2022 June
Monthly Archives: June 2022
Podcasty goodness? – Well, not shitness at any rate!
Well as no one asked me to stop - I've started with Season 5 of the reviewcast.
1993 was never like this when I remembered...
30 June – We got a good thing going
Do you ever see social media posts telling us about 'the real winner'? It's clear that the 'real winner' is the one that gets...
29 June – The dawn is fading behind a field of ruins
As we know, past performance is no guarantee of future performance. As saw in Torino/Turin, a certain country who were runners-up in 2021 finished...
28 June – Somewhere at the town’s end, an old house sleeps
What style of song do you like best? Does it need costume changes, clucking, or maybe the odd penguin on stage? Or do you...
27 June – Flying flags in the wind
Sometimes when we're picking a birthday song, it makes us feel old. I've been watching contests since 19xx so have seen a few acts...
25 June – As long as you’re on the ground, I’ll stick around
Do you ever think that, sometimes, the biggest star to come out of a Eurovision Song Contest isn't always the winner? Sometimes, that singer...
24 June – In a shadowy world lived a dazzling girl
If your country's début entry turns out to be a winner, then all of your subsequent performers are living in that song's shadow. It...
23 June – You make me sweat in my emotions
Do you like a cutting edge lyric? Especially one that people who might not be fans would pick up on. It's a different matter...
22 June – Ran away from the war, nothing left to lose
Do you remember 2018? We were in sunny sunny Lisbon. Everyone was tipping certain countries to win. Or do badly. They got some predictions...
21 June – Let’s sing together without looking backwards
What do you now? It's more Lusitanian singing that was largely ignored by the juries of Europe. I'll admit that not everything Portugal did...