Australian broadcaster SBS has revealed the song it is hoping will bring their first victory in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in May. Montaigne will be performing Technicolour in Rotterdam, Netherlands . She performed the song live for the first time at the Mardi Gras festival in Sydney […]
#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. […]
#BELGIUM: Hooverphonic reveal song for Rotterdam Belgian band Hooverphonic were already known to be representing their country in Rotterdam at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. But we were all eagerly awaiting the release of their song The wrong place. Well here it is… Belgium will be performing in […]
#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. […]
#PORTUGAL: Five more songs survive Festival da Canção 2021 The Portuguese public have picked five more song to go through to the Grand Final of Festival da Canção 2021 on Saturday 6 March. But what are the five? EU.CLIDES – Volte-Face Pedro Gonçalves – Não vou ficar Carolina […]
#PORTUGAL: Live Blog of Festival da Canção SF2 from 22.00 CET Portugal’s broadcaster RTP continues the search for a song for Rotterdam tonight. In this second semi-final, ten more songs will compete for five more places in the Grand Final of Festival da Canção on Saturday 6 March. […]
#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 […]
#IRELAND: Lesley Roy reveals her song for Rotterdam! RTÉ has today launched Ireland’s 2021 Eurovision entry, Maps, by Lesley Roy. Dubliner Lesley will get her second chance to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam this May, following the cancellation of last year’s show due to the ongoing pandemic. […]
#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 […]
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