#BIRTHDAY: Tako Gachechiladze from Georgia is 41 today Do you ever wonder what becomes of Eurovision stars after they’ve had their three minutes of fame? I’ll wager some of them go back to working in [insert coffee shop chain here]. Maybe some of them end up catching norovirus […]
#BIRTHDAY: Laka from Bosnia and Herzegovina is 55 today We had a massive choice of birthdays today. It’ll gives plenty of birthdays for years to come. So you may be wondering why we’ve picked today’s individual. Well, the reason is simple. This is three minutes of fun and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mariza Koch from Greece is 80 today When you look at how some countries are performing these days, it’s often good to see how they got to where they are. It can be surprising. When you think of Greece, you might think of the 21st Century when […]
#BIRTHDAY: Izhar Cohen from Israel is 73 today Everyone loves a winner. In fact, if you leave it at one appearance and one win, you’ll always be a winner. But why stop at one win? You could win twice. It’s been done. But it’s also very high-risk. Many […]
#BIRTHDAY: Salena from Austria is 26 today Ah, the fan favourite. We get them every year. Sometimes the fans are proven right. Sometimes they crash and burn. Sometimes they do one thing in a semi-final and, assuming they make it, do the other in the Grand Final. Our […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alma Čardžić from Bosnia and Herzegovina is 56 today Eurovision is a drug. Once you’ve been on that stage, you can’t get enough. You want more, and more, and more. Look at Peter, Sue & Marc. Look at Valentina Monetta. OK, we’ll stop at Peter, Sue & […]
Tonight the Final of Melodifestivalen 2024 took place at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Twelve acts fought it out for the honour of representing the host country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö but there could only be one winner and that is …… Marcus and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Katja Ebstein from Germany is 79 today There is an elite bunch of people out there who have taken part more than once. It’s as if they can’t get enough of the Eurovision drug. And I don’t mean Ibuprofen. But that elite club has advanced membership for […]
#BIRTHDAY: Molly Sterling from Ireland is 26 today We like today’s birthday girl, and not just because she’s Irish. Some of us went on a boat trip with her, and chewed the fat for hours. It was a defining moment in 2015. Today’s birthday girl Molly Sterling was, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mia Nicolai from the Netherlands is 28 today Do you remember when our friends in the Netherlands won Tel Aviv? It seemed like a golden age for the Dutch had arrived. As we know, Eurovision is a very fickle beast, and those changes from hero to zero […]