#BIRTHDAY: Amir from France is 40 today Do you ever get caught up in the storms of interest that surround some songs? A momentum builds behind [insert song here] and people think it just has to show up to win. The fan community can sometimes get it very […]
#BIRTHDAY: Glennis Grace from the Netherlands is 46 today Anyone can win the Eurovision Song Contest. There, I’ve said it. We cite the examples of Portugal and Finland. But there are others. Not too far back we had a win by our friends in the Netherlands. Over the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Oto Nemsadze from Georgia is 35 today Do you ever spot when countries appear to put in songs they like, rather than ones they think can win our favourite TV show? You have to admire them for staying true to themselves. In Tel Aviv, Georgia sent today’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anžej Dežan from Slovenia is 37 today What’s the right language for a Eurovision song? It’s a vexed question. Be true to your own language, and you get admired for sticking to your guns. Use a more widely spoken one, and more people immediately get your message. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anabel Conde from Spain is 49 today Second, eh? Is there a more annoying position? Well, maybe not if you’re the host broadcaster. But if you’ve travelled half-way across Europe with high hopes, then finishing second and finishing sixteenth are about the same thing. In 1995 when […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tor Endresen from Norway is 65 today That thing when you’ve tried for years to do something. And then when you get to do that thing you’ve been yearning for, you end up feeling disappointed. It’s happened to us all. It makes you wonder why you bother. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Måns Zelmerlöw from Sweden is 38 today A winner you say? You want a winner? Well, every birthday boy and girl are winners, but there are over 60 acts that have won our favourite TV show’s grand prize. and we’ve got a corker for you today. If […]
#BIRTHDAY: Amandine Bourgeois from France is 45 today It’s an old adage that anyone can won our favourite TV show. If the song’s good enough, it’ll shine through. And past performance is no guide to future performance. Take France for example, only going and finishing second in Rotterdam […]
#BIRTHDAY: Didrik Solli-Tangen from Norway is 37 today The home entrant. To be fair, they haven’t had the best of times of late. There was a time when singing in a contest that could taking place in your city was a guarantee for a top position. Not so […]
#BIRTHDAY: Célia Lawson from Portugal is 50 today If you ever get the gig to represent your country, you have to be prepared for failure as well as success. Only one country can win, so the chances are you won’t. So it’s a case of how well, relatively, […]
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