BIRTHDAY: Eve Graham from the UK is 76 today Is it a Good Friday for you? Well, the sun may be shining, you’re having a break from the daily grind, and you’re reading this website. So it must be good! Of course, you’re hear for a birthday, and […]
BIRTHDAY: Marianna from Greece is 64 today As I’ve said before, there were Eurovision Song Contests before the year 2000. Can you imagine that? A 20th Century contest? Well, some of them even churned out good songs. Can you believe it? Well today’s song comes from the 1980s. […]
BIRTHDAY: Mikel Herzog from Spain is 59 today Isn’t it often the way that you can tell where someone’s from, just by their name? If it ends in ‘dottir’, it’s usually Icelandic. Or if it ends in ‘ić’, it’s usually from a lot further south-east. So imagine Europe’s […]
NETHERLANDS: Interview with Duncan Laurence at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Duncan Laurence, just before he performed at the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris. He told us about writing collaboration, compering shows and his favourite cake. Can Duncan win in Israel? Tell us […]
ALBANIA: Interview with Jonida Maliqi at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Jonida Maliqi, just before she performed at the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris. She told us about Festivali i Kengës and her favourite cake. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
IRELAND: Interview with Sarah McTernan at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland was lucky enough to catch up with our representative Sarah McTernan, just before the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris near Leicester Square. Sarah told us about her time recording her postcard in Israel and her […]
BIRTHDAY: Jacques Houdek from Croatia is 38 today Singer, writer. It’s a well-trodden path. If you’re a singer worth your salt, you may have dabbled in songwriting too. It implies that you can sing, and understand how music properly works. No, I’m not rambling. I’m leading up to […]
BIRTHDAY: Mando from Greece is 53 today Have you noticed that the last few birthdays have featured singers using stage names. Maybe it’s a thing to give them a completely different persona to the off-stage singer. But it’s interesting that stage names can be very different to real […]
BIRTHDAY: Deen from Bosnia & Herzegovina is 37 today As we saw yesterday, Eurovision throws up performances as well as songs. Do they detract, or does a song need some form of gimmick to do well? St Salvador of Sobral didn’t think so, but they do sometimes help. […]
BIRTHDAY: Mélovin from Ukraine is 22 today We all know that the road to Eurovision is not always easy. All sorts of things can get in the way of that song a country selects for the hallowed stage in [insert city here]. It’s definitely true this year. As […]