#BIRTHDAY: Guy Sebastian from Australia is 42 today It’s always exciting when a country débuts in our favourite TV show. Over 40 countries have participated, and there’s always rumour of more débuts to come. The newest country is that famous European country – Australia. Avid viewers for 30 […]
Roel Felius from The Netherlands, has turned 35 years old today. Roel represented The Netherlands, at the 2003 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 11th place, with “Mijn ogen zeggen alles”. Happy Birthday, Roel! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nicole from Germany is 59 today Do you like a close contest? One where the lead changes many times, with a winner only emerging towards the very end? A runaway winner can spoil things, especially if many wonder why it’s a runaway winner. Back in 1982, we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jožo Raz from Slovakia is 69 today Did you know the first official Eurovision semi-finals in 2004 weren’t the inaugural international pre-selections for our favourite TV show? There was one in 1993 – yes, 30 years ago. It was a sedate seven-nation affair in sunny Ljubljana. Three […]
#BIRTHDAY: Eduard Romanyuta from Moldova is 31 today False-flagger alert! Well, of sorts. It’s one of those days when the worlds of false flaggers and persistent triers collide. With criminal results, you might say. Today’s birthday boy Едуард Едуардович Романюта/Eduard Romanyuta tried three times before he finally got […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rita Guerra from Portugal is 56 today You have to admire our friends in Portugal. It took them 167 attempts to get the win in 2017. But before Salvador did his stuff in Kyiv, those Lusophones have had some cracking little songs. We can’t put our finger […]
#BIRTHDAY: Riccardo Fogli from Italy is 76 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: Micky from Spain is 80 today Are you enjoying your Friday? Does it lift your spirits because the weekend is almost upon you? Maybe not if you’re working, but if you have high spirits, you may want to sing. But can you sing? That cunningly brings me […]
Amy & Shelley Vol from The Netherlands, have turned 28 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: Svetlana Loboda from Ukraine is 41 today What’s your favourite type of song? One where a singer stands still on stage, with a dark backdrop, and belts out a big beefy ballad? Or something a little more glitzy? Or three minutes of lunacy from Moldova? Well today […]