#BIRTHDAY: Zoë from Austria is 28 today Has the free language rule signalled the death knell for some languages? It’s true that songs in Italian and Portuguese have won in the last few years, but generally English is king. Or in the case of the 2021 contest, perhaps […]
#CHRISTMAS2024: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 1 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#BIRTHDAY: Boggie from Hungary is 38 today We missed our friends the Magyars, and we want them back. Perhaps mainly because they’ve tried a variety of musical styles down the years. What’s your preferred style? If it happens to be a soft ballad that builds, then today could […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dion Cooper from the Netherlands is 31 today Do you have a penchant for duets? Do you like the close harmonies when two well-suited singers are paired up for a gem of a song? Do you like it when they stand millimetres apart and shout at each […]
#BIRTHDAY: Daz Sampson from the UK is 50 today The ‘novelty’ song. Every contest has them. Just look at Carola. I joke. Carola has never been a novelty. But these songs sometimes do far better than expected. And some we can just point and laugh at. I leave […]
#MONTENEGRO: And the winner is… Montenegro’s national final – Montesong 2024 – to pick a song for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in May has just finished. After a mix of jury and public voting, the Golden ticket from broadcaster RTCG the winner is… Clickbait by […]
#LIVEBLOG: Montesong2024 from 1900GMT/2000CET This is it! The 2025 season of the Eurovision Song Contest starts tonight with Montesong 2024. Yes, that’s 2024. Confused? Well, you may be after we’ve heard 16 songs competing for Montenegro’s Gold Ticket to Basel next May. With this blog, you know what […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sanna Nielsen from Sweden is 40 today Do you prefer a banger of a song, or are you more a ballad-lover? Are you the first on the dancefloor when that Schlager beat kicks off? Or is it something a little slower that tickles your fancy? Today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Michał Szpak from Poland is 34 today What do you think about the modern day system of giving jury and televoting results separately? It sets out how differently those two elements can think, and potentially throw up a surprise winner. In 2016 we saw it for the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Andrius Pojavis from Lithuania is 41 today As we know, any country can win first prize at our favourite TV show. They could be finishing in the top three every year, or they could have that one wayward result that buckles the form. Our friends in Lithuania […]
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