#BIRTHDAY: Mustii from Belgium is 35 today Would you like to see Belgium win first prize in our favourite TV show soon? As we know, we have to look back nearly 40 years to their only win to date. But as a country that has participated since the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Renato from Malta is 74 today Our friends in Malta are now firmly in the Eurovision family. It wasn’t always so. After a few goes in the 1970s, they had a few years out and made a fresh start in the 1990s. It may seem odd that […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gracia from Germany is 43 today Our friends in Germany haven’t had the most consistent of times of late. Yes, they’ve had one win in this Century, but also a few results that were not quite as good. As you’ll know, we’ve had two contests in Kyiv, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kate Miller-Heidke from Australia is 44 today You have three minutes. You have to make an impression. Maybe your vocals are beyond compare. But are they enough? Do you need that extra something to give you the edge? What could it be? In 2019, today’s birthday girl […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anni-Frid Lyngstad is 80 today Just once in a while, we’ll pick a birthday for a member of a group. And we’ve gone obscure. Possibly. Let’s see if her group’s song rings any bells at all. We understand it did OK in the 1970s. We jest of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kari from Finland is 65 today The free language rule. It’s part and parcel of the typical Eurovision experience. But in the 1980s it was a different story. Countries could only sing in languages of their own country. It perhaps gave an advantage to those more commonly-spoke […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anita Skorgan from Norway is 67 today The Eurovision Song Contest has yielded some real legends over the years. In fact, you could say that a certain amount of ‘Eurovision Royalty’ has emerged. People like those memorable winners, and definitely those highly-respected triers. Today’s birthday girl Anita […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kaleen from Austria is 31 today Every year there’s that song. Yes, every year. You know the one. The one that gets “rave” reviews. The one that the fans out there think will win by 300,000 points. And then, well, it doesn’t. Not so long ago, we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elina Konstantopoulou from Greece is 55 today Have you ever thought what the stars of Eurovision have to go through on the big night? Apart from the pressure of representing their country that is. Well, just spare a thought if you’re the last to sing in the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elina Nechayeva from Estonia is 34 today How do you feel about the free language rule? Does it promote a song as many more people can possibly understand it, or do you think each country should stick to its roots? Our friends in Estonia have a language […]