#BIRTHDAY: Ivo Fomins from Latvia is 57 today Are you a fan of language? Did you enjoy the days of no free-language rule, and wish those days would come back? Or you happy that singers have a choice, and can sing in Faroese, Nahuatl, or even !xo if […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kniri Knaus from Switzerland is 80 today It’s an obvious fact that everyone has a birthday. But amongst our many many Eurovision performers are those that don’t get the limelight as much as others. It’s important we celebrate these people. As the whole circus is off to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Filipa Sousa from Portugal is 40 today Portugal. What music do you think of when someone says that word to you? Songs about former colonies perhaps? Or young ladies in boots in Bergen? Or, more likely, the fado. The fado can be a beautiful style, and the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Emmelie de Forest from Denmark is 32 today Are you always able to pick a winner when you first hear it? Or does it baffle you completely when [insert country here] wins? Obviously, if you could pick a winner, every year, you’d be as rich as Crœsus. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Evdokia Kadi from Cyprus is 44 today One of these days, we know we’ll be off to sunny Cyprus for an edition of our favourite TV show. In 37 contests, they’ve managed one runner-up spot. But as you’ll know from Portugal, Austria and Finland, past performance is […]
#BIRTHDAY: Stig Rästa from Estonia is 45 today I’m loving today’s birthday. But more of that later. Our favourite TV show often throws up writers who keep coming back. It could be because they’re good writers. Or it could be because they’ve nothing better to do with a […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maxi from Ireland is 75 today Some countries in our favourite TV show have had a very illustrious history, even if these days it’s a little more patchy. It’s difficult to fathom out why. Or is it? So to remember those past good times, we’ve delved back […]
#ICELAND: And the winner is… Söngvakeppnin 2025 – the Icelandic selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest – has just finished. After a combination of public and jury voting, the act going to Basel for RÚV is… What do you think? Could it bring Iceland’s first win? Tell […]
#ICELAND: Live blog of Söngvakeppnin 2025 from 20.45CET The national final season continues, with the turn of Iceland’s broadcaster RÚV holding theirs at the RVK Studios on Reykjavík. Six songs have made it to the Grand Final and a combination of jury and public vote will determine the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lenny Kuhr from the Netherlands is 75 today When you look at the Netherlands’ fortunes, you will see amongst it five wins. They had to wait 44 years between their last two, but the first three came in a 12 year spell. That’s impressive. Any country would […]
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