#BIRTHDAY: Katja Ebstein from Germany is 79 today There is an elite bunch of people out there who have taken part more than once. It’s as if they can’t get enough of the Eurovision drug. And I don’t mean Ibuprofen. But that elite club has advanced membership for […]
#BIRTHDAY: Molly Sterling from Ireland is 26 today We like today’s birthday girl, and not just because she’s Irish. Some of us went on a boat trip with her, and chewed the fat for hours. It was a defining moment in 2015. Today’s birthday girl Molly Sterling was, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mia Nicolai from the Netherlands is 28 today Do you remember when our friends in the Netherlands won Tel Aviv? It seemed like a golden age for the Dutch had arrived. As we know, Eurovision is a very fickle beast, and those changes from hero to zero […]
#BIRTHDAY: Clodagh Rodgers from the UK is 77 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, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mike Moran from the UK is 76 today Do you like the old duet? You know the type, where the two protagonists really get on with each other, and display real chemistry. That’s as opposed to the two that stand toe-to-toe and just shout at each other. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lys Assia would have been 100 today We’re breaking with tradition today and celebrating the birthday of someone no longer with us. That’s because this person has a special place in Eurovision folklore, and you might not know much about her. It’s Lys Assia! Today’s birthday girl […]
#SERBIA: And the winner is… Pesma za Evroviziju 2024 has just finished, and Serbian broadcaster RTS has decided which song will carry its hopes in Malmö at the Eurovision Song Contest in May. After a combination of jury and televoting, the lucky song is Ramonda by Teya Dora. […]
#SERBIA: Live Blog of Pesma za Evroviziju ’24 from 20.00,gmt/21.00CET Serbia decides tonight who will succeed Luke Black as their representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. Sixteen acts will compete for the Golden Ticket, some of whom have done their stuff for Serbia before. Can tonight’s winner mount […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mariya Yaremchuk from Ukraine is 31 today Let’s just forget current events at the moment. We’re here to celebrate birthdays, wherever they fall throughout Europe (and Australia). Today we’re celebrating the birthday of Марія Назарівна Яремчук/Mariya Nazarivna Yaremchuk who did her stuff for Ukraine in 2014. Yes, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bernadette from the Netherlands is 65 today Back in the day, when there was no free language rule, some took it upon themselves to bend the rules as much as possible. They were allowed a few phrases in other languages. If you did it right, you could […]