#ESC2026: Eurovision Ireland scores… Over six shows, the gang at Eurovision Ireland reviewed the 35 songs in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. You can watch the shows here, but how did we score? Just so you know, where countries got the same score, the highest mark (out of […]
#BIRTHDAY: 20 Apr – Gabry Ponte is 53 There are always those false-flaggers, although they are to various degrees. Some false flag for a culturally similar nation. Is that more acceptable than those who will do their stuff for the highest bidder? But there’s another degree of false […]
#BIRTHDAY: 10 Mar – Kyle Alessandro from Norway is 20 Are Eurovision performers getting younger? Well, we obviously have that minimum age for taking part in Big ESC. But are we seeing more teenagers? It’s maybe not the case, although as we all age, it may feel that […]
#BIRTHDAY: 20 Feb – Erika Vikman from Finland is 33 Do you often wonder why some countries haven’t won the top prize in our favourite TV show more often? Those countries with, perhaps, only one win, but have maybe deserved a second. Or third. Or fourth? Our friends […]
#BIRTHDAY: 13 Feb – Sissal from Denmark is 31 You can’t beat a good fan favourite. The one that gets airplay, and even more airplay, on those Eurovision-related radio stations, and of course at every Eurovision disco. The songs from 2025 are still obviously in very recent memory, […]
#BIRTHDAY: 11 Jan – Marko Bošnjak from Croatia is 22 Country after country is looking for that elusive win. But what is it that pushes your song over that finishing line first? Dancing? Tune? Or that killer lyric? If you wanted an interesting lyric in Basel’s fair city, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Siw Malmkvist is 89 today We end the year with a legend among singers from the more northern end of our fair continent. Still in show business, she’s been doing her thing for 60 years. I’m talking about today’s birthday girl Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist. Swedish by […]
#BIRTHDAY: Milly Scott from the Netherlands is 92 today Trailblazer. It’s a word bandied around far too often, maybe not least by these birthday articles. But today we really do have a trailblazer. Someone who broke new ground in our favourite TV show. And someone we really should […]
#BIRTHDAY: Salvador Sobral from Portugal is 36 today Some songs are just so good they get roundly ignored by the televoters and juries of Europe (and beyond). Other times, they get what they deserve and get the highest score ever. Ever. This song might have you in tears. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lise Darly is 44 today Those semi-finals are a brutal affair. The potential classic songs that fall by the wayside, meaning a possible winner has to watch from the sidelines. We can all name several. For those places that can’t get out of the semi-finals, it’s understandable […]
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