Jelmer Soes Editor / Author
Favourite Eurovision songs:
Netherlands
in
Copenhagen 2014
Netherlands
The Common Linnets – Calm after the storm
(Ilse DeLange/J.B. Meijers/Rob Crosby/Matthew Crosby/Jake Etheridge)
Ukraine
in
Rotterdam 2021
Ukraine
Go_A – SHUM
(Taras Shevchenko/Kateryna Pavlenko/Ihor Didenchuk)
Latvia
in
Liverpool 2023
Latvia
Sudden Lights – Aijā
(Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis/Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis/Kārlis Vārtiņš/Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis)
Germany
in
Millstreet 1993
Germany
Münchener Freiheit – Viel zu weit
(Stefan Zauner)
Italy
in
Rotterdam 2020 (Cancelled)
Italy
Diodato – Fai rumore
(Antonio Diodato/Edwin Roberts)
Written by Jelmer
Switzerland wins our Eurostory Best Lyrics Award 2024 – the award for the best annual Eurovision song lyrics. Nemo wins the award for their lyrics to the song The code, co-written by Linda Dale. Nemo received the award in Malmö, this week. Who came second and third? Second: Italy (Angelina Mango), La noia Third: The Netherlands (Joost Klein, Maradonnie, Tim … »
To highlight the art of writing song lyrics, for the 8th time Eurostory hands out the Eurostory Best Lyrics Award – an award for the best song lyrics of this year’s Eurovision songs. Previous awards were won by Ukraine (2016), France (2017, 2018), Italy (2019, 2021, 2022) and Austria (2023). Today we announce the five nominees for 2024. As in previous years … »
