#BIRTHDAY: Maro from Portugal is 30 today It’s often a quandary for countries on what type of music to enter in our favourite TV show. Do they go for something generic – Schlager if you will – to appeal to the masses of televotes eager to vote? Or […]
#BIRTHDAY: Fausto Leali from Italy is 80 today As you will know, every performer in our favourite TV show is a professional. They all want to do their best. Nevertheless, it must still be daunting singing in front of millions. It must be even more daunting if you’re […]
#BIRTHDAY: Charlie from Hungary is 77 today What was it that drew you into Eurovision? The costumes? The glorious melodies? For us, it was the languages. Where else could you have heard someone using Hebrew, Portuguese or Finnish to get a message across? Of course, many use English […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vaclav Noid Bárta from Czechia is 44 today Some countries haven’t sent many performers to our favourite TV show. So when one comes along, it’s only right that we celebrate it. Even more so when it’s one of those special birthdays that end in a zero. Back […]
#BIRTHDAY: Blas Cantó from Spain is 33 today If you recall, it seemed like there were hundreds of performers who didn’t get the 2020 gig but were then kept on for Rotterdam 2021. Actually, the number was far less than that but it’s a nice thought to hold. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nicole from Germany is 60 today Do you like a close contest? One where the lead changes many times, with a winner only emerging towards the very end? A runaway winner can spoil things, especially if many wonder why it’s a runaway winner. Back in 1982, we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jožo Ráž from Slovakia is 70 today Did you know the first official Eurovision semi-finals in 2004 weren’t the inaugural international pre-selections for our favourite TV show? There was one in 1993 – yes, over 30 years ago. It was a sedate seven-nation army affair in sunny […]
#BIRTHDAY: Victor Vernicos from Greece is 18 today It’s been many a year since a lower age limit on performers meant that we said to goodbye to precocious child stars at our favourite TV show. They do have their own show now, which means a more level-playing field […]
A good song needs a killer lyric. That’s obvious. But it also needs those specific lines that put it above the rest. What is your favourite line from a song? The first song sung by today’s birthday boy Donny Montell (né Donatas Montvydas) had plenty of them. And […]
#BIRTHDAY: Käärijä from Finland is 31 today We often say that anyone can win the top prize in our favourite TV show. Past performance is no guide to future performance and all that. The same can apply to language. While one language pervades most contests these days, there […]
bogdansteff9
escppeurovision
eurovisionireland
jjs1990
John Stanton
lisajaynelewis
philip6
roydhacksaw
Eurovision Ireland 