3 May – You have given fire to my heart


We will soon have a new winner of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Who will it be? One of the lucky qualifiers from a semi-final? Or the defending country? Or one of the Big Five? Many from certain parts of Europe think it could be a Big Five country.

In other news, today’s birthday boy is Ramón del Castillo Palop. He sang in the very first Grand Final that had been preceded by a semi-final in the same city. An auspicious distinction to have. And he finished 10th, which is a finishing position I’m sure Spain would kill for these days.

Ramón is 38 today.

Feliz cumpleaños, Ramón!