Eurovision 2019 national final season is beginning to take shape! This page will serve through the whole of the national final season, from end of December through to mid/end of March when all the songs for Tel Aviv will have been selected and released. I'll …
Eurovision 2019 national selections: Operación Triunfo Gala (Spain preview)
Albania was the first country to have their national final (just before Christmas) and Spain provides us with the second national final of the season. Typically, there has been a bit of a drama, with a couple of the favourites suggesting people vote for someone …
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National final season 2019: early season preview
National final season has already started but the pace begins to pick up now with the first semi-final of the French national selection, Destination Eurovision, taking place this evening (Saturday 12 January). I thought I might do a quick run through of some of the …
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My top 5 songs from…Finland
Time to update my Top 5 of Finland as we're about to be treated to Krista Siegfrids at Eurofest at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (on Friday 11 January). Sadly the update does mean Krista drops out of the top 5 in favour of Saara Aalto …
The Toy Tour: Netta performs at Heaven in London
Netta completed a six-city European mini tour in London on 21 November, and of course, I and some of my Eurovision-loving friends couldn't miss out on this opportunity to see this year's contest winner perform in the place where we live. It's been a while …
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My top 5 songs from…Estonia
Estonia are one of my favourite Eurovision countries and of the three Baltic states, they have had the most success at the contest, becoming the first ex-Soviet country to win Eurovision (in 2001) and were only the second Eastern European country to have won at …
My top 5 songs from…Denmark
There are fewer songs to pick from than Sweden, Norway or Finland as three-times winner Denmark left the contest for 11 years between 1966 and 1978. But with two fairly recent wins, and plenty of top 10 finishes, I still have choices! This top 5 …
My top 5 songs from…Bulgaria
While Bulgaria have had relatively few entries at Eurovision with just 12 appearances; they have certainly made an impact, especially in recent years with three grand final appearances on the trot, including two top 5 results. They've had one of the most active social media …
My top 5 songs from…Croatia
The only ex-Yugoslav country to have hosted the contest while still part of Yugoslavia, it was a Croatian band, Riva, that achieved Yugoslavia's sole win in 1989. I've made one small update to this top 5 following the 2018 contest...Initially the most successful of the …
Sad news from Latvia….farewell to Valters Fridenbergs
We've lost a few Eurovision people in the last year or so (Joy Fleming, Katie Boyle, France Gall and Lys Assia) but some very sad news today to hear of the death of Valters Fridenbergs at the age of just 30. Valters was one half …
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