Eurovision birthdays 1/11 – Wake me on All Saints’ Day
Here's a little question for you all: How many Eurovision songs don't mention the song title in their lyric? I don't know what...
Eurovision birthdays 29/10 – We need more songs about Ms Andrews
Back in the 1980s everything seemed well-ordered. The same countries had been taking part since forever. There was no promotion, relegation, semi-finals,...
Eurovision birthdays 28/10 – Zwei kleine Oneuropaer, die träumen von Käse
What's this? No winner's birthday today? Nope, but there must be something in the air towards the end of October. Anyway,...
Eurovision birthdays 27/10 – Igal õhtul on sünnipäev öö
I remember 12 May 2001. A good day for my country. We became the first 'New Europe' country to win our favourite...
Eurovision birthdays 25/10 – A little birthday?
Winners' birthdays are like buses. You wait for ages and then two come along on consecutive days. In 1982, a girl from...
Eurovision birthdays 24/10 – Nous les Oneuropeux
Some say that the contest took a nose-dive in quality when it moved from monochrome to colour. You can be the judge today...
Eurovision birthdays 23/10 – Däm däm däm
We're all smart, we know our European countries by heart. If that doesn't apply to you, what are you doing following Europe's favourite...
Eurovision birthdays 21/10 – Düm düm düm
Remember Turkey? You must do. They took part for years with excellent songs and everyone ignored them. Then they went downmarket...
Eurovision birthdays 20/10 – It’s beginning to look like cheese, darn...
London was a very special Eurovision city in the 1960s. It hosted three of things, all in different venues. Not many cities...
Eurovision birthdays 18/10 – Watch my dance, go on, you know...
Now I picked on Greece the other day, probably a little harshly. They've put in some good stuff, like this song. It...