#BIRTHDAY: Paulo de Carvalho from Portugal is 75 today very song – in it’s own way – makes its own piece of history. It could be a country’s début song. It could be their lowest ever scorer. Or it could make its mark for wider reasons. In 1974, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alyosha from Ukraine is 36 today We love all songs here. For all their musical ability, or kickass prop, every song – and that’s EVERY song – will have at least one fan. Having said that, you must know there is that sort of song that few […]
It’s always one of our most read articles of the year! You loved it when we covered this in 2018, 2019, and 2021, so it’s time to crunch the numbers again for 2022! With the semi finals done for another year, it’s time to check in and see whose qualification […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lidia Kopania from Poland is 44 today You know those countries that always turn up. They don’t always light up the scoreboard, but they come along every year, sometimes with high hopes and sometimes not. And many of these countries have never won – yet. In other […]
#ESC2022: Eurovision Ireland predicts… Semi-final 2 The Eurovision Ireland team managed to watch the jury show of the first semi-final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. We were joined by TV’s Lisa-Jayne Lewis. We discuss our highlights and predict what songs we think will qualify, using the scientific […]
#PLAYING WITH NUMBERS: Some ESC 2022 Semi-final 2 stats As we eagerly anticipate the Second Semi-final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, here are some more stats to delight or bamboozle you. As we know, eight countries will bow out tonight, adding to the seven who have already […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nathalie Pâque is 46 today You may think that the winners are the most important things to come out of the contest. They are one of them, obviously, but sometimes you have to look deeper to pick out other important aspects. Today’s birthday girl brought about a […]
#ESC2022: The first qualifiers The first Semi-final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest has finished, and we have our ten qualifiers for the Grand Final on Saturday 14 May. But who are they? Scroll down below for clips of the lucky songs. Do you agree with the ten […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kikki Danielsson from Sweden is 70 today It’s home entrant time again. When you look through the years, several nations have had more home entrants than others – obviously. These may have been because their country won the previous year, or maybe because their country picked up […]
#PLAYING WITH NUMBERS: Some ESC 2022 Semi-final 1 stats As we eagerly anticipate the First Semi-final of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, here are some more stats to delight or bamboozle you. As we know, seven countries will bow out tonight. Can the past teach us anything about […]