BIRTHDAY: Gaitana from Ukraine is 39 today Do you have parents from two completely different places? Is one parent from Ireland and the other from Israel, for example? It’s great when you can benefit from two different cultures. It shows that this world isn’t so big after all. […]
Some of you may recall that last year I published a best and worst at Eurovision article for every country that was taking part in Eurovision 2016 with the exception of Australia who were only competing for the second time. So this year I will publish one for […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 5 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over […]
In 2012 Gaitana came to Eurovision in a blaze of Flowered Tiaras and Controversy. “Be My Guest” got the usual Ukrainian tv production and she maintained the country’s 100% qualification record to the Grand Final intact. She returns with new music in the form of “Aliens”. An unusual […]
The Second Half of the rehearsals have taken place and we have some great performances Serbia – Well this is a song that I have been struggling to understand and appreciate but this afternoon I managed to get some feeling for the song. Vocally this song is very […]