2022
Yearly Archives: 2022
12 September – There are insults that we’ll have to forgive
Eurovision can throw up interesting collaborations. To start with, we have the performers born in one country representing another. These are often culturally similar...
11 September – I tasted well of sweet success
It's all very well being a singer, but you need that right song to sing in the first place. It could be one you've...
10 September – In communion and brotherhood, let the new start commence
Certain countries often send music in a particular stylee year after year. You must know of several that do that. But just occasionally they...
9 September – Your breasts are a deadly weapon
It's all about the look. And the song. And, erm, the draw order. Any or all of these could be true when working out...
7 September – I saw you get up and come this way straight towards...
I know, I know. We've had too much obscurity of late. Songs you may have seen once and forgotten about have their place. Today...
6 September – Touch the flower of the lotus
Does luck play a part in Eurovision success (or lack of it)? Can your position in the running order help your chances? Has a...
5 September – Forget your wild hairs
Our friends in Belgium are a curious bunch. Plucky as ever, and taking part since the first contest (1956 in case you were wondering),...
4 September – The world without you might as well not exist
We celebrate all manner of things with our birthdays. The winners, the losers, the 'also-ran's. They all count, and you can guarantee that someone...
3 September – Isn’t life just a lie that we feed
As you know, we often drone on about people who keep trying. Some of them make it to the final week/fortnight many times, and...
2 September – We all know that magicians deceive
Do you remember the time the contest went west? I mean, really west. It mainly goes north or east these days (except for where...