2025
Yearly Archives: 2025
15 December – Listen up. listen up
Is it us, or are there more false flaggers than ever now? And false flaggers whose native land already participates? Often there's a home...
14 December – Life happens only once
You must remember those debut performances that mark out a country from the rest. Like Serbia winning at their first attempt as an independent...
Eurovision 2026: in other news this week…
As you can imagine, it's a mixed bag in the world of Eurovision 2026. Most attention remains focussed on the EBU whose no-win position...
12 December – The day, then the light, then the slap in the face
All countries have good times and bad times at our favourite TV show. Those that were doing well in the 1990s might be having...
11 December – A taste is all, all I need
It's another one of those birthdays of someone who can't get enough of the drug that is Eurovision. They try it once, and just...
Portugal’s Eurovision Selection Descends Into Chaos as Artists Stage Mass Boycott
Portugal's preparations for Eurovision 2026 have collapsed into an unprecedented internal crisis, with eighteen musicians representing twelve of the sixteen competing acts in Festival...
Iceland Pulls Out of Eurovision 2026, Dealing Another Blow to Contest Rocked by Israel...
The Icelandic national broadcaster RÚV has joined four other European nations in announcing a boycott of next year's Eurovision Song Contest, citing the refusal...
10 December – I feel the warmth of summer deep inside of me
In the 1970s, for a few short years, a repertory company had things sewn up for Norway. Think of Thomas G:son of their day...
9 December – My hands are empty
We sometimes wonder why some countries seem to have this love/hate relationship with our favourite TV show. Money aside, some places don't participate every...
Why might the EBU be ‘siding with Israel’ over Eurovision?
tl;dr: the EBU says Israel’s broadcaster still meets its media-freedom rules, but many fans and countries think letting Israel compete during the Gaza war...