It’s quite unique: a Eurovision song enters the American Billboard hot 100. Duncan Laurence’s “Arcade” will be on this weeks charts at no. 100. That is after the song became popular on the app Tik-Tok and Duncan Laurence’s performance on the Ellen show last week. Duncan Laurence is not the
Her full name is Albina Grčić, but she leaves her last name at home for the occasion. She participated in the X-Factor but withdrew when she was allowed to continue only as part of a girl group. At The Voice Hrvatska she did better: she reached no less than a
A special act is “Fallen angel”, the Norwegian contribution for the Eurovision Song Contest. Tix chose his name because he suffered from Gilles de la Tourette and therefore had tics. He won the Norwegian national final dressed as an angel with a number of demons around him.
Cyprus thanked Sandro Nicolas, who would participate in 2020, for services rendered. Instead, they teamed up with Athens-born Elena Tsagrinou.That was not without any struggle. The Orthodox Church protested against the song “El diablo”. A declaration of love to the devil was not done they said, and they even demanded
Irish Lesley Roy had 2 hits in the United States in 2008. After that she was mainly busy writing songs for others. She did release a few singles herself, but they were not a success. In 2020 it all changed: Lesley Roy was internally selected for the Eurovision Song Contest
When Vasil Garvanliev is on the podium for North Macedonia, he will be relieved. He was already there as a backing vocalist when Tamara Todevska finished seventh. In 2020 he would represent North Macedonia himself. This was canceled due to the Corona crisis. North Macedonian broadcaster selected him for the
Montaigne’s real name is Jessica Cerro. She started singing 9 years ago, but she had to finish school first. After several 45″singles she released her debut album in 2016. Three years later a second album came and in 2020 she was chosen to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest.
The Swedish candidate usually attracts a lot of attention. That’s because the Swedish preselection, Melodifestivalen, is watched by many people, also outside of Sweden. This year Tusse won. His actual name is Tousin Chiza. He was born in the DR Congo. 2 years ago he won the Swedish version of
For a long time, Russia was very secretive about the submission. In the end, Manizha’s “Russian woman” was chosen from a preliminary round with three songs. Manizha was born in Tajikistan but soon moved to Moscow. In addition to making music, she draws attention to feminism, LGBTI + rights and
Ana Soklič has been active as a singer since 2004. Initially she was performing under the flag of the project Diona Dimm. She also participated in EMA, the Slovenian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2020 she had a final breakthrough in her own country. With her song “Voda”