2019 October
Monthly Archives: October 2019
31 October – Let me sway until the end of the summer
It's always sad when a country decides to sit out Eurovision. For a year is understandable, but there are a few we've not seen...
29 October – How many bitter tears have wet my soul?
As you will know, every performer in our favourite TV show is a professional. They all want to do their best. Nevertheless, it must...
28 October – The sun is going down, and it’s about to rain
What was it that drew you into Eurovision? The costumes? The glorious melodies? For us, it was the languages. Where else could you have...
27 October – And not even time can take away the starlight from us
Do you remember the start of this century/millennium? The bug was behind us and we had a whole new one hundred/one thousand years to...
A Dal loses Hungarian Eurovision connection
News that the annual Hungarian song contest A Dal will not reward its winner with a place at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest had...
25 October – I’m bringin’ out what child there’s in me
When Portugal won in 2017, they had held the record for the most entries without a win. It's not a record a country wants,...
24 October – The idiots and the evil ones harm us
Occasionally, we like to look back - right back - at early contests. It's important no to forget our history as if it wasn't...
Vročina je vklopljena, čas je pravi
TV Slovenia has announced that its selection procedure will start BEFORE this year's EMA with something called EMA FREŠ. No, it's not a brand of...
23 October – I want your love, I want your love, I want your...
False-flagger alert! Well, of sorts. It's one of those days when the worlds of false flaggers and persistent triers collide. With criminal results, you...
22 October – You are the greatest dancer of all times
Let's cast our minds back to former years, to countries taking a long-term absence from our favourite TV show. They could be financially constrained,...