#BIRTHDAY: Roger Pontare from Sweden is 73 today Hang on to your hats. To some people, today’s song comes from the only country that matters in Eurovision. No, it’s not Malta, although would you be happier if it was? Of course I’m talking about Sweden. Some would like […]
#BIRTHDAY: Aurela Gaçe from Albania is 50 today Dramatic is always a high-risk strategy. It can do the business, as it can keep that valuable televoter completely enthralled, or it can bomb completely, as that same valuable televoter just points and laughs instead. Our Albanian friends like to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Kim from Belgium is 52 today It’s a well-known fact that Eurovision fans love records. No, not the seven-inch kind, but the “Who got the most 12s” sort of record. One of those of note is the youngest winner. It’s held, of course, by today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maxine from the Netherlands is 54 today Our friends in the Netherlands have had five wins. Yes, five. And they’ve had lots of non-wins too. It lots of guises. Soloists, groups singing in imaginary languages. And, of course, the odd duo. Today’s birthday girl Maxine (née Gonny […]
There are many people that have tried one more than one occasion to win European music’s biggest prize. Some do it knowingly, whilst others get drafted in late on, probably because they’ve done it before. Today’s birthday boy Jacques Raymond (né Jozef Remon) got the gig on his […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cláudia Pascoal from Portugal is 30 today That thing where you represent your country, in your country. There’s no pressure at all, oh dear me no. Seriously, it must be an honour, knowing that you have huge home support in that crowd. In 2018 – if you […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jeronimas Milius from Lithuania is 40 today Sometimes a song comes along and I don’t know what to say about it. It’s not a winner. It’s not a notorious last place. And many of you might have even forgotten it was ever entered. In other news, our […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dickie Rock from Ireland is 88 today We all like trailblazers. But what about those who were – maybe – one year too late to be one? Their achievement shouldn’t be overlooked, even though many are likely to. Our friends in Ireland first exercised their Eurovision vocal […]
#BIRTHDAY: Theodor Andrei from Romania is 20 today Some songs earn notoriety for a number of different reasons. They could be a winner. They could be – to coin the oft-used but incorrect phrase – the “real winner”. Or they could have been that far wide of the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Luca Hänni from Switzerland is 30 today It’s an old adage that anyone can won our favourite TV show. Portugal, Austria and Finland have proven this in the 21st Century. One win, and a scattering of other reasonable results. So there is hope for [insert country here], […]
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