#BIRTHDAY: Alejandro Abad from Spain is 62 today You know that our favourite TV show is a contest for songwriters? They should – arguably – be getting top billing on their songs, as they’re the ones who’ve carefully crafted a masterpiece for our listening pleasure. But songwriters have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tony Cetinski from Croatia is 55 today For many performers, Eurovision gets into their blood. Many deny it, but plenty would love to come back and have another chance at singing in front of 100 million people, even if it’s just for three minutes. For them, it […]
#ESC1994: It was 30 years ago today… If you can cast your mind back to 1994, you may know that on this day – which some celebrate as Walpurgis Night – a phenomenon was launched upon the world that remains legendary to this day. On 30 April 1994, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alma Čardžić from Bosnia and Herzegovina is 56 today Eurovision is a drug. Once you’ve been on that stage, you can’t get enough. You want more, and more, and more. Look at Peter, Sue & Marc. Look at Valentina Monetta. OK, we’ll stop at Peter, Sue & […]
#BIRTHDAY: Duilio from Switzerland is 51 today Did you ever envy Switzerland? Not only are they good at chocolate and cheese, but during those no-free language rule days, they had a choice of four of them. And they used them too. You might think it was all French […]
#BIRTHDAY: Edyta Górniak from Poland is 51 today Do you ever think that some broadcasters enter a song in our favourite TV show but don’t actually want to win? It might be due to budgetary constraints, or just no venue big enough. Or it could be because the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Frances Ruffelle from the UK is 58 today Remember the United Kingdom of stuff? They regularly used to do rather well in Eurovision circles, until those pesky ‘New Europeans’ came along. They still come up with sparks of brilliance, but Europe doesn’t seem to think they have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ovidijus Vyšniauskas from Lithuania is 66 today Not so long ago, eyebrows were raised when our favourite TV show was extended to 25 countries. Can you imagine that? A one-night spectacular with 25 songs. That would be seen as piffling these days. Of course, where there are […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kostas Bigalis from Greece is 70 today Do you remember the 1990s? It was the decade of change, when our favourite TV show went from being something nice and cosy and light entertainment, to something far more bloodbath-like. And Ireland won a lot. In one of those […]
#BIRTHDAY: Evridiki from Cyprus is 55 today You have to admire those that keep coming back time after time. The first couple of times, you sing a song written by your fiancé/husband. The third time, you don’t. It’s a story as old as time. Today’s birthday girl Ευρυδίκη […]