Edward van de Vendel Editor / Author
Favourite Eurovision songs:
Morocco
in
The Hague 1980
Morocco
Samira Bensaïd – Bitakat hob
(Abdel Ati Amenna/Malou Rouanne)
Netherlands
in
Malmö 2013
Netherlands
Anouk – Birds
(Tore Johansson/Martin Gjerstad/Anouk Teeuwe)
Italy
in
Malmö 1992
Italy
Mia Martini – Rapsodia
(Giuseppe Dati/Giancarlo Bigazzi)
Italy
in
Rotterdam 2020 (Cancelled)
Italy
Diodato – Fai rumore
(Antonio Diodato/Edwin Roberts)
Italy
in
Turin 2022
Italy
Mahmood & BLANCO – Brividi
(Mahmood/BLANCO/Michelangelo)
Written by Edward
Sure – all the songs have been chosen, and sure, Duncan Laurence is prepping us Dutchies for a nice Eurovision edition (oh, we love all the other entries as well!), but THIS is the beginning of this year’s Eurostory season. And to mark our fourth year we present an illustration, made by Saskia Halfmouw, on which you will find 36 … »
Duncan Laurence will be singing Arcade for The Netherlands in the grand arena of Eurovision 2019. What was it again that the Dutch representative Waylon said last year? ‘Participating in the Song Contest is the musical version of participating in the Olympic Games.’ One could argue that Waylon’s years of experience counted as a proper training for the event. But Duncan, … »
