NETHERLANDS – The Common Linnets aka Ilse DeLange and Waylon gave The Netherlands their best result at Eurovision this year since 1998. Their song ‘Calm After The Storm’ became a big European hit and their album entered the Top 10 in the global charts. It came as a […]
The Common Linnets may have come second at Eurovision 2014 and missing Waylon, but that does not stop them from scoring big in the World Album Charts. Ilse DeLange and Waylon may not be The Common Linnets that we saw at Eurovision 2014, but they are still holding […]
A story appeared in Dutch media claiming that Waylon from the Common Linnets has disappeared, so we thought this needed some further investigation. Waylon is half of The Common Linnets who shot to European fame at Eurovision this year when they came second in the contest with their song “The […]
The Netherlands – Last year saw the return of Dutch Eurovision Fortunes when Anouk took the 4 times winning country back to the Top 10 at the contest. On her return she got the ‘Big Band’ treatment of her song “Birds”. Well it would have been rude if […]
Eurovision 2014 has come to a close and now we are thinking of what Austria will have in store for us in 2015. However we have taken a closer look at some of the facts from the show in 2014. Here are some gems of statistics that you […]
The official UK charts have just been released and there are no fewer that 13 Eurovision 2014 songs in the Top 100 and 4 of them in the prestigious Top 40. The Common Linnets may have come second to Conchita at Eurovision 2014 with their song “Calm After The […]
Ireland may have missed on the taking part in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2014 but that has not stopped the music buying public from making this year the biggest chart success for the contest. The Irish Charts were released today and there are no fewer than 20 […]
Every year the Marcel Bezençon Awards were awarded at the Eurovision Song Contest. As usual there were 3 awards the Press Award, an Artistic Award and the Composer Award. The Press Award (voted for by the International Press) was won by Austria’s Conchita Wurst and for her song […]
Luxembourg may not have been seen on a Eurovision stage since 1993 but they are certainly not forgotten. How could you forget a country that has won the contest 5 times! So we hope that the OGAE Luxembourg Fans have not forgotten on how to vote for songs […]
After a hoax snippet and then an acoustic performance last night – we eventually get to hear the Eurovision version of the “Calm After The Storm” by the Common Linnets. On Dutch radio an hour ago the duo presented their song as we will hear it at Eurovision. […]