#BIRTHDAY: Mahmood from Italy is 32 today Could it be possible that the balance of power could be moving away from a certain Nordic country and heading further south? Just think of who won in Rotterdam and Malmö and you’ll get the idea. The contest always moves on […]
#BIRTHDAY: Stoyan Yankoulov from Bulgaria is 58 today There’s a word I want to use today, as today’s song reminds me of it. It might feature in this article, or I might save it for another time. Our friends in Bulgaria took a while to find their way. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Pia Maria from Austria is 21 today Eurovision can be a fickle thing. One minute you’re finishing top three, the next you’re failing to qualify for the Grand Final. It’s tough, but what can you do? One thing to try is to make your song as current […]
#BIRTHDAY: Amanda Tenfjord from Greece is 27 today We’ve mentioned before that Greece seem to have generally hit their mark in the last 20 years. One win, a couple of third places, and a regular qualifier from semi-finals, you can never write them off. And they sometimes surprise. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Stefan from Estonia is 26 today As we know, early in this century a whole heap of countries had their first wins. Some seemingly deserved, some seemingly less so. We’ll leave it to you to decide which falls into which category. buy that means a number of […]
#BIRTHDAY: S10 from the Netherlands is 23 today Have you noticed something start to happen, and it’ll only happen more and more? yes, it’s the post-2000 births. Those performers who were born after 1 January 2000. They won’t have been alive for three of Sweden’s wins, or the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mia Dimšić from Croatia is 31 today Do you have high hopes for a particular country. No, not Sweden. I mean a country that has the capacity to win our favourite TV show, but have never quite managed that win just yet. Remember, any country can win. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Konstrakta from Serbia is 45 today There are occasions when songs come along that completely throw you. And sometimes in a good way. You think you know where a song’s going, and then it sends you a curved ball. This can be a good thing, and waken […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ronela Hajati from Albania is 34 today Those fan favourites, eh? The ones that certain quarters of fandom rave about. Absolutely rave about. Then when said fan favourite doesn’t qualify they all threaten to give up following Eurovision in favour of bouldering. Well, maybe not. In other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Malik Harris from Germany is 26 today Some countries have such high hopes every year, and they might start to think Europe has it in for them. The occasional good result, but then year after year of ignominy. Take Germany for example. In 2022 they sent Malik […]