#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day One with Sarah from EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to […]
#BIRTHDAY: 15 Feb – Carol Rich from Switzerland is 64 Being first to perform on our favourite TV show must be a challenge. But at least you are first to the free bar in the Green Room. But what if you’re last on? You have to wait whilst […]
#ESTONIA: And the winner is… Estonia’s broadcaster ERR has concluded Eesti Laul 2026 – the programme to select a song for the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Twelve songs competed, with three making the super final. The super final voting was very close, with the three songs achieving […]
#BIRTHDAY: 14 Feb – Cathal Dunne from Ireland is 75 You have to admire the performers who turn up at our favourite TV show. Some of them travel long distances for minimal results. These days, it must be quite demoralising knowing you’ve spend days heading to the host […]
#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day Five with Richard from EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to […]
#BIRTHDAY: 13 Feb – Sissal from Denmark is 31 You can’t beat a good fan favourite. The one that gets airplay, and even more airplay, on those Eurovision-related radio stations, and of course at every Eurovision disco. The songs from 2025 are still obviously in very recent memory, […]
#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day Four with Richard from EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to […]
#BIRTHDAY: 12 Feb – Ajda Pekkan from Türkiye is 80 What’s the oddest subject of a Eurovision song you can think of? Many things have been covered, mostly about falling in love with someone, or falling out of love with someone. Today we have a song about fuel. […]
#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day Three with Richard from EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to […]
#BIRTHDAY: 11 Feb – Serge Lama from France is 83 France. A country with a very illustrious history in our favourite TV show. Five wins under their belts, four of them occurring under no longer used scoring systems. That is because back in 1971 everything changed. A new […]