BIRTHDAY: Yulia Savicheva from Russia is 37 today One thing that can sometimes help your song along is a great bit of choreography. Some songs are crying out for it, where obviously others don’t. So a Eurovision stage can be that pinnacle if your a dancer. Today’s song […]
BIRTHDAY: Karoline Krüger from Norway is 50 today If you’re really into your contest, you’ll be watching all of the national finals, semi-finals and miscellaneous heats from around Europe as broadcasters pick their songs for Rotterdam. Some don’t bother asking the public, but some like a whole series […]
BIRTHDAY: Ana Rucner is 37 today It would be good to see certain countries come back to our favourite TV show. Not just those micro-states, but there are some larger ones that did well in the past, but now sit on the sidelines. It wasn’t that long ago […]
BIRTHDAY: Serge Lama from France is 77 today We picked a French singer recently; one that you might not normally associate with our favourite TV show. Well today could be another one. Back in 1971 everything changed. A new voting structure, preview videos, and a natty little venue […]
BIRTHDAY: Carita from Finland is 66 today If you were a performer on the Eurovision stage, would you want to open a contest. Someone has to, and there’s debate on whether opening a contest is a good thing. It might have been easier in former times to do […]
BIRTHDAY: Gérard Lenorman is 75 today Our favourite TV show has a rich history, and it’s good to dig deep sometimes, to pick out those songs you won’t here every day. They won’t feature in a Top 250, or in a Eurovision disco. But they’re still valued. Back […]
ITALY: And the Sanremo winner is… The 70th Sanremo Festival is over, and Diodato has won with the song Fai rumore. After a combination of public voting, he/she/they will (hopefully) be representing RAI at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam in May. Francesco Gabbani was runner-up, with Pinguini […]
ICELAND: Two finalists for Söngvakeppnin 2020 The first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin has finished, and two songs have made it through to the final on 29 February. They performed in Icelandic tonight, but have free rein in three weeks time. The lucky finalists are Isold & Helga with “Klukkan […]
NORWAY: Liza Vassileva wins MGP semi-final 5 The fifth and last semi-final in NRK’s epic Melodi Grand Prix season has finished and Liza Vassileva has won a place in the MGP Grand Final on Saturday 15 February with the song “I Am Gay”. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovision […]
SWEDEN: Two more finalists for Melodifestivalen 2020 The second semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2020 from Göteborg has finished, and we have more songs for the Grand Final and Andra Chansen. In the Grand Final on 7 March we’ll see Anna Bergendahl with the song “Kingdom Come” and Dotter with […]