The Eurovision community is in mourning today. Guy Bonnet, the singer and composer who represented France as a performer at the contest twice and as a composer once, has died. He passed away Monday at the age of 78 in the French city of Montpellier. Bonnet first dipped his toes into the Eurovision universe in 1968 as a co-lyricist of …
The Eurovision community has lost another artist after the announcement of Sara Tavares’ passing on Sunday. She had been dealing with the effects of a brain tumor for over a decade. Tavares was born in Lisbon in 1978 and showed great musical promise from a young age. She was catapulted into the music industry when she won the Portuguese talent …
Salvatore “Toto” Cutugno, the winner of Eurovision 1990 and Eurovision 1991 cohost, sadly passed away on August 22nd 2023. Cutugno’s musical career began as a drummer at the age of 19 when he founded his first band Toto e i Tati, and would also create the disco band Albatros a few years later with Lino Losito and Mario Limongelli. Alongside …
Özkan Uğur, one of Turkey’s most celebrated musicians as member of the band MFÖ, has sadly died from cancer at the age of 69. Uğur was part of the group MFÖ since 1979, and the trio represented Turkey in Eurovision twice, winning two national finals to do so. The first instance was in 1985 with “Didai Didai Dai”, finishing 14th …
Singer and musical theater performer Racheli Haim is known to the Eurovision community as a member of the band Shiru, who represented Israel in the contest in 1993. She passed away last week at 66 after battling Alzheimer’s disease. Eurovision 1978 winner, Izhar Cohen, paid tribute at her memorial: “Racheli Haim, my dear, is gone. When I was Aladin, she …
Roy Taylor, lead singer of the Irish band Jump the Gun who represented their country in Eurovision 1988, has sadly passed away, having fought a lengthy battle with motor neurone disease. The Irish singer was diagnosed with the disease in 2018, and has been a charity campaigner for the disease in recent years through his Watch Your Back MND foundation, …
Danish singer and entertainer Dario Campeotto passed away at 84 after a long illness, as confirmed by his family. The beloved singer peacefully passed away surrounded by his family on April 1st in Frederiksberg. Campeotto had undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer in the summer of last year, and in November he had to cancel his participation at multiple events. Campeotto’s …
What started as a national final entry about Sami protests against a dam project turned into the yoik that was heard all around Europe. And the man who brought that unexpected international attention to his people’s cause, and to the Sami people of Northern Europe in general, Mattis Hætta, passed away this past weekend at the age of 63 due …
As the lyrics of the Eurovision 1973 entry “Baby Baby” expressed, love is fragile like porcelain. But Nicole and Hugo’s love started on national broadcaster VRT’s stage, blossomed through good luck and bad luck, and lasted more than 50 years until Nicole Josy’s passing last night at the age of 76. After having successfully battled cancer twice and suffering from …
Svika Pick, the Israeli composer who helped to write and compose his country’s 1998 winning entry “Diva” has died at the age of 72. Pick, also known as Zvika or Tzvika Pick, composed Dana International’s song that saw her triumph in Birmingham in 1998, and teamed up on the lyrics with Yoav Ginai. He also had a hand in two …
