#BIRTHDAY: Ajda Pekkan from Türkiye is 79 today 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. No, not […]
#BIRTHDAY: Simone de Oliveira from Portugal is 87 today Do you go to the contests, wherever they are held? Have you been to any? In particular, did you go to the fest in Portugal in 2018? If so, you may have witnessed something wonderful. If you were there, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Studer-Simò from Switzerland is 56 today What to do with your life once you’ve been a Eurovision performer? Well, you could try again. But then you risk doing worse on your second attempt than your first. Or you go into songwriting. That means if things go […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gérard Lenorman from France is 80 today Our favourite TV show has a rich history, and it’s good to dig deep sometimes, to pick out those songs you won’t here every day. They won’t feature in a Top 250, or in a Eurovision disco. But they’re still […]
After a night to remember in Ta’Qali, the curtain is down on another Malta Eurovision Song Contest. And what a show it was! The votes have been cast and the winner has been declared – the next act for Eurovision 2025 is ready, but who is it? The […]
#LATVIA: And the winner is… The 2025 SUPERNOVA Selection has just ended and we have a winner in Latvia. After a combination of public and jury voting, the song going to Basel in May will be Tautumeitas with “Bur man laimi”. What do you think of Tautumeitas chances? […]
#UKRAINE: And the winner is… Ukraine’s selection process for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in May has just concluded. Ten acts had made it to the final of Vidbir. But who won? After a combination of Jury and public voting, the song going to Switzerland is… […]
#UKRAINE: Live blog of Vidbir 2025 from 17.30CET The national finals are coming thick and fast this weekend. Today includes the turn of Ukraine – a country you can never write off, as they definitely ‘get’ Eurovision. Ten acts are competing for the lucky Golden Ticket to Basel. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Andrea Szulák from Hungary is 61 today There are a few areas of the Eurovision world that are very cunningly tucked away. So tucked away that people often forget they’re there. Like a certain event in Ljubljana in 1993. Was it a semi-final? Was it a pre-selection? […]
Il-lejla t-tajba Ewropa u l-għodwa t-tajba l-Awstralja! Rounding off what is arguably the first Super Saturday of the 2025 season, we’re off to Malta to find out who will represent the Mediterranean’s happiest rock at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland – it’s time for the […]