#BIRTHDAY: 1 Feb – Nico from Romania is 56 We’ve made it through January. Are you pleased? It means we’re a month closer to our favourite TV show. Are you getting excited? Has your favourite country picked its song yet? Or do you have a favourite already? With […]
#LATVIA: First five acts qualify for Supernova 2026 Latvian broadcaster LTV started its hunt for an act for Vienna, with the first semi-final of Supernova 2026. Twelve acts were vying for five places in the Supernova final on 14 February. After a mix of jury and public voting, […]
#BIRTHDAY: 31 Jan – Helena Paparizou from Greece is 44 People win the contest. From time to time anyway. There could be some contests where no song should have won, and the EBU should have told them to go away and try harder next year. But winners we […]
#BIRTHDAY: 30 Jan – Deniz Felizman from Germany is 48 Do you love languages? That might be a silly question – you’re a fan of a continental music show for starters. But do you like lots of languages in a song? Or can it backfire? In 1999 we […]
#BIRTHDAY: 28 Jan – Aksel from Finland is 28 Remember 2020? Yep, that crazy time when the world ground to a halt, no-one could go out, and our favourite TV show was cancelled. Yes, cancelled. How would we survive? Well, we did, and we’re all looking forward to […]
#BIRTHDAY: 27 Jan – John Lundvik from Sweden is 43 Do you ever see a song in our favourite TV show and think it’s definitely definitely going to do well? You’re so sure you’ll put money on it winning? That particular song might be from, say, Sweden, so […]
#BIRTHDAY: 26 Jan – Cindy from Germany is 78 today Duets can be an odd thing. Get it right, and you can feel the chemistry oozing from the two singers. Get it wrong, and all you get is two singers facing each other shouting as loudly as they […]
#BIRTHDAY: 25 Jan – Michela from Malta is 25 It’s getting more and more obvious that performers born in the 21st Century will become the majority of singers in our favourite TV show. If you look at the age of today’s birthday girl, you understand that she was […]
After an intense, emotional, and unforgettable night at the Rockhal, Luxembourg has officially selected its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Congratulations to Eva Marija who will represent the Grand Duchy in Vienna with the song “Mother Nature”. Tonight’s final brought together eight diverse artists, fighting for […]
#BIRTHDAY: 24 Jan – Hanne Krogh from Norway is 70 Eurovision has had a lot of innovations over the years. Of course the most recent ones include the new voting structure and HD, but the changes go back for years. Can you imagine, for example, Eurovision songs without […]