Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC has revealed that its entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2021, which will be performed by the band Go_A, will be released on February 4th – which is tomorrow! But wait, how did that happen? Well, it turns out that a 5 person jury, including Ukraine’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Getter Jaani from Estonia is 28 today A stage show can be crucial in getting your song across to the voters of Europe and beyond. It can make a difference between getting three minutes, six minutes, or even nine minutes. So it has to make an impression. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dana International from Israel is 52 today There have been just under 50 soloist winners of our favourite TV show, so that averages out at about one winner per week. Luckily, we have a solo winner today. But who? It’s a winner from the 20th Century, who […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is now broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue – that’s well over 1500 songs! You told us you wanted us to take […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dario Campeotto from Denmark is 82 today As you should know, there’s more to Eurovision than the contests of the 21st Century. We can go way back. Yes, even before 1995. There were contests in wondrous black & white, and that’s where we go today. Today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Victor Crone is 29 today We know all about those false flaggers out there. They can provide a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ to a contest, and there’s potentially the votes the country can get from the false flagger’s birth country. Today’s birthday boy Victor Crone (né […]
#LITHUANIA: Five more songs progress in Pabandom iš naujo! Broadcaster LRT got a little closer tonight to selecting a song for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest tonight, after selecting five songs to join The Roop in the Grand Final of Pabandom iš naujo! on 6 February. Is there […]
#LITHUANIA: Live Blog of Pabandom iš Naujo! Semi-final from 20.00 CET Thunder and lighting! It’s getting exciting. In Lithuania anyway. After two heats, we have ten lucky semi-finalists competing for five spots in the Grand Final of Pabandom iš Naujo! next Saturday. The Roop are already there, but […]
#BIRTHDAY: András Kállay-Saunders from Hungary is 36 today Songs sung in our favourite TV show cover a very wide range of themes. We’ve had songs about falling in love, songs about falling out of love, and songs about how we need to take care of the thongs we […]
#BIRTHDAY: John Lundvik from Sweden is 38 today 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 you’re on […]