#BIRTHDAY: Mika Newton from Ukraine is 35 today We often pick up on the gimmicks used to give your song that extra push. Those things that make your average viewer sit up enough to pick up their telephone and wote for you. Occasionally, there are times when you […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mike Moran from the UK is 73 today Do you like the old duet? You know the type, where the two protagonists really get on with each other, and display real chemistry. That’s as opposed to the two that stand toe-to-toe and just shout at each other. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cristina Scarlat from Moldova is 40 today If you were lucky enough to get to the big Eurovision stage, what would your gimmick be? You only have three minutes to impress the juries and viewers, so it has to be instant. And memorable. But not shocking. It’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Valentina Monetta is 46 today What do you think of those performers that keep coming back? Do you think they should call it a day if they don’t do well? Do you admire persistence? Do you secretly one a trier to win at some point? Back in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Emmelie de Forest from Denmark is 28 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: 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: Nina Morato from France is 55 today It must be daunting when you’re drawn to perform last in the Eurovision Song Contest. It might have been less so when they were smaller, but in these years of 25+ songs per contest, those butterflies must start to appear […]