#BIRTHDAY: Jørgen Olsen from Denmark is 75 today We love all the songs we pick for this birthdays feature – generally. And all manner of fates befall them. Some get stuck in the twilight zone of a semi-final. Some do much better. Today we have one that did […]
Having recently declared their intention to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 to be held in the United Kingdom, Denmark’s main TV network, DR have now announced that submissions for the National Final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix are now open. They have also published the rules for […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue. On our tour of Scandinavia, so far we’ve checked off Iceland and Finland – now […]
As ardent fans of Danish Melodi Grand Prix will know by now , this Saturday sees the 2021 edition take place at DR Byen studio in Copenhagen, Denmark. As a person who comes from a Danish family background, I have always taken a keen interest in this national […]
BIRTHDAY: Niels Olsen from Denmark is 66 today From high to low to high. Well, from high to ‘High’ to high our Eurovision birthdays take us. Yes, we have another winner today. Some winning songs pass us by, but others make an impression for years and years. Back […]
Some sad news has reached us from the Danish Press today. Niels “Noller Olsen, one half of the Olsen brothers has announced that he is now having to give up his music career due to having been diagnosed with a terminal cancer of the brain ,according to Jyllands […]
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 […]
In this series of polls, Eurovision Ireland are going to look at countries that have won the Eurovision Song Contest and get you to vote for your favourites. Sounds simple? Well, yes, it is – the twist is, we’re grouping them according to how many times each country […]