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An Xtra Happy Birthday! Week 34

August 24th

On this day there are three Eurovision Birthday boys. Two of them took part at Eurovision with a band.

William Mangion, 60

In 1993, Malta selected the song “This Time” to be their act at Eurovision. That is William went on the stage that time. His singing brought him the 8th place out 25 entries.

Jarkko Ahola, 71

Jarkko represented Finland at the 2008 Eurovision as part of the rock band Teräsbetoni. He is the band’s singer and guitarist, and is also one of the founding members. They qualified for the grand final with “Missä miehet ratsastaa”, where they ended in 22nd place out of 25 countries.

Janis Jabalts, 44

Janis Jubalts represented Latvia at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm as part of the band Brainstorm. This was Latvia’s debut at Eurovision, and there are quite a few people who believe that they should have won. Their song “My Star” has turned into a modern classic in the Euroverse. However, ther finished in a very respectable 3rd place, behind Denmark and Russia.

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