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 […]
Norway’s national selection is well underway, with new acts being revealed on a weekly basis to take part in the show’s duels that same Saturday. James was lucky enough to catch up with one of the acts taking to the stage this weekend, Norwegian rap sensation Big Daddy […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gary Lux from Austria is 62 today What was the best contest of all time? Yes, it was 1985. It’s been scientifically proven*. So any act that took part in that contest in Göteborg should be very proud of themselves. After all, When Lys Assia is the […]
Today the Israeli broadcaster KAN revealed their entry for Eurovision 2021! Rather than a televised show with different artists, this year HaShir Shelanu L’Eurovizion was held mostly online with 9 songs sung by Eden Alene – who was chosen internally by KAN to compete after she won the […]