#BIRTHDAY: Manuela Bravo from Portugal is 67 today It must be daunting to open our favourite TV show, but at least you get to the Green Room bar before everyone else. You probably have to hope they have your tipple of choice. What would yours be? In 1979, […]
Andrey Kunets from Belarus, has turned 29 years old today. Andrey represented Belarus, at the 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 2nd place, with “Noviy den”. Happy Birthday, Andrey! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the comments […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Nurmsalu from Estonia is 36 today What’s your favourite Eurovision country? More to the point, why are they your favourite? Do they have the best national finals? Do they always make the right choice? Do you always find their performers the most attractive? Some people love […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sophia Vossou from Greece is 63 today A real treat in store for you today. A song occasionally comes along that breaks the mould. It just draws you in, and you can’t explain why. Anyway, we go back to the fun and games of 1991. It made […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sertab from Türkiye is 60 today Many countries have very inconsistent results. For years they could finish way down the scoreboard. And then they win. It makes that win all the more sweeter. It came as a shock to a lot of us when our friends in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Iru from Georgia is 24 today In these days of 21st Century contests, it’s becoming common that we’re getting alumni from the Junior version. No-one’s yet done the double, but it’s only a matter of time. In 2023, today’s birthday girl ირინა ‘ირუ’ ხეჩანოვი/Irina ‘Iru’ Khechanovi took […]
#BIRTHDAY: Səbinə Babayeva from Azerbaijan is 45 today It’s time for another one of our home entrants today. That poisoned chalice of wanting to win on your home turf, but not wanting to bankrupt your country. What do you do? Today’s birthday girl Səbinə Babayeva had that dilemma […]
#BIRTHDAY: Zoë from Austria is 28 today Has the free language rule signalled the death knell for some languages? It’s true that songs in Italian and Portuguese have won in the last few years, but generally English is king. Or in the case of the 2021 contest, perhaps […]
#BIRTHDAY: Boggie from Hungary is 38 today We missed our friends the Magyars, and we want them back. Perhaps mainly because they’ve tried a variety of musical styles down the years. What’s your preferred style? If it happens to be a soft ballad that builds, then today could […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dion Cooper from the Netherlands is 31 today Do you have a penchant for duets? Do you like the close harmonies when two well-suited singers are paired up for a gem of a song? Do you like it when they stand millimetres apart and shout at each […]