2017
Yearly Archives: 2017
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...
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...
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...
23 September – Like the sailor that searches his harbour and his home
Eurovision can throw up those acts that like to play down the fact they once represented their country. Their publicity material omits that three...
22 September – It’s sufficient to choose one, there’s a fortune hidden in it
It's a big birthday for someone who sang for a little country. A tiny country. A country you could probably fit into your pocket....