2017 September

Monthly Archives: September 2017

30 September – Thank you, thank you, thank you

It's treat time at Café Oneurope, with a classic winning song. It's one of those that still gets fans going, over 50 years after...

29 September – Let my light clear up the night

Here's something we thought we'd never see. It's a performer from one country singing in another with whom there was no love lost for...

It’s not a sprint – It’s a snickers!

There are times when putting this together, that you sit with your head in your hands at the awfulness of the thing that you...
Laura Groeseneken

Belgium sends another of its Lauras to Eurovision

If in doubt, send a Laura. (It's a saying, because we said it.) Belgian broadcaster VRT is the first to announce who it will...

28 September – Feeling each other’s skin

As you'll know, the rules of our favourite TV show impose a strict three minute on sing duration. It has been more in the...

27 September – On Wednesday Billy brings you home

I'm continuing the trip through the decades, but not necessarily in the way you expect. We missed out the 1950s, so I'm putting that...

26 September – I wish it could be like before

Those decades keep on coming, and it's the turn of that which some call the 'noughties'. I'm not happy with that term, so it's...
Swiss cake

A record number of Swiss entrants – they love the cake in Geneva!

Reports have reached OnEurope towers that the Swiss broadcasters have received a record number of entrants for this year's Eurovision national selection. I was flabbergasted...

25 September – I feel so warm inside

Decades, decades, decades. They come and go so quickly. We've had the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and so we hit the 1990s today. Another fine...

24 September – Stay the way that I know you now

I've noticed that Friday's post featured a song from the 1960s, and yesterday's post was from the 1970s. What do you mean you haven't...