#BIRTHDAY: 3 August – Michelle from the Netherlands is 45 Imagine the dilemma. You’re taking part in Europe’s favourite TV show. It covers dozens of languages, and you want to make yourself stand out from the crowd. Your family name might not be very easy to some parts […]
#BIRTHDAY: 10 Feb – Natasha St-Pier is 45 Our dear friends in Canada keep trying to get in on the act, and who can blame them? One of its daughters even won once, so they, quite rightly, feel they have more claim to the winner’s podium than, say, […]
#CHRISTMAS2025: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 5 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: Vanna from Croatia is 55 today The fortunes of countries come and go. You can tell some are gearing up for a win. And once they have, they revert to being also-rans. Of course, some that you think should win make an effort and then lose interest. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lindsay Dracass from the UK is 40 today Do you have a preferred size of venue? Do you wish our favourite TV show – and it is a TV show after all – was in a small TV studio with people in their finery? Or do you […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nino Pršeš from Bosnia-Herzegovina is 52 today Do you miss Bosnia and Herzegovina? They were a welcome addition to our Eurovision family over 30 years ago, but they’re sitting on the substitute’s bench these day. No doubt with their feet up and watching Eurovisions with oodles of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tal Sondak from Israel is 48 today Several countries in our favourite TV show don’t actually lie in Europe proper. That’s the beauty of Eurovision – we have Europeans and Mediterraneans (and some others too) all as one big happy family. And we know how dysfunctional families […]
#BIRTHDAY: Fabrizio Faniello from Malta is 43 today Think of a small country. Now think of a smaller one. Is it Malta? It’s not always lumped with the European microstates, but it isn’t exactly large. And if it won the big prize at the Eurovision? It would easily […]
#BIRTHDAY: David Civera from Spain is 45 today One of the things about taking part in our favourite TV contest is the audience. Yes, it’s a TV show first and foremost, but there will always be a crowd that you have to sing to too. In the good […]
#BIRTHDAY: Piasek from Poland is 53 today Have you ever wondered why a country can do well in the Junior version of our favourite TV show, but don’t quite have the same success at the Big One? Exhibit A: Poland. Exhibit B: Armenia. Our friends in Exhibit A […]
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