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UEFA 2020: DAY 7

We already face the 7th day of UEFA 2020. Again, three matches will be played. The first one will be Ukraine against North Macedonia. Both countries have had a contestant who faced troubles because of his or her identity. Gaitana sang “Be my guest” in 2012. The song is a

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UEFA 2020: Day 6

Again, three matches in UEFA 2020. To start with Finland against Russia. Where have we seen this battle before? Well, remember the 2006 contest. Lordi from Finland won with a landslide. Their song “Hard rock hallelujah” broke all the records. It was hard for Dima Bilan from Russia to get

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UEFA 2020: day 5

Today, only two matches will be played. The first one is the one of Hungary against Portugal. Both countries had their most successful entry with a little song that contains a very special emotion. For Hungary, it was the first entry, the one of Friderika Bayer, “Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet”

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UEFA 2020: day 4

Again, three matches will be played today. We start with the first one: Scotland versus Czech Republic. Both countries once sent a song or a singer with a touch of their national identity. In 1966, Kenneth McKellar appeared on stage for the United Kingdom. He sang his song “A man

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UEFA Euro 2020: day 3

Today, we already have the third day of the European soccer chiampionship, UEFA Euro 2020. Let’s dive into  the Eurovision history again with the countries that play today: First of all we have England against Croatia. England is, and Croatia was, part of a larger country. We take a look

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UEFA Euro 2020 started!

With a year of delay, Euro 2020, the European soccer chiampionship, has started. The fun thing for a Eurovision fan is that a lot of matches remind us of Eurovision Songs, because it’s with (partly) the same countries. Yesterday, Italy won the match from Turkey. Many people on the internet

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How a British rejected song became a hit

It was 1980. The United Kingdom had a national selection for Eurovision with no less than 12 songs. It was a close call: in the end, there was a tie between two songs, only a revote could bring a decision.But in this field of participants there was also a lady

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New music from Helena Paparizou, Little Big and more….

Former Eurovision participants released new music this week.    Benny Cristo was, only two weeks after Eurovision, ready for some new work. The song is in Czech and is called “Zlobiva”. Note also the video with a clay lookalike of Benny. Former winner Helena Paparizou (Greece 2001 and 2005) recorded

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Senhit about Flo Rida: “I didn’t know”

Senhit represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest. She did this in cooperation with Flo Rida. During the rehearsal week, Senhit was acting mysteriously about the presence of the rapper. During the rehearsals there was a stand in, Italian rapper Don Jiggy. At the press conferences, Senhit said “we

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Gooseberry season? No way, countries are making plans!

You thought the summer was gooseberry season for Eurovision fans? You thought there was no news? You are wrong! Apart from the annual plagiarism accusation adressed to the winner (Dutch band The Vendetta’s and their song “You want it, you got it“) no less than 10 countries are making plans

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