Tel Aviv, the Marcel Bezençon award winners 2019 were announced. There are three awards announced each year – they are the Press award (voted by the Press), Artistic award (voted by the Commentators) and Composer award (voted by a jury of participating Composers). So the […]
Eurovision may be over for another year, but preparations for Junior Eurovision are just getting started! Earlier today we learned the name of the first contestant heading to Gliwice in Poland this November, and it’s Giorgi Rostiashvili from Georgia! Giorgi won Ranina, the Georgian national broadcaster’s Junior Eurovision […]
BIRTHDAY: Ines from Estonia is 38 today Back in the mists of time, just after the Eurovision Song Contest started, in the 1990s, a certain musical country from the Baltic started doing really well. So much so, that a win wasn’t far away. I jest of course. The […]
It’s been just over a week now since all the fun and excitement of Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv, where the Netherlands claimed their 5th Eurovision victory with Duncan Laurence and ‘Arcade’. While we’re all in the throws of post-Eurovision depression, it’s time to look ahead to the […]