#LATVIA: And the winner is… Latvian broadcaster PTV has held Supernova tonight, the programme to select the song set to represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest. But which song have the Latvians chosen out of the eleven finalists? It’s Eat your salad by Citi Zēni Author: John […]
#ESTONIA: And the winner is… The Estonians have held Eesti Laul 2022, and broadcaster ERR has decided who it will be sending to Turin in May. Ten songs made it to the Grand Final in Tallinn That representative is… Stefan. He will song Hope in Turin Are you […]
#ESTONIA: Live blog of Eesti Laul 2022 from 18.30 CET You can watch the action from Tallinn’s Saku Suurhall HERE. All times below are in GMT 20.47 – Naturally, we finish with Stefan’s song. Estonia has chosen well. Thanks for keeping with the blog for this excellent show. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ana Rucner from Bosnia & Herzegovina is 39 today It would be good to see certain countries come back to our favourite TV show. Not just those micro-states, but there are some larger ones that did well in the past, but now sit on the sidelines. It […]
#BIRTHDAY: Serge Lama from France is 79 today France. A country with a very illustrious history in our favourite TV show. Five wins under their belts, four of them occurring under no longer used scoring systems. That is because back in 1971 everything changed. A new voting structure, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Simò from Switzerland is 53 today What to do with your life once you’ve been a Eurovision performer? Well, you could try again. But then you risk doing worse on your second attempt than your first. Or you go into songwriting. That means if things go […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ledina Çelo from Albania is 45 today It can be a strange thing being a country’s second ever participant in our favourite TV show. Especially if the first entrant did well. That second entrant has a hard act to follow. In 2005, today’s birthday girl Ledina Çelo […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lars A Fredriksen from Norway is 51 today It’s been 23 long years since the free language rules was re-introduced. Is it a good thing? Well, there have only been three winners since 1999 that had no English in them. So is it a good thing? Well, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mayte Mateos is 71 today There are songs out there that tick lots of boxes. A competent stage act, a potential winner, even a bit of false-flagness thrown in for good measure. And maybe an act that has form in the ‘muggle’ music industry. Today’s birthday girl […]
#BIRTHDAY: Albina from Croatia is 23 today Those performers who we saw at the 2021 edition of our favourite TV show must have felt a bit short-changed. They couldn’t properly socialise, and the most they saw of Rotterdam was the venue and their hotel room. You have yo […]