#BIRTHDAY: Sanna Nielsen from Sweden is 40 today Do you prefer a banger of a song, or are you more a ballad-lover? Are you the first on the dancefloor when that Schlager beat kicks off? Or is it something a little slower that tickles your fancy? Today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Carl Espen from Norway is 42 today Do you ever notice that some songs are touted as winners, only to fade away once they get to the host city. It could be a missed staging opportunity, or the draw conspiring against it. Back in 2014, we all […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vilija from Lithuania is 38 today Do you ever wonder what happens to those singers that don’t make it to a Grand Final? There are a large number of acts who have nothing to do after Wednesday and Friday mornings. The thing to do is for them […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dilara Kazimova from Azerbaijan is 40 today Our friends in Azerbaijan have always been eager participants in our favourite TV show. With one win under their belt, they’re doing better than some, and they must be eager for another win. Azerbaijan’s traditional course is to out-source the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mariya Yaremchuk from Ukraine is 31 today Let’s just forget current events at the moment. We’re here to celebrate birthdays, wherever they fall throughout Europe (and Australia). Today we’re celebrating the birthday of Марія Назарівна Яремчук/Mariya Nazarivna Yaremchuk who did her stuff for Ukraine in 2014. Yes, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Conchita Wurst from Austria is 35 today Some of our friends around Europe are convinced that their country will never win European (and Australian) singing’s greatest prize. No-one likes us, they cry. It’s all a stitch up, with neighbourly voting and politics aplenty. It’s clearly not true. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Basim from Denmark is 31 today The home entrant in a contest, as we’ve discussed before, gets the best and worst of the deal when they get up on that stage. They don’t get to travel, but they get that huge home support. When you’re singing for […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cleo from Poland is 40 today The end of another week and another birthday. This could be a high point in presentation of songs. They can be talking points in themselves, even if the song doesn’t quite hit the mark. This song you’ll see was technically by […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tanja from Estonia is 40 today While we love our contest for its singing, many of them incorporate the element of dance into their stage show too. This extra thing can make or break a song, as it either enhances what you see, or completely distracts from […]
#BIRTHDAY: Aram MP3 from Armenia is 39 today It’s always daunting being first on in a song contest. It’s bad enough if you get the Saturday night gig. But if you get first on in the first semi-final, you must be really worried. It’s long been the graveyard […]