#BIRTHDAY: Hovi Star from Israel is 37 today It’s always worth remembering that our favourite TV show is a contest for writers, not just performers. So maybe it’s time it made more of the songwriters again. Anyone recall the 1985 postcards? I’m bigging up writers as today’s song […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gracia from Germany is 41 today Our friends in Germany haven’t had the most consistent of times of late. Yes, they’ve had one win in this Century, but also a few results that were not quite as good. As you’ll know, we’ve had two contests in Kyiv, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Brendan Murray from Ireland is 27 today Who says we just pick those obscure songs from decades no-one remembers. The ones where you can understand why they sank without trace. But we can pick obscure ones from recent contests too. We jest. Today’s birthday boy is someone […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anni-Frid Lyngstad is 78 today Just once in a while, I’ll pick a birthday for a member of a group. And I’ve gone obscure. Possibly. Let’s see if her group’s song rings any bells at all. I understand it did OK in the 1970s. I jest of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Edyta Górniak from Poland is 51 today Do you ever think that some broadcasters enter a song in our favourite TV show but don’t actually want to win? It might be due to budgetary constraints, or just no venue big enough. Or it could be because the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Benny Borg from Norway is 78 today Back in the 1970s, it was almost the same countries that turned up every year. There was none of this semi-final tomfoolery. And as for the concept of countries further east taking part. Well, that would just be madness. Obviously […]
#BIRTHDAY: Greta Salóme from Iceland is 37 today Many acts try and try again to win the grand prize in our favourite TV show. Some go it alone from their first appearance. Others like to start modestly, and build their way up. In 2012, old hand Jónsi represented […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vicky Rosti from Finland is 65 today Do you have a list of your favourites songs per country? Maybe you think Quedate conmigo is the best Spanish song ever. Or that Nel blu dipinto di blu is the best Italian song of all time. Or what can […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gianluca Bezzina from Malta is 34 today Are there any countries you would love to see win for the first time? Well there aren’t that many left, but some are dying to lose their winning virginity, as we saw in Liverpool. Today we look at the Mediterranean’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: S10 from the Netherlands is 23 today Have you noticed something start to happen, and it’ll only happen more and more? yes, it’s the post-2000 births. Those performers who were born after 1 January 2000. They won’t have been alive for three of Sweden’s wins, or the […]
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