The sad news came to us that last night Matti Siitonen, also known as Fredi, passed away. Fredi, who took his stage name from a cartoon figure, started his career in 1965, when he had his first hit. Fredi took part in the Eurovision Song Contest twice. In 1967 he
Rumour has it that Lady Gaga is going to appear in the Eurovision Song Contest. That appears not to be true. Sietse Bakker, executive producer of the Eurovision Song Contest, has responded on the rumour. Via Twitter, he said: “Not that I know of”. And believe us, nothing is going
Actually, Rafał Brzozowski was destined to start a sports career, as a wrestler. However, an injury put an end to that. In 2011 he reached the final of The Voice Of Poland. He released five albums. In 2017 he just barely won the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Vincent Bueno is not a newcomer at the Eurovision Song Contest either. In 2017 he was a backing vocalist for Nathan Trent. He was not new then. In 2008 he took part in the talent show “Musical! Die Show”. His first album was a success in 2009. A year later
A Dutch singer is participating for Greece this year: Stefania Liberakakis, who has a Greek father but in fact lives in Utrecht. Stefania took part in The Voice Kids, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and the television series “Brugklas”. In 2020 she was chosen to represent Greece in the Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest without or with an audience: on April 28, the organization will hear whether the Fieldlab tests can continue for the nine shows. With more than nine hundred occupied intensive care beds, the government wants those tests to be canceled, so things are getting exciting for the
Benny Cristo’s real name is Ben da Silva Cristovão. That does not sound very Czech indeed. Benny Cristo is the son of an Angolan father and a Czech mother. In 2009 he was one of the finalists of Česko Slovenská SuperStar., The Czech / Slovak version of Pop Idol. He
Uku Suviste was supposed to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest last year. Because the contest was canceled, he could not perform his song “What love is”. The Estonian broadcaster did not immediately show confidence for the 2021 contest. Suviste simply had to participate in a national final with no
This morning, EBU announced that the Australian delegation will not be able to fly to Rotterdam for the Eurovision Song Contest. Due to the situation around COVID19, Australian participant Montaigne can not perform her song “Technicolour” live on stage in Ahoy. Instead, the live-on-tape recording of the song will be
Senhit, who will represent San Marino, her real name is Senit Zadek Zadek. She is from Italy but has Eritrean roots. In 2011 she did not make it to the final, and last year no one gave a nickel for her chances. It was different when she released “Adrenalina” this