Entry bios – template

The 'Rules' post referred to the short bio you’ll need to submit with your entry. The info you should include is set out below, but I’ll write the final bios myself so they’re as anonymous as possible.

These are the details you must provide for your entry:

1. Name of entry

2. Country and year allocated to

3. Name of artist

4. Where artist is from

5. Whether they have any connection to ESC

6. Year of release of entry

7. Short explanation of why you feel your entry is a good fit and any other information you feel is relevant

I'll use my own (winning!) entry from last year as an example.

1. Don Quijote

2. Hungary 1980

3. Newton Family

4. Budapest

5. None

6. 1979

7. Had Hungary decided (and been allowed) to enter the cost in 1980, this song – not all that dissimilar to the previous year’s German entry – may well be the kind of thing they would have gone for, especially given the Newton Family’s success with such music outside of Hungary.

Something like that, at any rate. If all the entries come across as equally authentic there shouldn’t be any arguments... but there probably will be anyway! ;)

Please note that I won’t be double-checking your facts in advance unless something seems dodgy, but if another voter points out (and proves) a major discrepancy, you will be disqualified. Which is to say it’s all on you to adhere to the rules and to take part in the intended spirit of the contest. If you don’t want to, there’s probably not much point taking part.

So then, don’t just think about your entry – think about how you’ll justify its choice to the voters!