BIRTHDAY: Kim Floor from Finland is 72 today For your viewing pleasure in these exceptional times, we’re going back to a simpler age. A time of cosy contests all over in one short evening. A time of two jurors per country and two jurors only. And a time […]
BIRTHDAY: Izhar Cohen is 69 today Everyone loves a winner. In fact, if you leave it at one appearance and one win, you’ll always be a winner. But why stop at one win? You could win twice. It’s been done. But it’s also very high-risk. Many have tried, […]
BIRTHDAY: Chingiz from Azerbaijan is 29 today Do you play any contests on repeat? Are you convinced that the xxth Eurovision Song Contest was the best one ever? Maybe your favourite in 2019. It has its high points, but I have other ones I like more. Talking of […]
BIRTHDAY: Roko from Croatia is 20 today Eurovision attracts singers both young and old. We’ve had nonagenarians on stage. And mere children. Well, not the children any more, but never forget our show’s history. Today we have a singer who was towards the younger end of the spectrum […]
BIRTHDAY: Katja Ebstein from Germany is 75 today There is an elite bunch of people out there who have taken part more than once. It’s as if they cant get enough of the Eurovision drug. And I don’t mean Ibuprofen. But that elite club has advanced membership for […]
BIRTHDAY: Sergej Ćetković from Montenegro is 44 today When Yugoslavia disintegrated many years ago, we were always keen to see as many of its parts entering songs in our favourite TV show. All six of them (that are EBU members) have now, but some are sitting on the […]
PORTUGAL: And the winner is… Portuguese broadcaster RTP has concluded the annual Festival da Canção and Elisa has emerged as the winner. She will perform the song Medo de sentir. Elisa beat Bárbara Tinoco into second place. Filipe Sambado finished third. What are Portugal’s chances in Rotterdam? Should […]
BIRTHDAY: Tüzmen from Turkey is 52 today Do you ever think of what might have been when you see someone on the Eurovision tage? Do you think of what it beat in a national final? Back in 1998, Turkey (remember them) sent today’s birthday boy Tarkan Tüzmen. He’d […]
#BIRTHDAY: Clodagh Rodgers from the UK is 73 today Did you know that there’s been a whole host of voting systems through the years. The current 12, 10 system has been in place a long time and has generally worked. But what did we do before 1975? Well, […]
IRELAND: RTÉ presents… Ireland will be represented by Lesley Roy at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. She will perform Story of my life. Lesley is a singer/songwriter from Balbriggan Co.Dublin, who splits her time between her home in the East Village in NYC and Ireland. Lesley released […]