2017

Yearly Archives: 2017

A dream escorted me, then ended just like that

Have you got a big weekend planned? lots of shopping and preparation for the rest of the month? Or have you done it all?...

14 December – I’m a grain of sand in a sand glass

You must remember those debut performances that mark out a country from the rest. Like Serbia winning at their first attempt as an independent...

12 December – It seems I’ve been led astray

Such is the lottery of the birthday feature, that one day we're plumbing the depths of the 1970s, and next we're bang up...
Jessica Mauboy

Mauboy, Mauboy, you can call her Mauboy…..

Those of you who are traditionalists, like me, may want to look away  or recoil in horror, but that famous European country, Australia, has...

11 December – Girl’s eyes, so many skies

I know you like the variety of tunes we have on this site. We don't always pick your Euphorias or your songs about phoenixes....
Ema 2018

TV Slovenia gives us SIXTEEN for an EMA! – It’s like the good old...

One of this webmaster's favourite national finals, EMA, has come round again and RTVSLO has given the world a list of songs and singers...

You will be the reason to start

I've dispensed with the birthdays and thrown in a random video just to see if you're paying attention. This song generated an interest in...

9 December – You’ve become an obsession

Picture the scene. You're a writer of credible music. This thing called Eurovision comes your way and you decide to have a crack at...

8 December – I don’t need a visa and I don’t use a passport

Unless you've been living in a cave on Ganymede, you'll know that we're off to Lisbon for two weeks of European lunacy. It's about...
RTSH Xmas

RTSH reveals Bum Bum and 21 others for Eurovision

The glory of picking a song and singer for Eurovision at Christmas is almost upon us. Albanian broadcaster RTSH retains its crown as the...