Dober večer Evrope in dobro jutro Avstralija! This is Ljubljana calling! Tonight is the final of EMA Freš, meaning we’ll find out the last 2 finalists for EMA – Slovenia’s Eurovision national selection! Sit back and relax, and let Eurovision Ireland’s own James Scanlan entertain and inform you. […]
BIRTHDAY: Daniel Diges from Spain is 39 today Eurovision is usually a very happy affair. You can feel the love when the acts are out on stage. The crowd all wants them to succeed, so there’s lots of cheering and smiles for every act. Of course, some people […]
Following North Macedonia’s reveal of Vasil earlier today, we now have the first 10 acts waiting to go to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 – hurrah! We may still only have one actual song, but if we know Eurovision fans, you’ve been on YouTube and Spotify working out whose […]
BIRTHDAY: Sebastian Rejman is 42 today It’s always fun when a big name gets through to represent their country in our favourite TV show. They’ve conquered the proper music scene, but this is a chance for legend status. Of course, it’s a high-risk strategy for that big name. […]
BIRTHDAY: Maria Elena Kyriakou is 36 today Continuing our Mediterranean theme – well, it started yesterday – we move east to the popular country taking part in our favourite TV show since the 1970s. As we’ve discussed, Greece’s success has mainly been 21st Century, when someone gave ERT/NERIT/ERT […]
BIRTHDAY: Samira Bensaïd is 62 today If you were the only person ever to represent your country, how would you feel? Would you want your country to send participate again, which would sully your unique record? Or would you be happy that you’re unique? There is only one […]
Earlier today Serbian broadcaster RTS published the list of contestants that will take part in Beovizija 2020, which will chose the Serbian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Out of 90 songs submitted to RTS, just 24 will compete at Beovizija 2020, expected to take place […]
BIRTHDAY: Lara Fabian is 50 today Every now and then, a song comes along that you could call a slow burner. It has no bells and whistles. It has no fancy costumes. It’s an honest song sung, well, honestly. It does well, but maybe could have done better. […]
BIRTHDAY: Sirusho from Armenia is 33 today There are plenty of countries that have never won, and we all love them for trying. One day soon, we’ll get another début winner. Who will it be? More to the point, if you go to the shows, where would you […]
BIRTHDAY: Miki from Spain is 24 today We mentioned that some countries have gone from mediocre participants to challengers to a victory. There are of course countries that have gone the other way. They try and try, but their broadcaster relies on past glories. It could be argued […]