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ESC birthdays 12/4 – Hello, High

I'm not totally fixated about 2004 I hope you understand. It just seemed that to participate in 2004 you needed to have a birthday...

ESC birthdays 10/4 – What’s happened to your song?

2004. A year of momentous change. We got our first proper semi-final held in the same city as the Grand Final. If you had...

ESC birthdays 9/4 – Is she everything you want?

Some interesting claims are made about some Eurovision performers. There's one who's sold millions and millions of records, but turned up in a bad...

ESC birthdays 8/4 – Watch out for those flamingoes

The Dutch have had a good run lately. No finalists since 2005, and then two in a row. As you'll see from my review,...

ESC birthdays 7/4 – Hit or miss, kiss, kiss, bang?

Europe can be a conservative place when it wants to be. Throw in a Hebrew transsexual or bloke with a beard in a ballgown,...

ESC birthdays 6/4 – Hold on, Eurovision is soon

The United Kingdom of stuff hosted a great show last week. I know, as I sneaked into the place where it happened. I liked...

ESC birthdays 5/4 – You’re not alone with Oneurope

Sometimes songs are given the status of favourites for no apparent reason. Take 2014 for instance, Conchita of the sausage was up there due...

ESC birthdays 4/4 – Don’t let the firefly s*it on your...

Our friends in Cyprus try hard. Who would love to go to Afrodite's Isle for two weeks of sun-drenched Eurovision madness? Me for one....

ESC birthdays 2/4 – He is like a faithful dog

We've not had a south-western European birthday for a while (darn that Scandi-Balkan alliance). So it's about time we hit sunny Spain. Today's birthday...

ESC birthdays 1/4 – On a plane to Oslo?

Do you want a classic tune? One worthy of this time when we're celebrating 60 years of hit after hit after hit? Well today...