#BIRTHDAY: Kostas Bigalis from Greece is 70 today Do you remember the 1990s? It was the decade of change, when our favourite TV show went from being something nice and cosy and light entertainment, to something far more bloodbath-like. And Ireland won a lot. In one of those […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sheldon Riley from Australia is 24 today Make a statement, they say. You only get three minutes, so you have to make an impact. In days of yore, you only had the song to do that. Of course, now, there’s a whole staging that can enhance those […]
#AZERBAIJAN: Tell me more finally revealed by İTV Azerbaijan’s broadcaster İTV finally reveals its entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. In a grand unveiling earlier today, TuralTuranX showed off the video for their song Tell me more. And here it is: What do […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rykka is 37 today Do you like it when we see people from outside Europe (or, since 2015, Australia), taking part in our favourite TV show? Do you want to see the best singers, wherever they’re from? Or should they just be European? Of course, non-Europeans have […]
#OGAE IRELAND: Eurobash Ireland 2023! Are you in Dublin on Friday 21 April? Then this event could be for you. Our friends over at OGAE Ireland are gathering for a Bash and Preview Party. You’ll get to see and vote on this year’s crop of songs, before the […]
#PORTUGAL: And the winner is… The national final of the 2023 National Final season, and the viewers of Portugal’s Festival da Canção have chosen a song to carry the country’s hopes at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May. After a combination of jury and public […]
#PORTUGAL: Live Blog of Festival da Canção 2023 from 22.00 CET Portugal concludes its quest for a second Eurovision victory tonight, with the Grand Final of the legendary Festival da Canção. Thirteen songs are competing for right to represent Portugal at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool […]
#BIRTHDAY: Chingiz from Azerbaijan is 32 today Do you play any contests on repeat? Are you convinced that the xxth Eurovision Song Contest was the best one ever? Maybe your favourite is 2019. It has its high points, but I have other ones I like more. Talking of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden is 31 today We’ve often said that a gimmick can often help your quest for Eurovision glory. It’s usually something blindingly obvious, like a costume change or a big prop. But it’s not always so. In Torino/Turin, today’s birthday girl Cornelia Jakobs (née […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lotta Engberg from Sweden is 60 today We like to think that most of the best songs to come from Sweden were in the 1980s. Classic after classic after classic. Well, for us they are anyway. Sometimes the saying about less being more is a wise one. […]