2023
Yearly Archives: 2023
25 October – I hear the cries of the birds in the wind
Do you like a close contest? One where the lead changes many times, with a winner only emerging towards the very end? A runaway...
Exciting news from *checks notes* Greece
It seems that the readers of this site who are "on da pulse" of the Eurovision Song Contest will already know this but...
NEW NEWS!
It...
24 October – Love sometimes so splendidly hurts
Did you know the first official Eurovision semi-finals in 2004 weren't the inaugural international pre-selections for our favourite TV show? There was one in...
23 October – ‘Cause you got what I want, what I want, what I...
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 – I’m still the one, and I’ll always be
You have to admire our friends in Portugal. It took them 167 attempts to get the win in 2017. But before Salvador did his...
21 October – You’ll have a smooth sea for sailing
Do you remember the 1980s? An interesting decade where we had some innovative sets and some innovative costumes. And we had the finest orchestras...
20 October – I found a girl sitting at my door playing a banjo
Are you enjoying your Friday? Does it lift your spirits because the weekend is almost upon you? Maybe not if you're working, but if...
18 October – Bom bom
What's your favourite type of song? One where a singer stands still on stage, with a dark backdrop, and belts out a big beefy...
Albania give us loads of info on FIK 62
The Festivali i Këngës is a regular Eurovision Christmas treat (for those who celebrate/mark the season). Organized by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), the 62nd...
17 October – Symphonies of dreams and highlights
It's a vexed question these days. no, not how much this website is better than all those others. It's about who should be able...