Eurovision critics inclined to say that the Song Contest is for the birds might be heartened to know that this year's extravaganza really has been—for birds, that is. A Golden Plover from Iceland Friday walked, or rather flew away with the first ever Eurovision Bird Song Contest—modeled af...

If winning the Eurovision Song Contest was his destiny, then 50-year-old Dave Benton took the long, winding road to reach it. He was born on the Caribbean island of Aruba in 1951 and in his 20s moved to the United States to sing back up for the likes of Tom Jones, Billy Ocean and the Platters. Wh...

What they’re saying about the 2003 Contest in Riga. The Euro silliness has begun in earnest —with performers having arrived in the Latvian capital for pre-contest practice and orientation and with several hundred journalists from around the world in tow. But it is Russia's Tatu duo, compri...

A CITY PAPER interview with the executive producer of the 2002 Song Contest, Juhan Paadam—about the challenges and the joys of staging the biggest song contest of them all. As Juhan Paadam, 55, sits in his office just weeks before the Eurovision Song Contest, he apologizes to his interview...

By Michael Tarm Forget forestry and transit trade. The Eurovision Song Contest is the hottest post-independence industry in the Baltic states after Latvia followed Estonia in winning by far the most famous and/or infamous song contest on Planet Earth. Singers representing 24 countries, from...