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
After sixteen performances in the grand final of 2021’s Eurovision Song Contest the lights go low. The spotlights find a girl who sits on the floor. Well, not exactly on the floor – rather on a rock rising up from the ocean. And well, a girl – rather a woman that came into adulthood during the one and a half … »
To highlight the art of writing song lyrics, Eurostory presents the Eurostory Best Lyrics Award – THE award for the best Eurovision song lyrics. The award for 2021 is won by… Italy! To be precise: by the songwriter(s) of Måneskin for the lyrics of their song ZITTI E BUONI. Who came second and third? Second was Russia (Manizha) for the song Russian … »
