On this wonderful spring day all of us here at escNorge want to send our warmest congratulations to two lovely men who, between them, have no less than four Eurovision Song Contest victories!

The first of these lovely men is Mr.Eurovision himself, Johnny Logan. He turns 60 today, and we wish him the most amazing of birthdays! 

Johnny is the most-winning singer/songwriter in Eurovision history. His got his first triumph in 1980, when he took home the trophy for «What’s Another Year?».

It took a bit longer than another year for him to get his second victory, but in 1987 he once again took to the Eurovision stage, and won, this time with his own «Hold Me Now».

Fast forward another five years and Johnny won the contest for an unbelieveable third time, this time as composer and lyricist of Linda Martin’s «Why Me?» 

Many fans want him back in the contest, perhaps preferably as a songwriter, and judging by Ireland’s recent results in the contest, perhaps it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to have a chat with the man? The country that is still the most successful in the Eurovision Song Contest hasn’t had a top 3, or even top 5, result since 1997. Last year they finished last in the finale, and this year they didn’t even qualify from their semi.

The other great man who celebrates his birthday is our own Alexander Rybak. Today is his 28th birthday, and we wish him all the best for the day and the year to come. 

Alexander brought Norway it’s third victory, when he won in Moscow in 2009, with his own song, «Fairytale». He still holds the record for highest number of points; 387. 

Rumour has it he has been asked to help Belarus in their hunt for a Eurovision win, but it’s not been said in what capacity. The only thing we’re quite sure of is that he will not represent them as a singer. Songwriter, perhaps? Or some sort of «mentor»? We’ll just have to wait and see.