#BIRTHDAY: Anita Thallaug from Norway is 83 today Trailblazers come in many different forms. They could be the début entry for a country. They could be a country’s first winner. They could be the first to perform in a certain language. Today’s birthday girl Anita Thallaug is a […]
#BIRTHDAY: Edsilia Rombley is 43 today There’s a small but exclusive club of performers who have done a certain other thing at our favourite contest – become hosts. The first was Corry Brokken in 1976. One more individual will earn their membership this year. So following Corry, Yardena, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ajda Pekkan from Turkey is 75 today What’s the oddest subject of a Eurovision song you can think of? Many things have been covered, mostly about falling in love with someone, or falling out of love with someone. Today we have a song about fuel. No, not […]
#BIRTHDAY: Simone de Oliveira from Portugal is 83 today Do you go to the contests, wherever they are held? Have you been to any? In particular, did you go to the fest in Portugal in 2018? If so, you may have witnessed something wonderful. If you were there, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Natasha St-Pier from France is 40 today Our friends in Canada keep trying to get in on the act, and who can blame them? One of its daughters even won once, so they, quite rightly, feel they have more claim to the winner’s podium than, say, Malta. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vukašin Brajić from Bosnia & Herzegovina is 37 today We obviously would like to see more countries taking part in our favourite TV show. There are a few who have tried their luck in the past, but currently sit on the sidelines so they can point and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Svala from Iceland is 44 today Have you ever noticed any families taking part in our favourite TV show? We have had twins, siblings, and even a mother/daughter act. But as it’s been going 65 years, there’s the chance of dynasties emerging. Today’s birthday girl Svala Björgvinsdóttir […]
#BIRTHDAY: Svante Thuresson from Sweden is 84 today Some of you might have heard of a country in the north of our fair continent called Sweden. It’s taken part a few times in our favourite TV show. And they may have occasionally won too. It took Sweden eight […]
LITHUANIA: Pabandom iš naujo! has a winner! After four shows, the good people of Lithuania has picked a representative for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam in May. And that winner is… The Roop! With the song Discoteque The song won the jury vote… …and the televote […]
#LITHUANIA: Live Blog of Pabandom iš Naujo! Grand Final from 20.00 CET We’re almost there. Tonight the Baltic nation decides who will represent it at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam in May. Over the last three weeks, twenty acts have been whittled down to five, who will […]