After an incredible night in Turku the votes of the juries and public have been counted and a winner has been chosen for UMK 2023 – Finland has their Eurovision representative, but who is it? The winner of UMK 2023 and flying the Finnish flag at the Eurovision Song […]
#PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção SF 1 from 22.00 CET Portugal starts is quest for a second Eurovision victory tonight, with the first semi-final of the legendary Festival da Canção. Ten songs are competing for the first six berths in the Grand Final, which takes place […]
#BIRTHDAY: Evridiki from Cyprus is 55 today You have to admire those that keep coming back time after time. The first couple of times, you sing a song written by your fiancé/husband. The third time, you don’t. It’s a story as old as time. Today’s birthday girl Ευρυδίκη […]
Hyvää iltaa Euroopassa ja hyvää huomenta Australiassa! It’s time for the 2023 edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu! Whoever wins tonight’s national selection will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool this May!! Sit back and relax, and let Eurovision Ireland’s own James Scanlan entertain and inform you. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Monique Melsen from Luxembourg is 72 today We often mention those false-flaggers that come and go each year. You wonder why some countries use them, but then there are others that are more understandable. Our friends in Luxembourg took part 37 times before they hung up their […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maxi from Ireland is 73 today Some countries in our favourite TV show have had a very illustrious history, even if these days it’s a little more patchy. It’s difficult to fathom out why. Or is it? So to remember those past good times, we’ve delved back […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sébastien Tellier from France is 48 today Gimmick. A song needs a gimmick. But what to choose. We’ve had costume changes, wind machine, and pyros. But they were becoming so old hat by 2008. What’s a performer to do? In 2008, our friends in France sent Sébastian […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kali from France is 64 today Do you remember the times when countries had to sing in their national languages? It was easy for some – German all the way, for example. Or a choice of obvious ones if you were Switzerland. But if you were slightly […]
#BIRTHDAY: SuRie from the UK is 34 today Sometimes performers aren’t always remembered for their three minutes of singing on that hallowed stage. Just occasionally, there’s an event outside their control that overshadows what they’re there to do. We won’t dwell on the incident that befell today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elhaida Dani from Albania is 30 today Do you think it’s only a matter of time before another country wins our favourite TV show for the first time? It could, of course, be this year. Our friends in Albania have never won, but they can get out […]
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