#BIRTHDAY: Heddy Lester from the Netherlands is 71 today There’s always pressure on you when you’re the home entrant, even when the home crowd will be cheering you on more than all the other acts. But what if you’re a year to late? Your country hosted the previous […]
BIRTHDAY: Anžej Dežan from Slovenia is 34 today What’s the right language for a Eurovision song? It’s a vexed question. Be true to your own language, and you get admired for sticking to your guns. Use a more widely spoken one, and more people immediately get your message. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tor Endresen from Norway is 62 today That thing when you’ve tried for years to do something. And then when you get to do that thing you’ve been yearning for, you end up feeling disappointed. It’s happened to us all. It makes you wonder why you bother. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rambo Amadeus from Montenegro is 58 today Don’t you just love those ‘novelty’ entries? There have been plenty, to varying degrees of success. One or two have even won. I’ll let you work out which. Of course, these novelties sometimes have a message, even if it’s heavily […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dihaj from Azerbaijan is 32 today When an act takes to the Eurovision stage, there will be have been a whole lot of planning to decide costumes, backing singers and dancers, and setting. At least, we hope there have been planning meetings. Today’s birthday girl Dihaj (née […]
#BIRTHDAY: Amandine Bourgeois from France is 42 today It’s an old adage that anyone can won our favourite TV show. If the song’s good enough, it’ll shine through. And past performance is no guide to future performance. Take France for example, only going and finishing second in Rotterdam. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mira Awad from Israel is 46 today Our favourite TV show always has noble aims, whether it’s to find something that all/most Europeans like, or just to bring people together in a way that politicians can’t. We should celebrate that fact we’re all in this together. Whatever […]
#BIRTHDAY: Eric Papilaya from Austria is 43 today We often mention the props acts use to enhance their three minutes on stage. But just think of the stage hands. Their hearts must sink , especially as they have 45 seconds or so to get one act off stage […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bonnie Tyler from the UK is 70 today It’s only right that our favourite TV show can demonstrate a mix of the established performer and the youngster setting out to prove themselves in the cut-throat world of entertainment. There is no right formula, as it’s down to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sophie Carle from Luxembourg is 57 today The hosts nation always has an interesting job on its hands. They might want to win, but the contest has cost them a whole chunk of money, so an honorable mention might be better. Our friends in Luxembourg have, like […]
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