#BIRTHDAY: Xandee from Belgium is 47 today Have you ever liked one of those songs that the fans think will win by a country mile, only for it to not quite come up to expectations? Eurovision is littered with songs like that, and it’s arguable one of those […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jari Sillanpää from Finland is 60 today It’s opening song time again. And not just any old opening song. Oh no. This was has a special place in Eurovision history. It was the first song in the first semi-final in the host country. And only a mere […]
#BIRTHDAY: Märyon from Monaco is 38 today We know that there’s always talk of a certain micro-microstate returning in 2026, most likely singing in French. But in the early days of the contest you couldn’t move for songs in français. That’s because one of those francophone countries was […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anjeza Shahini from Albania is 38 today Cast your mind back, if you can, to when your country first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. A time for optimism and hope. Who knows, that win or good placing was just a few voters away. Naturally, there […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ramón from Spain is 40 today We will soon have a new winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. Who will it be? One of the lucky qualifiers from a semi-final? Or the defending country? Or one of the Big Five? In other news, today’s birthday boy is […]
#BIRTHDAY: Željko Joksimović is 53 today There are great songs, and there are great songs. Others may not think so, but I think this is one of the greatest. Cast your mind back to 2004. We didn’t have just one show in the host city – we had […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ivo Fomins from Latvia is 57 today Are you a fan of language? Did you enjoy the days of no free-language rule, and wish those days would come back? Or you happy that singers have a choice, and can sing in Faroese, Nahuatl, or even !xo if […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lena Philipsson from Sweden is 59 today Now we know a certain country with a blue and yellow flag has excelled in our favourite TV show. You may even think they could win this coming year. And no, I’m not talking about Palau. The truth is that […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jónsi from Iceland is 47 today We move north after our little sojourn into the Balkan world. And to someone who has been on that stage twice. Once alone, and once with a pal. You see it’s true that some just can’t get enough of the heady […]
#BIRTHDAY: Linas Adomaitis from Lithuania is 48 today Yesterday we had a country with one win under their belt. Now today we have a country with a record that’s been a little more patchy since day one. And no wins to their name. Our friends in Lithuania haven’t […]
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