BELARUS: Live blog of Otber 2019 from 20.00 CET Belarus decides tonight who’ll be carrying the golden ticket to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv in May. Ten songs are in with a chance, and a jury will pick the winner. No televoting tonight to worry […]
NETHERLANDS: Duncan Laurence reveals song for Tel Aviv After weeks of waiting, Dutch singer Duncan Laurence reveals his song for Tel Aviv, called Arcade. As you know, the Dutch chose an internal selection again, as it’s provided the Netherlands with places in the Grand Final in recent years. […]
BIRTHDAY: Morena from Malta is 35 today We all know that Eurovision should be a family affair. Yes, most of the fans are men, but there’s nothing to stop families settling down on a Saturday evening. So if it’s for a family audience, are there any subjects that […]
GREECE: Song for Eurovision 2019 revealed Greek broadcaster ERT has revealed the song it hopes will bring a second victory in the Eurovision Song Contest to Greece. Katerina Duska, a Canadian-Greek, was chosen internally and will sing Better love. She has co-written the song with former UK Fame […]
BIRTHDAY: Amina from France is 57 today There are songs that become classics for various reasons. They could be winners. They could be insanely bad. Or it could be by accident. Back in 1991, you could argue we were in a very chaotic contest. Chaos from a presenter. […]
BIRTHDAY: Søren Bundgaard from Denmark is 63 today. We often discuss the idea of a gimmick on here. Sometimes they work, like a job lot of waving cats. Sometimes not, in the case of a giant apricot stone. Of course, the gimmick doesn’t have to be inanimate. Today’s […]
BIRTHDAY: Anmary from Latvia is 39 today A song about yourself can sometimes be a good thing. It tells people about you, and lets them get to know what makes you really tick. Of course, there’s a fine line between telling them interesting snippets about yourself, and boring […]
PORTUGAL: Conan Osíris wins Festival da Canção 2019 The 51st Festival da Canção has just finished in Portimão, and Portugal will be sending Telemóveis to Tel Aviv with the song xxx. Conan won both the regional jury vote, and the televote. Here’s the song: Here are the final […]
FINLAND: Darude and Sebastian take Look away to Tel Aviv Finland’s selection show – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest has just finished, and Darude and Sebastian Rejman will be taking Look away to Tel Aviv. In a three song final, Look away won […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção from 22.00 CET Last year’s hosts take a step nearer Tel Aviv tonight, when they decide who’s getting the Portuguese golden ticket to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Two semi-finals have already passed, cutting the 16 songs down to the eight […]