Little by little

In the second week of April, Romanians were surprised to see in print several photos of Elena, their representative in ESC 2009, dressed as a bride.

She appeared on the cover of the "Ideal Marriage" magazine, wearing a white wedding dress and having an attitude reminiscent of the one in the videoclip of her ESC song, The Balkan Girls. Actually, this attitude made the editing team name Elena as 'The Worrior Bride'. Despite this, Elena confesses to the readers that she would like it very much if she were more indifferent.

When former member of the Danish super group Aqua, interval act at the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest held in Copenhagen, René Diff and his wife Rikke Nielsen recently had a daughter they decided to name her after their favourite song from a Dansk Melodi Grand Prix; “Boom Boom” that represented Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978. Ok, the girl isn’t called “Boom Boom”, but instead Mabel which was the name of the group who sang it.

René Diff and Rikke say that they love the song, as it is about two hearts pounding together in love!

The night of the Eurovision Song Contest will see a fundraising event in Burnley for a special little boy.

Nine month old Cavan Kirkham-MacCallum has a condition which has left him unable to use his arms and means he will never be able to walk. The Guys as Dolls Showbar in Burnley town centre will host the evening of activities as well as showing the contest on a big screen. It is hope the event will raise hundreds of pounds to help the treatment of his rare condition.

There is a website where donations can be made to the fund, the address is below.