August 26th
Today their are two Eurovision singers that have a birthday. The older one took part in 1987 and the younger in 1989. Not so far between the performances, however at the time their countries where the furthest apart in Eurovision.
Avi Kushnir, 58
Israel picked a comedic duo Lazy Bums to be their act at Eurovision in Brussels in 1987. One of the guys is Avi. He along with Nathan Dattner sang “Shir Habatlanim”. You might know it better for the lyrics “Hupa, Hole Hupa, Hupa Hole“. The section was quite controversial in Israel, however I think Europe was happy with their choice. That is the song ended in 8th place.
Daniel Ágúst, 49
Daníel Ágúst represented Iceland in the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest in Lausanne with the song “Það sem enginn sér”. He finished last, after having recieved a total of 0 points. Today, Daníel Ágúst is part of the massively successful (understandably so!) duo GusGus. GusGus was founded back in 1995, then with a total of 10 members. Over the years people have come and gone, until they were only three left, in 2014. Last year, Högni Egilsson left, and GusGus is now a duo. Go check them out, if you haven’t already!
As you can see, the whole week is full of Eurovision birthday people. Do you share a birthday with some of them? Do you have a favorite song among these many entries? Also,who do you think as a birhday next week?
