#BIRTHDAY: Andrew Lambrou is 26 today There are false flaggers and there are false flaggers. The first category are quite open with that status – and they have nothing to do with the country they song for. Then there are the other kind, where the allegation is less […]
#BIRTHDAY: Blanka from Poland is 25 today Our friends in Poland have had a patchy record in our favourite TV show. From a debut runner-up to languishing in the semi-finals, they’ve probably ticked every box. They are past masters of JESC though. In 2023, they sent today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Luke Black from Serbia is 32 today We love our song contest. Sometimes what is performed is clearly a song. But sometimes it’s a whole performance. More bang for your buck, as it were. In 2023, Serbia sent today’s birthday Лук Блек/Luke Black (née Лука Ивановић/Luka Ivanović), […]
#BIRTHDAY: Salena from Austria is 26 today Ah, the fan favourite. We get them every year. Sometimes the fans are proven right. Sometimes they crash and burn. Sometimes they do one thing in a semi-final and, assuming they make it, do the other in the Grand Final. Our […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mia Nicolai from the Netherlands is 28 today Do you remember when our friends in the Netherlands won Tel Aviv? It seemed like a golden age for the Dutch had arrived. As we know, Eurovision is a very fickle beast, and those changes from hero to zero […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alf Poier from Austria is 57 today Eurovision is full of wonder. I often wonder why Schlager is so popular. Or why Carola is so popular. Or even why we never see Monaco anymore. But what also makes me wonder sometimes is why certain countries pick certain […]
#BIRTHDAY: Albina from Albania is 26 today Eurovision can be a terrifying beast. You’re there on stage, possibly alone, with several thousand rabid fans before you, only some of whom want you to do well. It can’t be fun for the faint-hearted. So what do you do? You […]
While the Eurovision Top 250 was broadcast throughout yesterday on ERF12, the European Broadcasting Union has concluded a countdown of its own – the 50 most watched videos on their Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel. The Top 50 is comprised of views from between Sunday 1st January, through […]
#BIRTHDAY: Barbara Berta from Switzerland is 60 today Contests come and go, and sometimes songs that you took an interest in seem to pass out of memory, even though they may have popular at the time. Back in 1997 – yes, there were contests in the 20th Century, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kaliopi from North Macedonia is 57 today We often talk about those that take part in our favourite TV show over and over again. And also we talk about those trailblazers. Well, today we have someone who fulfils both criteria. Back in 1996, you’ll know that there […]