#BIRTHDAY: Michael Hoffmann from Germany is 75 today The home entry. A good thing or a bad thing? Well, you’re guaranteed a warm welcome as you get your three minutes on stage. But it means that two weeks in somewhere exotic or interesting might not quite come to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Danijel Popović is 70 today The country that was Yugoslavia made 27 appearances in our favourite TV show. As we know, it’s successor states have had varying fortunes since they took its place, but Yugoslavia itself wasn’t without success. For years, when they showed up it was the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Carola from Sweden is 59 today We know you like our birthday feature. Well this is one you won’t want to miss. Sweden is – in some eyes – the pinnacle of Eurovision-ness. So when a Swedish birthday comes along, we’re going to celebrate it. Today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Christie from Greece is 69 today All countries can have their day. And as others have said, anyone can win our favourite TV show. Austria or Portugal are two cases in point, where an indifferent track record has been interrupted by a win. These days, Greece has […]
#BIRTHDAY: Corinne Hermès is 63 today Remember Luxembourg? They came back this year after a loooooong absence, and they used to win a lot. Not bad for a nugget of a country with a Grand Duke in charge. The year 1983 is a long time ago now, but […]
#BIRTHDAY: Carola from Sweden is 58 today We know you like our birthday feature. Well this is one you won’t want to miss. Sweden is – in some eyes – the pinnacle of Eurovision-ness. So when a Swedish birthday comes along, we’re going to celebrate it. Today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gry Johansen from Denmark is 60 today Thick and thin. That’s an adage that applies to every country taking part in our favourite TV show. Any country can win, but equally any country can do less well. Yes, even our Nordic friends. In 1983 we were deep […]
#BIRTHDAY: Remedios Amaya from Spain is 62 today We love winners of the Eurovision Song Contest. But we should also remember that someone has to come last. Whether that song deserves to come last is another matter. Back in the day, the last placed song could have finished […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bernadette from the Netherlands is 65 today Back in the day, when there was no free language rule, some took it upon themselves to bend the rules as much as possible. They were allowed a few phrases in other languages. If you did it right, you could […]
#BIRTHDAY: Christie from Greece is 68 today All countries can have their day. And as others have said, anyone can win our favourite TV show. Austria or Portugal are two cases in point, where an indifferent track record has been interrupted by a win. During the 21st Century, […]