#BIRTHDAY: Ami Aspelund from Finland is 70 today Finland. Who doesn’t love Finland. A land of content people, vast expanses of nature and a language many people have been known to find incomprehensible unless there’s a “cha” or two involved. And it’s fair share of very underrated songs. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Katri Helena from Finland is 78 today Do you ever see a performer and think “they have class”? That performer who doesn’t need to try. They have a stage presence, and have the audience in the palm of their hand. They may not win, but they are […]
#BIRTHDAY: Pernilla Karlsson from Finland is 33 today It was always interesting when our friends at the EBU relaxed the rule about singing in your own language. Obviously, where most songs are sung in a non-native language, it’s usually English. But since 1999, countries do often revert to […]
Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, have announced details of UMK 2024 – their national selection for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. UMK 2024 will once again be an open competition, with the live final on a yet-to-be-determined date in February. Demos can be submitted by artists between Monday […]
The winner of the 2023 ‘You’re A Vision’ award has been announced – the award that replaced the Barbara Dex award last year. Käärijä has won the 2023 ‘You’re A Vision’ award, after finishing runner-up to Loreen at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool. Let3 and Gustaph […]
This weekend, Käärijä will be performing a Concert at Helsinki Ice Hall – YLE will be broadcasting it worldwide! After Käärijä finished in second place at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool, his homecoming Concert will be available to watch by everyone, HERE. The Concert will start […]
With the semi finals done and dusted for another year, it’s time for one of our most popular annual articles – let’s find out which countries have had their qualification rates improved the most by reaching the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and who has […]
Good evening Europe and good morning Australia, this is Liverpool calling! Tonight is the Grand Final Jury Show, during which the 37 juries around Europe and beyond will watch a full run through of tomorrow night’s live show and cast their votes. 26 countries will sing tonight – […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kojo from Finland is 70 today In our favourite TV show, it’s easy to be winners one day, tail-enders the next. Hero to zero, or vice versa. It’s all good fun. We love them all, as they’ve done something most of us will never do. Today’s birthday […]
Tonight’s the night! The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 officially begins with the First Semi Final coming to us live from bustling Liverpool at 21:00 CET on behalf of last year’s winners Ukraine – make sure you check your local listings to find out which channel is showing it! Although it […]