#BIRTHDAY: Riccardo Fogli from Italy is 74 today Do you remember the 1980s? An interesting decade where we had some innovative sets and some innovative costumes. And we had the finest orchestras TV companies could hire. Back in 1983, we were in an old Olympic venue. Olympics, Eurovision […]
#BIRTHDAY: Claes-Göran Hederström from Sweden is 76 today Sweden! Careful now. Don’t get too excited. Yes, we’ve picked another Swedish birthday, so no doubt you could be salivating already. Just remember, however, that Sweden have been taking part since 1958. Ten years after that first appearance we saw […]
Amy & Shelley Vol from The Netherlands, have turned 26 years old today. Amy & Shelley represented The Netherlands, alongside their sister Lisa, at the 2007 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 11th place, with “Adem in, adem uit”. Happy Birthday, Amy & Shelley! Let us know […]
#BIRTHDAY: Eva Santamaría from Spain is 50 today The 1990s, particularly 1993 saw a big change in our favourite TV show. We saw the first ever semi-final because everyone wanted to sing. And we went to the very west of our continent, to a settlement of 1,800 people. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Roger Pontare from Sweden is 70 today Hang on to your hats. To some people, today’s song comes from the only country that matters in Eurovision. No, it’s not Malta, although would you be happier if it was? Of course I’m talking about Sweden. Some would like […]
Viktorija Loba from North Macedonia, has turned 33 years old today. Viktorija represented North Macedonia, alongside Marija, at the 2003 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 12th place, with “Ti ne me poznavaš”. Happy Birthday, Viktorija! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song […]
#BIRTHDAY: Yohanna from Iceland is 31 today I know, we keep picking songs from the 20th Century that no-one remembers, and aren’t impressive. Well I’m hopefully redressing that balance today with a song from the 21st Century. That’s right. It’s recent. If you can call 2009 recent. And […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anne-Karine Strøm from Norway is 70 today That thing when you think a song title hasn’t been used before, but in actual fact it has. Take a certain Azerbaijani singing in Rotterdam this year. She sang about a Dutch temptress. Maybe she didn’t know that that specific […]
#BIRTHDAY: Iveta Mukuchyan from Armenia is 35 today Today we go to one of those countries who have been able to get things right with the junior version of our favourite TV show. Five Top 2 places no less. But they’ve had a little less success at the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vanessa Chinitor from Belgium is 45 today Our friends in Belgium have only ever had one win, despite trying, trying and trying again. They’ve a few records under their belts – youngest winner, first song in an imaginary language. And I’ve got another noteworthy song for you […]