Edward van de Vendel Editor / Author
Favourite Eurovision songs:
Morocco
in
The Hague 1980
Samira Bensaïd – Bitakat hob
(Abdel Ati Amenna/Malou Rouanne)
Netherlands
in
Malmö 2013
Anouk – Birds
(Tore Johansson/Martin Gjerstad/Anouk Teeuwe)
Italy
in
Malmö 1992
Mia Martini – Rapsodia
(Giuseppe Dati/Giancarlo Bigazzi)
Italy
in
Rotterdam 2020 (Cancelled)
Diodato – Fai rumore
(Antonio Diodato/Edwin Roberts)
Italy
in
Turin 2022
Mahmood & BLANCO – Brividi
(Mahmood/BLANCO/Michelangelo)
Written by Edward
You are, as you say, ‘born in music’. You’ve won all kinds of student festivals, you’ve even won The Voice. And then you hear, live on tv, via a painfully slow game, that you’re competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin. That’s what happened to Azerbaijan’s candidate, the 22 year old Nadir Rustamli. Millionaire His full name is … »
“I’m dancing with the devil – so what?” That’s the line from Fulenn, France’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, that unleashes the beat and the wild dancing. Alan – the boy – and Ahez – the three girls – sing it in Breton. Who are they and what is their song about? Unbelievable… Alvan is actually called Alexis Morvan … »