BIRTHDAY: Lucie Jones from the UK is 28 today What do you think of the Big Five? Should they get an automatic place in the final, or should they have to go through the semi-finals like the rest of us? It’s true that the Big Five do have […]
Yes, you did just read that correctly – the much talked about Icelandic band Hatari now have a stitching patten! The pattern was designed by Sigríður Jóhannsdóttir, who claims he is a huge fan of “music and yarn.” He posted the pattern on his Facebook page and asked […]
BIRTHDAY: Christine Gulbrandsen from Norway is 34 today What do you think of the free language rule? Is it a good thing, in that it allows people all over Europe to understand what you’re trying to say? Or does it kill national identity? Many of our Nordic neighbours […]
BIRTHDAY: Martine Clémenceau from France is 70 today When your country has had success in our favourite TV show, the pressure is always on your singers to repeat that success year after year. But there often comes a year (or more), when those good placings desert you. I […]
It’s been exactly a week now since all the songs for Eurovision 2019 were released. You’ve made your Top 10s and have your favourites, but now the dust has settled and everyone has had a chance to hear everything – what are the bookies thinking? We deliberately waited […]
IRELAND: Happy St Patrick’s Day! It’s that time of year again when everyone becomes just a little Irish. And what’s another year, you might cry. Well, on this most Irish of days, we’ve put together a short list of tunes that demonstrate Irishness. We think so anyway. These […]
BIRTHDAY: Paul Oscar from Iceland is 49 today Just occasionally, we get songs that break the mould. A song so different that it has to be seen to be believed, and our favourite TV show is never quite the same again. And that brings me onto today’s song. […]
BIRTHDAY: Jørgen Olsen from Denmark is 69 today I’ve given you a couple pf days of songs that didn’t quite make the grade in their respective contests. I’m changing that today with one that did slightly better. So better in fact, this song actually won. It was much […]
BIRTHDAY: Alfred García from Spain is 22 today You want an up to date song? Do you? Really? Something that still has the shine on it? In other words, a song from 2018? Well you’re in the right place. Do you remember Lisbon? That nicely warm city with […]
IRELAND: Sarah goes to Israel Sarah McTernan is in Tel Aviv for her postcard shoot. She flew over to Israel on Monday 11 March after her performance on Dancing with the Stars Ireland on Sunday night. We can’t reveal too much about the postcard, but she’s in an […]