#BIRTHDAY: ByeAlex from Hungary is 37 today There’s been a little gap in central Europe of late. A gap which is countries currently having a few years out from our favourite TV show. You’d need to ask their broadcaster why they’re not competing with song, but we do […]
#BIRTHDAY: Enrico Ruggeri from Italy is 64 today It must be good to be in at the start of something. In years to come, you can tell your family you were there, and part of it. This particular ‘thing’ is the expansion of our favourite TV show. The […]
#BIRTHDAY: Esther Hart from the Netherlands is 51 today We’re still reeling from an excellent contest in Rotterdam last month. It proved that the Dutch have an idea of what Eurovision is about, even though the results weren’t always what they wanted. Today’s birthday girl Esther Hart (née […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jónsi from Iceland is 44 today We move north after our little sojourn into the Balkan world. And to someone who has been on that stage. Once alone, and once with a pal. You see it’s true that some just can’t get enough of the heady Eurovision […]
#BIRTHDAY: Toni Cetinski from Croatia is 52 today For many performers, Eurovision gets into their blood. Many deny it, but plenty would love to come back and have another chance at singing in front of 100 million people, even if it’s just for three minutes. For them, it […]
#BIRTHDAY: Zdravko Čolić from Yugoslavia is 70 today It’s important to remember that our favourite TV show started around the middle of the 20th Century – it’s not just a thing invented in the 2010s for people to show off posh frocks and much arm waving. And with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maimuna from Belarus is 31 today Performing at the Eurovision Song Contest isn’t always about being the singer. You could a credit as a performer, but through another role. And if you’re a competent instrumentalist, then why not? Today’s birthday girl Маймуна Амаду Мурашка/Maimuna Amadu Murashko got […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jetty Paerl would have been 100 today In a change to celebrating birthdays of performers still with us, we’ve got the birthday of someone who died in 2013. You may wonder why, but we do have the Eurovision trailblazer of trailblazers. Dutchwoman Jetty Paerl came second in […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… the Grand Final Eurovision Ireland took one last look at the events of the 2021 Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. We kept it brief, just looking at the top 10, plus our highlights. Did you agree with the top 10? What were […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ines from Estonia is 40 today You can always tell when a country is seriously gunning for a win. They seem to up their game, just to bring themselves to Europe’s attention. And then, bang, they have that win under their belt. Today’s birthday girl Ines (née […]
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