#OBITUARY: Tzvika Pick Israeli singer-songwriter Tzvika Pick has died at the age of 72. Among his many achievements, he wrote a Eurovision winner. Tzvika was born in Wrocław in 1949 as Henryk Pick, emigrating to Israel in 1957. In the 1970s, he was one of Israel’s top pop […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mikel Herzog from Spain is 62 today Isn’t it often the way that you can tell where someone’s from, just by their name? If it ends in ‘dottir’, it’s usually Icelandic. Or if it ends in ‘ić’, it’s usually from a lot further south-east. So imagine Europe’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lars A Fredriksen from Norway is 51 today It’s been 23 long years since the free language rules was re-introduced. Is it a good thing? Well, there have only been three winners since 1999 that had no English in them. So is it a good thing? Well, […]
#CHRISTMAS2021: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 22 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#BIRTHDAY: Chiara from Malta is 45 today Do you remember the 1990s? It was a fine decade when our favourite TV show moved in the general direction of getting bigger and bigger. A certain country returned in that decade, after a 16 year absence. Can you guess which […]
#BIRTHDAY: Danijela from Croatia is 50 today Opening a contest. Is there anything more daunting? Well, being on second or sixteenth is no fun as those positions have never won. However, if you get it over with , then it means you can hit that free bar earlier […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jill Johnson from Sweden is 48 today Hold on to your hats – it’s Sweden. You must remember them? Long country in northern Europe. A popular beat combo did well for them in the 1970s. Some fans take an unhealthy interest in the country’s fortunes. Got it […]
#BIRTHDAY: Guildo Horn from Germany is 58 today Sometimes there are no words to describe a performance at our favourite TV show. They put on a show that’s so outrageous that you can’t help but watch for three minutes (and occasionally six or even nine minutes). Back in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Edsilia Rombley is 43 today There’s a small but exclusive club of performers who have done a certain other thing at our favourite contest – become hosts. The first was Corry Brokken in 1976. One more individual will earn their membership this year. So following Corry, Yardena, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dana International from Israel is 52 today There have been just under 50 soloist winners of our favourite TV show, so that averages out at about one winner per week. Luckily, we have a solo winner today. But who? It’s a winner from the 20th Century, who […]
#BIRTHDAY: Koit Toome from Estonia is 42 today What better way to kick off 2021 with the birthday of some who may get to Rotterdam in May. It’s often nice when we see people having another go at winning European singing’s biggest prize. Back in 1998, we saw […]
#BIRTHDAY: Katarína Hasprová from Slovakia is 48 today Today is another in our occasional series of countries we wish were back in our favourite TV show. They may have legitimate reasons for not being there anymore, but it doesn’t stop us wanting them back. Our friends in Slovakia […]
BIRTHDAY: Tüzmen from Turkey is 52 today Do you ever think of what might have been when you see someone on the Eurovision tage? Do you think of what it beat in a national final? Back in 1998, Turkey (remember them) sent today’s birthday boy Tarkan Tüzmen. He’d […]
HALLOWE’EN: Eurovision goes bump in the night Hallowe’en and Eurovision. Does it scare you? Do you tremble on 31 October when you get a sinister knock at your door? Are you relieved when you find out it’s only the local kids going trick-or-treating? Or do you leave the […]
BIRTHDAY: Charlie from Hungary is 72 today What was it that drew you into Eurovision? The costumes? The glorious melodies? For us, it was the languages. Where else could you have heard someone using Hebrew, Portuguese or Finnish to get a message across? Of course, many use English […]
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