#BIRTHDAY: 7 Oct – Charlotte Perrelli from Sweden is 52 One of the golden rules of our favourite TV show is this: If you win, leave it at that. You’ve reached the pinnacle, so don’t try again. It’ll end in tears. Unless you’re Seán Sherrard. Or Lorine Zeineb […]
#BIRTHDAY: 6 Oct – Tereza Kerndlová from Czechia is 40 We occasionally talk about countries that have the old love/hate relationship with our favourite contest. While your country’s broadcaster may studiously take part every year, there are those that take the odd year out here and there. Our […]
#BIRTHDAY: 4 Oct – Friderika from Hungary is 55 It’s always tricky to be your country’s début entry. Now before you correct me, it is debatable whether today’s birthday girl was her country’s first entrant. But let’s go with it for now. Picture that first time your country […]
#BIRTHDAY: 3 Oct – Martin Stenmarck from Sweden is 54 Hold onto your hats! We’ve picked a birthday from Sweden today. Are you really excited? Could it be one of your favourites? Or not? Well as we sometimes say, every song ever performed on a Eurovision stage has […]
#BIRTHDAY: 2 Oct – Verka Serduchka from Ukraine is 53 Occasionally, a song comes along that gets under your skin. It’s not one you really like, as there are far better ones around. But you just can’t help yourself humming it in the shower, or at other inappropriate […]
#BIRTHDAY: 1 Oct – Nina from Spain is 60 Are you a Spanish fan? Or just a fan of Spanish music? You must have been gutted when RTVE announced they were sitting things out in Vienna. Over the years, many Spanish songs have had a chance of winning, […]
#birthday: 29 Sept – Princ from Serbia is 33 We’ve picked a ballad today. Some of you may prefer the banger, but the ballad is a tried and tested source of success at our favourite TV show. Just think of all those slower songs that you may have […]
#BIRTHDAY: 28 Sept – Pastora Soler from Spain is 48 Do you feel for those countries that haven’t won for a long time? Do you will them to win regardless of the song they enter? Or have they just been unlucky at times? Our friends in Spain haven’t […]
#BIRTHDAY: 27 Sept – Daniel Kovač is 70 Did we hear you ask for a duet? Did we? Did we? well, you’re getting one anyway. One from a famous year which featured songs with a very common theme. Yep, the year of note was 1990. Our friends in […]
#BIRTHDAY: 26 Sept – Micha Marah from Belgium is 73 When performers are on the Eurovision stage, it’s usually taken as a given that the performer actually likes what they’re singing. It’s not always the case. In other news, today’s birthday girl Micha Marah (née Aldegonda Angelina Francisca […]
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