#BIRTHDAY: Solange Berry is 89 today Today we’ve picked an even grander dame. Singing for a Grand Duchy. As you’ll know, we’ve not seen Luxembourg participate since 1993, so this song might be before some of you were even born. It might be a song from before when […]
#BIRTHDAY: Chris Doran from Ireland is 42 today One of these days, Ireland will win again. There, it’s out there. It might not be for a few years, but it’ll happen. That is, as long as they keep taking part. For now, at least, that seems highly likely. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Hovi Star from Israel is 35 today It’s always worth remembering that our favourite TV show is a contest for writers, not just performers. So maybe it’s time it made more of the songwriters again. Anyone recall the 1985 postcards? I’m bigging up writers as today’s song […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gracia from Germany is 39 today Our friends in Germany haven’t had the most consistent of times of late. Yes, they’ve had one win in this Century, but also a few results that were not quite as good. As you’ll know, we’ve had two contests in Kyiv, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kate Miller-Heidke from Australia is 40 today You have three minutes. You have to make an impression. Maybe your vocals are beyond compare. But are they enough? Do you need that extra something to give you the edge? What could it be? In 2019, today’s birthday girl […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anni-Frid Lyngstad is 76 today Just once in a while, I’ll pick a birthday for a member of a group. And I’ve gone obscure. Possibly. Let’s see if her group’s song rings any bells at all. I understand it did OK in the 1970s. I jest of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marija Šerifović from Serbia is 37 today It seems that English rules these days. No, not the (sub-)national entity. I mean the language. It’s rampant in the presentation of the shows. It’s all pervasive in the press centre. And it’s the main tongue of song too. So […]
#BIRTHDAY: Benny Borg is 76 today Back in the 1970s, it was almost the same countries that turned up every year. There was none of this semi-final tomfoolery. And as for the concept of countries further east taking part. Well, that would just be madness. Obviously things chance, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Raphael Gualazzi from Italy is 40 today It was back in late 2010/early 2011 that websites were previewing a massive announcement that we’d remember for ever. It was an intriguing thing to say, and did, momentarily, have me wondering what it would be. An expanded contest of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vicky Rosti from Finland is 63 today Do you have a list of your favourites songs per country? Maybe you think Quedate conmigo is the best Spanish song ever. Or that Nel blu dipinto di blu is the best Italian song of all time. Or what can […]
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