#BIRTHDAY: Marius Bear from Switzerland is 30 today Do you love a good lyric? Something that really makes you think? Something nicely profound maybe? Or are you more a fan of a ‘la la la’ school of authorship? In 2022, today’s birthday boy Marius Bear (né Marius Hügli) […]
#BIRTHDAY: Brooke Scullion from Ireland is 24 today Did you enjoy the contest in Turin/Torino? Did you go? Did the city meet your high expectations? And, of course, did your favourites make it to the Grand Final out of those cut-throat semi-finals? One highly tipped song didn’t actually […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alvan from France is 30 today It’s good to see something different tried at a Eurovision Song Contest. Usually anyway. Sometimes, Schlager can get a bit staid, and how many have suffered death-by-ballad? So something a bit folksy can stand out. Take 2022 for example. Our friends […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sheldon Riley from Australia is 24 today Make a statement, they say. You only get three minutes, so you have to make an impact. In days of yore, you only had the song to do that. Of course, now, there’s a whole staging that can enhance those […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden is 31 today We’ve often said that a gimmick can often help your quest for Eurovision glory. It’s usually something blindingly obvious, like a costume change or a big prop. But it’s not always so. In Torino/Turin, today’s birthday girl Cornelia Jakobs (née […]
#BIRTHDAY: Andrea from North Macedonia is 23 today It’s going to become a thing over the coming years that more and more performers in our favourite TV show were born after 1 January 2000. These 21st Century-ers were once a novelty but they might now start to make […]
#BIRTHDAY: Blanco from Italy is 20 today Do you remember the contest in Turin like it was yesterday? The warm weather, the noteworthy stage, the act from 2020 stealing the show. It was good to be back to nearer normality. And, of course, we get the chatter about […]
#BIRTHDAY: Wrs from Romania is 30 today If you were to take part in our favourite TV show as a singer, would you use your own name, or would you use a pseudonym. A stage name, if you will. It’s proved quite successful down the years from the […]
I reached out to the Eurovision Ireland team to discover three key highlights of their 2022. Finally it’s Me! Eurovision Song Contest 2022 I’m not going to lie, but when was the United Kingdom so successful in recent years? Sam Ryder smashed the ball out of the park. […]
I reached out to the Eurovision Ireland team to discover three key highlights of their 2022. Fourth up is John! Eurovision Song Contest 2022 It was good to see some sense of Eurovision normality return in 2022. We were able to travel (a bit more) freely to the […]
Yesterday, the ESC Top 250 was broadcast on ESCradio after the annual vote. After a decade at the top, Sweden’s Loreen fell to second place with “Euphoria”. Spain’s Chanel took the top spot with “SloMo” – gaining 35376 points, which included 2096 sets of 12 points. But how […]
I reached out to the Eurovision Ireland team to discover three key highlights of their 2022. Third up is Bogdan! Eurovision Song Contest 2022 For me, one of the highlights of Eurovision 2022 was the amazing crowd reaction in PalaOlimpico. Their cheers for Chanel, WRS, Zdob si Zdub […]
I reached out to the Eurovision Ireland team to discover three key highlights of their 2022. Second up is Sarah! Eurovision Song Contest 2022 What stood out for me in Turin was Diadato’s stunning performance of “Fai Rumore” in one of the semi finals interval acts . So […]
I reached out to the Eurovision Ireland team to discover three key highlights of their 2022. First up is James! Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Any Eurovision has plenty of highlights and 2022 was no exception! Turin put on a spectacular show and although some “fans” complained about the […]
Yesterday, the ESC Top 250 was broadcast on ESCradio after the annual vote. After a decade at the top, Sweden’s Loreen fell to second place with “Euphoria”. Spain’s Chanel took the top spot with “SloMo” – gaining 35376 points, which included 2096 sets of 12 points. But how […]