#BIRTHDAY: Maria Elena from Greece is 38 today Continuing our Mediterranean theme – well, it started yesterday – we move east to the popular country taking part in our favourite TV show since the 1970s. As we’ve discussed, Greece’s success has mainly been 21st Century, when someone gave […]
#BIRTHDAY: Samira Bensaïd from Morocco is 64 today If you were the only person ever to represent your country, how would you feel? Would you want your country to send participate again, which would sully your unique record? Or would you be happy that you’re unique? There is […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jan Johansen from Sweden is 55 today Just when you thought we were going to avoid a certain country, we found this birthday today and knew we had to pick this above the Italian, German, Latvian and Luxembourger who also have birthdays today. We consider it one […]
#BIRTHDAY: David Civera from Spain is 43 today One of the things about taking part in our favourite TV contest is the audience. Yes, it’s a TV show first and foremost, but there will always be a crowd that you have to sing to too. In the good […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sirusho from Armenia is 35 today There are plenty of countries that have never won, and we all love them for trying. One day soon, we’ll get another début winner. Who will it be? More to the point, if you go to the shows, where would you […]
#BIRTHDAY: Chanée from Denmark is 43 today It had to come soon enough that one half of a duo has a birthday. Do you think you can spot which half it is today? After all, I’ll wager some people had difficulty telling them apart in 2010. Yes, it […]
#BIRTHDAY: Roxen from Romania is 22 today After the fun and games of the last two years, there will always be a clutch of performers who were selected for 2020, but only got their chance 12 months later. What will always be a talking point is which of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vesa-Matti Loiri from Finland is 77 today For every Eurovision song there will be a fan of it. You name it, they will pick out the good points of every song. But it’s just possible that some aren’t really songs, more like cries for help. So it’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Hovig from Cyprus is 33 today Did you ever wonder what makes a good selection process for your country’s act? Should it be a series of shows lasting months where one song gets eliminated each week? One show that’s all done and dusted in an hour? Or […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sanda Ladoși from Romania is 52 today A whole host of countries have yet to finish first at our favourite TV show. Will one of them break that duck this year? Or will it be a ‘popular’ Nordic win yet again? I’d like to see a new country’s […]