I would have liked to have said San Marino is one of the smallest, but most successful nations in Eurovision, but this really couldn’t be further from the truth. Despite the fact that the nation has only qualified to the final once in a total of 8 attempts (including the most recent in Kyiv), there…
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There were some great songs in 2013, and as we’ve learnt over the last few weeks through our Top 5 Non-Qualifiers series, not all the great songs make it through to the final. Some seriously great songs were left behind, and it was tough to pick just 5, but we’ve managed to pick our very…
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Denmark was the first Nordic nation to enter Eurovision, the year after the contest debut. They intended to join the contest in 1956, although their application missed the deadline, and as such, entered the following year. Denmark first won the country in 1963 with the song Dansevise, and since then, have had their highs and…
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Italy was one of the original countries to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, and they have fairly consistently participated since then, up until 1998, where they took a pretty extended break from the contest. They returned to the contest in 2011, so that’s where we will pick up today. Usually in the Best of…
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Slovenia began their independent Eurovision journey in 1993, and their first decade of participation was actually quite successful. They received a number of top 10 results, however as soon as 2004 hit, their results became more hit and miss. Today we’re starting our Best of the Bunch journey in 2006, and continuing through to 2015,…
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Estonia made their Eurovision debut back in 1994, although they were all set to make their debut in 1993, Estonia was made to take part in a qualification round of which they did not qualify through. In 1994, the first time taking part of the Eurovision final wasn’t all that successful, ending up in 24th…
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France have participated at Eurovision an incredible 59 times, meaning they’ve only missed out on two contests, and those were in 1974 and 1982. France was also one of the seven nations who participated in the very first contest, and since then, they have won Eurovision a very respectable five times with the most recent…
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As part of the Eurovision rules, each nation can have a maximum of 6 people on stage. Some acts use that to their advantage, featuring backing singers, dancers, or having a complete band on stage. Other times, nations may choose to present their acts as soloists on stage to focus on the talent within that…
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Looking back at the German national final for 2013, I’ve remembered so many great songs, including the subject of today’s National Final Throwback. Today we’ll be looking at The Righteous Ones by Ben Ivory. The national final was won unsurprisingly by international star Cascada, however if she wasn’t a part of the national final, Germany…
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Latvia is one of Eurovision’s newer nations, as they made their debut in 2000. They have since participated in 17 contests, and reached 10 finals. Even in their short time in Eurovision (short in the context of the history of Eurovision), they have managed to win the contest in 2002 with Marie N and the song…
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