2019 July
Monthly Archives: July 2019
31 July – Magical, logical, natural?
The returning performer - oh how we love them. Except for Alexander Rybak. You must have your favourite returnign performer. Or maybe there's a...
28 July – The sum of you and me is we
Opening a contest is always daunting. Closing it is probably worse, because being on first means to can take advantage of the free bar...
YouTube is a place of Eurovision wonder
This Sunday, for the OnEurope Eurovision Video Vault, we go back to 1987.
I chose this "gem" from the Finnish national Final.
The trademark badness starts...
27 July – The goodbye will be like a sigh
You want colour? Well after two days of glorious monochrome it's a now a good time to see if you're colourblind or not. And...
26 July – Fiery red cars, expensive leather seats
What's this you ask? We had 1966 yesterday, so why 1966 again today? Well, why ever not. We get swamped with songs from the...
25 July – I’ve bought a brandy
Neighbours. Everybody needs good neighbours. Some of our favourite countries have them, others not. And it is said in some quarters that you need...
24 July – Ooh… I know that it hurts
If you can cast your mind back to 1956 - never forget your heritage - you'll know seven countries took part. Look them up....
23 July – Your two eyes are in tears
Several countries in our favourite TV show don't actually lie in Europe proper. That's the beauty of Eurovision - we have Europeans and Mediterraneans...
22 July – To live like it’s the last night alive
Sometimes you want some countries to have success. Maybe it's because you'd like to see how they host a contest. Or they did well...
21 July – What’s not to like?
In a change to our performers' birthday, it's worth remembering that for 43 contests, an important part of Eurovision was the orchestra. do we...