#BIRTHDAY: Magdi Rúzsa from Hungary is 40 today We miss Hungary. There, we’ve said it. Putting politics aside, they’ve put in some memorable stuff since that début in sunny Ljubljana in 1993. It’s not all been plain sailing, but without Hungary, it would be a far poorer contest. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kenan Doğulu from Türkiye is 51 today Let’s be honest – our friends in Türkiye/Turkey are sorely missed from our favourite TV show. They added that bit of exotica to proceedings, and were gunning for another win when they abruptly stopped coming along after the 2012 shows. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ola Salo from Sweden is 48 today Do you always pay attention to the lyric of a song? Or do you get carried away by sequins and stage shows. Well today, you possibly you get the whole gamut, so this is likely to please you whatever you’re […]
#BIRTHDAY: DQ from Denmark is 52 today Our favourite TV show can be a glamorous affair, and many people just tune in for the costumes. They must just like shiny things. Well that might explain a certain Ukrainian with a star on their head. Of course, there’s more […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marija Šerifović from Serbia is 40 today It seems that English rules these days. No, not the (sub-)national entity. I mean the language. It’s rampant in the presentation of the shows. It’s all pervasive in the press centre. And it’s the main tongue of song too. So […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gerli Padar from Estonia is 45 today Estonia is one of those countries that sort of ‘gets’ Eurovision. They’ve qualified for Grand Finals more often than not of late, and were “New Europe’s” first winners. And Eurolaul/Eesti Laul has always been one of the high points of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Olivia Lewis from Malta is 46 today Think of a rock. A big happy rock. Perhaps one in the sea. A sea bounding Europe to its south. Then think of how this happy rock would celebrate if it actually won our favourite TV show. Back in 2007, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Stoyan Yankoulov from Bulgaria is 58 today There’s a word I want to use today, as today’s song reminds me of it. It might feature in this article, or I might save it for another time. Our friends in Bulgaria took a while to find their way. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dado Topić from Croatia is 75 today We celebrate all manner of things with our birthdays. The winners, the losers, the ‘also-ran’s. They all count, and you can guarantee that someone out there will like every single Eurovision song. So just occasionally, a song might not quite […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elitsa Todorova from Bulgaria is 47 today There’s a word I want to use today, as today’s song reminds me of it. It might feature in this article, or I might save it for another time. Our friends in Bulgaria took a while to find their way. […]
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