Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

The annual fan based voting for the best - at the very moment - Eurovision song contest entries is over for another year and with the usual ending on top and a few surprises along the way but let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the songs that scored one point. In short. One person thought that particular song was the tenth best song ever.  About 40 songs got that score and I have picked some of them for your entertainment here. Maybe they should have earned a bit more love?  Italy 1965 Bobby Solo - Se piangi, se ridi Switzerland 1978 Carole Vinci - Vivre 1971 United Kingdom Clodagn Rogers - Jack in the box Lithuania 2012 Donny Montell - Love is blind Finland 1961 Laila Kinnunen - Valoa ikkunassa Austria 1983 Westend - Hurricane Yogoslavia 1966 Berta Ambroz - Brez besed Turkey 1981 Modern Folk Trio & Aysegul - Dömne dolap Belgium 1966 Tonia - Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel Netherlands 1982 Bill van Dijk - Jij en ik France 1965 Guy Marcel - N'avoue jamais Switzer...

The 2025 was kinder to Eurovision family than some previous ones but we did lose some Eurovision artists and personalities, let them rest in peace and live forever in our collective memory.  Here they are in random photo (above) order: Tapani Kansa (1949-2025): He took part in the Finland's national selection Euroviisut with 13 different songs between 1975-2009. He may have not hit it big in Euroviisut but his biggest hits came from somewhere else . He recorded 39 albums and had countless hits, awards and nominations and was one of the most loved and versatile artists. Tali Eshkoli (1964-2025): israeli producer and Eurovision personality. She launched The Next Star national selection and Israel Calling event, produced a documentary on Harel Skaat where he came out, she was the executive producer of Eurovision song contest 2019 in Tel Aviv and she was a regular in juries across Europe to select songs for Eurovision. Shpat Kasapi (1985-2025): Albanian singer-songwriter. He took part...

The official single's chart that you can find here differs quite a lot from what the radios play proving the streaming audience is not the same as radio listening audience. Needless to say this blogger is a lot more in tune with the radio waves. Even if they played mostly only Nelli Matula's UMK 2025 entry and BEHM... And Ed Sheeran being the only non Finnish chart topper in 2025! Mirella - Löytää mut (weeks 1-3, 6-9) Shrty - Sirkus (weeks 4-5) Nelli Matula - Hitaammin hautaan (weeks 10-23) 14 weeks  Ed Sheeran - Azizam (weeks 24-25) BEHM - Kaiken arvoinen (weeks 26-43) 19 wks Kaukua - 10.000 tuntia (week 44) Haloo Helsinki - Voiko enkelitkin eksyä (weeks 45-47, 49, 51) Ahti x Behm - Tähdet (Week 48, 50)

Another year, another year of official singles chart number ones! the rappers dominate the charts many hitting the #1 spot only for a week. the weeks and weeks lasting hits are missing this year except for KAJ's Bara bada bastu with 7 weeks, the others don't go further than 4 at most. Same names scored short runs for their #1s: Averagekidluke (4), Lauri Haav (4), JVG (3), Isac Elliot (3), Mirella (2), Turisti (2) and Ares (2) Obviously the radioplay chart is completely different and you can find it here. It's also worth mentioning ALL number ones are by Finnish artists. The only one to score a number one is Ed Sheeran in the radio play charts in 2025.  Averagekidluke - Diva (week 1) Ares - Menestys on paras tapa kostaa (weeks 2-5) JVG - Rehellisesti (week 7) Turisti - Diana (weeks 8-9) KAJ - Bara bada bastu (weeks 10-15, 21) Lauri Haav - Toisessa elämässä (weeks 16-17) Ares - Onneks (week 18-20) Lauri Haav, Mirella - Aja tai kuole (week 22) ABREU - Äiti Teresa (feat. B...

Emma awards aka the Finnish Grammy nominations have been revealed. The gala takes place in Espoo's Metro Arena on March 7, 2026. Among the nominees both Finland's and Sweden's Eurovision entrants 2025 with several UMK finalists in 2025 or before. Check out the short list below. All nominees can be found here .  Song of the year: Ares - Menestys on paras tapa kostaa Emma & Matilda - Sisko Goldielocks - Made of KAJ - Bara bada bastu Nelli Matula - Hitaammin hautaan Erika Vikman - Ich komme Band of the year: Amorphis Emma & Matilda Joser & Zpoppa JVG KAJ Komiat People's Choice: Bess Eini Erika Vikman Goldielocks KAJ Nelli Matula Portion Boys  among others Pop of the year: ABreu Bess Ellinoora Isac Elliot JVG Olga Schlager of the year: Eini Komiat Mariska Portion Boys Rodeo Artist of the year: Ares Averagekidluke Isac Elliot Lauri Haav Olga Turisti

Montenegro is selecting its entry for Eurovision song contest tonight. 15 songs have made it this far and there will be a threesome voting: 50% jury, 25% Montenegrin televote and 25% international televote. The show airs from RTCG's Veliki studios in Podgorica. Among artists Eurovision veteran Andrea Demirović and Dolce Hara who for some mysterious reason has decided to sing in accented Italian or maybe just keep up with the "let's sing in Italian for no reason at all" in various national finals trend that regularly is dusted somewhere. And she's not even alone.... Tamara Is a singer and flutist, studies in University of Arts in Belgrade. Her breakthrough came last year in Montesong where she placed 9th with Poguban let . After that she has released another two songs:  Prošla godina and Bez kontrole .  Below are the results (jury + public - total, placement) Lara Baltić - Rhythm Boy   (6 + 12) 18 2nd Stefan - Nedekodirana/Недекодирана   (0 + 0) 0  14th Mila...

Festivali i Këngës 64 reaches its grand final tonight in Palace of Congresses in Tirana after two semi-finals and nostalgia night in previous nights this week. Out of 28 selected entries 23 made it this far as 5* out of the 10 "newcomers" qualified for the final and 5 had to leave the competition. No surprise as big fan (and not only) favorite Alis stormed to victory with Nân. For the translated lyrics go here . Alis Kallaçi (21) cemented his status as the next Big thing in Albania having won X Factor in 2024, placing third in FiK 63 and now winning and going to Eurovision song contest 2026 in Vienna for his country. Nân is his 4th release after  Se të dua , Mjegull and S'ta kam than .  The voting is by jury-televote 50-50. (jury/televote/total/placement) Below are the semi-final performances linked.  Gerta Mahmutaj - Në krahët e tu  (0 + 7) 7 16th Lynx - Nuk kthehem pas   (0 + 0) 0  20th Frensi - Tresh   (22 + 0 ) 22  11th Evi Reçi - Kodi...