#BIRTHDAY: Elena Risteska from North Macedonia is 39 today Are you a fan of ballads, or do you prefer something faster? It’s true that there’s no consensus in Europe, as we get songs of all varieties wining our favourite TV show. Today we go down a more mid-tempo […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vlado Kalember is 71 today Time to slip in a little duet for your viewing pleasure. It comes from that mythical country Yugoslavia. And goes to show that, for a time at least, a larger entity can function perfectly well. Back in 1984, Yugoslavia (remember them?) was […]
#BIRTHDAY: Björn Ulvaeus from Sweden is 80 today Today we celebrate a birthday from a member of a certain popular beat combo. You might have heard of them. They come from a country with a modest population, called Sweden. Or “Sverige” to use their local parlance. Back in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jacqueline Boyer from France is 84 today Because we celebrate all aspects of our favourite TV show here, it should be no surprise when we dig deeply into the archives. We’ve dug/digged very deeply today, back to the fifth contest. No, it’s not from 2006, but from […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jaklin Baghdasaryan from Armenia is 28 today We all remember 2024. It was memorable on so many levels. Not all of them completely savoury. But, we still had 37 songs competing for the crystal microphone. And one of them features today. Our friends in Armenia usually generally […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ronnie Tober from the Netherlands is 80 today It’s about time we went vintage again, just to show what today’s performers are following in the footsteps of. Those older songs weren’t all classics, but you can guarantee that every song will have at least one fan. Back […]
#BIRTHDAY: Željko Joksimović is 53 today There are great songs, and there are great songs. Others may not think so, but I think this is one of the greatest. Cast your mind back to 2004. We didn’t have just one show in the host city – we had […]
#BIRTHDAY: Géraldine Gogly is 79 today We love vintage here. There is more to Eurovision than someone clucking in ultra high definition. There were days when we had nothing more than respectable black & white, and an altogether more demure look. Today we go back to 1967, when […]
#BIRTHDAY: Efendi from Azerbaijan is 34 today It was in 2020 when things changed. That contest we were all looking forward to in Rotterdam was almost upon us, and then it got cancelled. Luckily, for many of the acts chosen, they got a free pass to 2021 when […]
#BIRTHDAY: Doris Dragović from Croatia is 64 today It may come as a surprise to some people out there, but there were Eurovision Song Contests in the 20th Century. A tall story you might think, but definitely true. Today it’s the birthday of one of those performers for […]