BIRTHDAY: Merethe Trøan from Norway is 50 today Do you remember the old days? When the contest was all done and dusted in one night, and none of these new Europeans were able to do their thing? Well 1992 was probably the last ‘old’ contest as we know […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tony Wegas from Austria is 55 today There’s an exclusive club. Well, yeah, there are lots of exclusive clubs. But today’s exclusive belongs to those people who did back-to-back appearances in our favourite TV show. We can name plenty – Lena, Jedward, Val Monetta – all illustrious […]
#BIRTHDAY: Humphrey Campbell is 62 today Are the contests too big? Do you like 154 countries taking part, or were you happy when it was just 20? It has increased over the years, but there were days without the semi-finals. In 1992, we were wondering how a contest […]
BIRTHDAY: Mary Spiteri from Malta is 72 today When Portugal won in 2017, they had held the record for the most entries without a win. It’s not a record a country wants, but it’s one to watch. But who holds that record now? Well, it depends on your […]
BIRTHDAY: Michael Ball from the UK is 57 today Runner-up day today. There’s been plenty of them through the years. Only one year – to my knowledge – has no runner-up. It’s a good place if you’re a host broadcaster’s entry for many reasons. And back in the […]
BIRTHDAY: Dafna Dekel is 53 today Everyone has a birthday – except for Carola – so when one comes along that has a particular significance (that is because we’re in their country), my eye is drawn to it for these articles. Today it’s the turn of birthday girl […]
OBITUARY: Dina from Portugal has died aged 62 Singer Dina, who represented Portugal in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest, has died after a short illness aged 62. She sang in the contest held in Malmö’s Isstadion on 9 May 1992, performing the song Amor d’agua fresca, co-written by […]
BIRTHDAY: Kali from France is 60 today Do you remember the times when countries had to sing in their national languages? It was easy for some – German all the way, for example. Or a choice of obvious ones if you were Switzerland. But if you were slightly […]
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