2014
Yearly Archives: 2014
Eurovision birthdays 11/11 – Mad? You don’t have to be but it helps
I don't know about you, but I was pleased to see Italy back in the contest in 2011. It felt like our nice...
Eurovision birthdays – A night of fire indeed
Some songs have been so good, they may have been too good to win. We all have our own songs like this in...
Eurovision birthdays 9/11 – White, black, blue, they’re only colours
It's not like the French to use a title in English. After all, French gave us the 'bon mot', even though they don't...
Eurovision birthdays 8/11 – Light in the window
Do you ever pay attention to debut entries? Who thought 'My Star' by Brainstorm was the best thing ever? Or that 'Kinek...
Eurovision birthdays 6/11 – Some people call me the space cowboy
On the subject of gems, the likes of which we saw yesterday, I'm continuing in the same vein today. Some performers will have...
Eurovision birthdays 5/11 – Is it reality or just an illusion?
You have to admit that our favourite TV show has brought us some absolute gems in the past. There are so many, I'll...
Eurovision birthdays 3/11 – Who needs Eurovision?
Spain has only hosted the contest once. Who of you was around in 1969? I most definitely wasn't, but those technicians who...
Eurovision birthdays 2/11 – Tomorrow you (yes, you) will still be in paradise
You get some days when you don't know what to write. You could mention that a particular contest was memorable, not necessarily the...
Eurovision birthdays 1/11 – Wake me on All Saints’ Day
Here's a little question for you all: How many Eurovision songs don't mention the song title in their lyric? I don't know what...
Eurovision birthdays 29/10 – We need more songs about Ms Andrews
Back in the 1980s everything seemed well-ordered. The same countries had been taking part since forever. There was no promotion, relegation, semi-finals,...