It would be nice to see Turkey back in Eurovision, because they usually managed to enter with remarkable songs. That said, it would be nice ...

Two songs from the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest really made a big impression on me, and they were not the two songs that were competing for ...

Dulce José Silva Pontes was born on 8 April 1969 in Montijo, near Lisbon. She trained as a pianist, and started a career in singing after en...

Marinella was born as Kyriaki Papadopoulou on 20 May 1938 in Thessaloniki. She released her first song 'Nitsa Elenitsa' ('Little...

After the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest was won by four different artists - a result of a lack of rules in case of a tie - five countries dec...

So who performed these two cover versions? There's no information on the sleeve or label. All we know is that this single was released i...

Simone de Oliveira was born on 11 February 1938 and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese mother had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe...

Like many other acts, Five Star had trouble maintaining their success when the Eighties ended and the Nineties began. House and techno music...

Richard Rock, nicknamed 'Dickie' was born in the North Strand, Dublin and raised in Cabra on Dublin's Northside. Between 1963 a...

Sophie was born on 9 October 1944 in Dax (France) as Sophie Hecquet. Early in her career, as Jenny Ann, she toured with French rock 'n r...

This single has been on my wantlist for some time. It's one of the prettiest cover photos from the Sixties-era Eurovision singles, partl...

Nothing is more appropriate this month than highlighting that classic Belgian song 'Euro-vision' by Telex. They performed it on the ...

During an impressive career of six decades, André van Duin started out as a comedian and did theatre shows, TV programmes, even performed as...

Alessandro Mahmood represented Italy during the 2019 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Born in Milan to an Italian mother from Sardini...

This month, the Eurovision Song Contest will finally take place in Rotterdam. Last year the Contest did not take place because of the Covid-...

Only two years ago I was able to buy Refrain , the 7" single of the first ever winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song ma...

Ellen Helen Nikolaysen was born in Oslo (Norway) on 10 December 1951. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 as part of the...

My collection already contains Teach-In's 'Ding-a-dong' in English , Dutch and German , so you might say that this addition to ...

'Popcorn' needs no introduction on this blog: I have featured many different versions of this Gershon Kingsley composition, and they...

Swedish Group is the name of an anonymous band that recorded a cover version of 'Waterloo' right after Abba won the Eurovision Song ...