#BIRTHDAY: Jessika Muscat is 32 today It’s always interesting how some countries choose their singers and songs. Some go internal, or there’s the bog standard national final. Or you could be innovative. Like a certain event in 2018. Our friends in San Marino tried something different in 2018. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandie Shaw from the UK is 74 today It’s often good to be the first to do something. No one can take that “I was first…” accolade away from you, even though others may do the same thing bigger and better. Today we have a first, on […]
#BIRTHDAY: Claudia Faniello from Malta is 33 today If at first you don’t succeed, try again. It’s an old adage that could relate to many different situations. Of course, it also applies to our favourite TV show too. In 2017, today’s birthday girl Claudia Faniello finally got to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Monique Melsen from Luxembourg is 70 today We often mention those false-flaggers that come and go each year. You wonder why some countries use them, but then there are others that are mire understandable. Our friends in Luxembourg took part 37 times before they hung up their […]
#BIRTHDAY: Duilio from Switzerland is 48 today Did you ever envy Switzerland? Not only are they good at chocolate and cheese, but during those no-free language rule days, they had a choice of four of them. And they used them too. You might think it was all French […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bobbie Singer from Austria is 40 today If you were a singer on the Eurovision stage, would you keep your birth name, or would you adopt a stage name? A stage name could better show off your talent, and maybe be something more useful for foreigners. Today’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: SuRie from the UK is 32 today Sometimes performers aren’t always remembered for their three minutes of singing on that hallowed stage. Just occasionally, there’s an event outside their control that overshadows what they’re there to do. We won’t dwell on the incident that befell today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elhaida Dani from Albania is 28 today Do you think it’s only a matter of time before another country wins our favourite TV show for the first time? It could, of course, be this year. Our friends in Albania have never won, but they can get out […]
#BIRTHDAY: Laurent Vaguener is 74 today It must be something when you know you’re a country’s last ever entry at Eurovision. You’ll be the last word and you might even make those clip shows. And then someone comes along 25 years later… Today’s birthday boy Laurent Vaguener (né […]
#BIRTHDAY: Guildo Horn from Germany is 58 today Sometimes there are no words to describe a performance at our favourite TV show. They put on a show that’s so outrageous that you can’t help but watch for three minutes (and occasionally six or even nine minutes). Back in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anita Thallaug from Norway is 83 today Trailblazers come in many different forms. They could be the début entry for a country. They could be a country’s first winner. They could be the first to perform in a certain language. Today’s birthday girl Anita Thallaug is a […]
#BIRTHDAY: Edsilia Rombley is 43 today There’s a small but exclusive club of performers who have done a certain other thing at our favourite contest – become hosts. The first was Corry Brokken in 1976. One more individual will earn their membership this year. So following Corry, Yardena, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ajda Pekkan from Turkey is 75 today What’s the oddest subject of a Eurovision song you can think of? Many things have been covered, mostly about falling in love with someone, or falling out of love with someone. Today we have a song about fuel. No, not […]
#BIRTHDAY: Simone de Oliveira from Portugal is 83 today Do you go to the contests, wherever they are held? Have you been to any? In particular, did you go to the fest in Portugal in 2018? If so, you may have witnessed something wonderful. If you were there, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Natasha St-Pier from France is 40 today Our friends in Canada keep trying to get in on the act, and who can blame them? One of its daughters even won once, so they, quite rightly, feel they have more claim to the winner’s podium than, say, Malta. […]
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