Road To Eurovision – Page 7 – The Kirkham Report

Countdown to Eurovision ’21: #33 – France

April 9, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#33 – France “Voila” Barbara Pravi Songwriters: Barbara Pravi, Antoine “Igit” Barrau, Lili Poe The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of May, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, through May 11, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again, these are MY

Countdown to Eurovision ’21: #34 – Georgia

April 8, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#34 – Georgia “You“ Tornike Kipiani Songwriters: Tornike Kipiani The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of May, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, through May 11, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again, these are MY opinions, and I realize that

Countdown to Eurovision ’21: #35 – Denmark

April 7, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#35 – Denmark “Ove os pa henanden“ Fyre & Flamme Songwriters: Laurits Emanuel The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of May, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, through May 11, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again, these are MY opinions,

Eurovision: Check out the Dadi og Gagnamagnid Documentary

April 6, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Interviews, Music, Music Video, Musicians, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

About a month ago, Iceland broadcaster RUT posted a fascinating documentary spotlighting 2020 and 2021 Eurovision Song Contest entrant Dadi Freyr and his performance art backing group Gagnamagnid. The look behind the scenes at how the group has grown together since they first attempted but failed to make it into ESC in 2017 with first song “Is This Love?” is a fascinating glimpse inside an incredibly complex, talented artist, and inside the inner workings of the Eurovision competition in general. The two part documentary includes extensive interviews with Dadi, wife Arny, and the rest of the group, as well as

Countdown to Eurovision ’21: #36 – Russia

April 6, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#36 – Russia “Russian Woman“ Manizha Songwriters: Ori Avni, Ori Kaplan, Manizha The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of May, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, through May 11, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again, these are MY opinions, and

Countdown to Eurovision ’21: #37 – Italy

April 5, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#37 – Italy “Zitti E Buoni” Maneskin Songwriters: Damiano David, Ethan Torchio, Thomas Raggi, Victoria De Angelis The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of May, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, through May 11, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again,

Countdown to Eurovision ’21: #38 – Belgium

April 4, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#38 – Belgium “The Wrong Place” Hooverphonic Songwriters: Alex Callier, Charlotte Foret The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of May, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, through May 11, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again, these are MY opinions, and

Countdown to Eurovision ’21: #39 – Australia

April 3, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Countdown, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, Playtions, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Specials, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#39 – Australia “Technicolour” Montaigne Songwriters: Jessica Cerro, Dave Hammer The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of May, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, through May 11, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again, these are MY opinions, and I realize

IT’S ALMOST HERE! Eurovision Countdown starts Saturday

March 31, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Music, Music Video, Musicians, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

GREETINGS PEOPLES! It’s that time of year again! I wish I hadn’t had life get in the way over the last six or so weeks when I was hoping to do more on National Finals coverage and all that stuff, but I’m not going to dwell in the past – the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest Countdown starts this Saturday, April 3! 39 songs to be ranked, 39 artists to spotlight, plus news and other ESC related specials – all coming between now and the official broadcasts beginning with the first semifinal on May 18, followed by the second semifinal on

Road to Eurovision ’21: Albania decides; Lesley Roy, Hurricane return in ’21

January 2, 2021 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Music, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

Hi all, welcome to Road to Eurovision ’21, where I will have reports every weekend beginning today, bringing you the latest on the performer updates, the national finals contests and more! First up this session, Albania has selected singer Anxhela Peristeri to head to Rotterdam in May (Coronovirus willing) for ESC ’21. Their official entry into the contest this year is “Karma“, performed in Albanian. It joins Cypress’ entry “El diablo” by Elena Tsagrinou, announced waaaay back at the end of November 2020. Israel, Latvia, and France will announce their entries later in January. France is the only one of