2022
Yearly Archives: 2022
23 December – Let’s forget yesterday
Do you admire countries for sticking to their own languages? Or do you wish they can all sing in a tongue you can understand?
Our...
22 December – Please stay
Here's a pleasant little song to ease you into what may be an extra long weekend of eating, drinking, laughter, stress and disappointment. I joke...
21 December – He couldn’t get me any higher
Do you wonder why some songs change the language they're sing in between the selection and the contest? It could be because of the...
BBC names Eurovision 2023 Senior Production Team
As the BBC continues its preparations to host the world’s biggest music event, the senior production team bringing the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 to...
Merry Christmas – Have the second half of 2001 podcast
In the last of this present run (I know - but six is plenty) Phil goes for the longest time so far (fnarr) telling...
Tvorchi gets the first ticket to Liverpool – Full National Final results.
It takes some serious balls to host a National Eurovision selection when you are being bombed out of existance but that’s exactly what Suspline...
20 December – Yes, I softly said yes
Our friends in Italy are an interesting case study. Their relationship with the Eurovision Song Contest seems more love/hate than most. And there's a...
18 December – The dance of the leaves when the autumn winds blow
A winner? What's that? You want a winner? But not a recent one? Well, you've come to the right place. And it's winner that...
Belgium – 14 songs, but are you entertained?
So as we reported earlier in the year Belgium is going to have a long ass selection show and, to prepare us for that...
17 December – A rockin’ romance
It's often a thing that singers sometimes sing for another country to where you think they should sing for. There are often valid reasons,...