Eurovision birthdays 29/10 – We need more songs about Ms Andrews
Back in the 1980s everything seemed well-ordered. The same countries had been taking part since forever. There was no promotion, relegation, semi-finals,...
ESC birthdays 8/11 – Someone needs to tell her it’s three...
Do you like short names of acts? I think they really do help in this day and age. In 1982 they took it to...
ESC birthdays 28/10 – Don’t be sad. Oneurope is here for...
Sometimes I'm not sure what I can say about a singer on their birthday. And it's that with Károly 'Charlie' Horváth. He's a big...
5 September – You care more about your strange friends
OK, so some of you might not have really 'got' yesterday's black & white fest. But it's important to remember our heritage, and the...
24 November – Massiel never sounded like this
I know what you're expecting. You're thinking, "What grainy black and white video is that Riigi character going to subject us to today?" Ha...
11 April – The wind’s always there
If you want to get ahead, you need a showstopper of a song. It's obvious, isn't it. But how to stop that show? With...
24 February – I feel uncomfortable, she’s only sixteen
It's fair to say that our favourite TV show can launch careers. A certain foursome from Sweden perhaps. Or a false flagger singing for...
18 December – You’ve often told me: “We’re strong, both of...
You know how there are lots of jobbing songwriters out there. The ones that have a whole clutch of songs that they peddle around...
8 March – You nailed me to the floor with just...
Cast your mind back to 2005. we were in Ukraine for Europe's favourite TV show. They'd had a revolution the previous year and were...
6 September – Don’t just pretend
There are times when you don't know what to write about a birthday boy/girl. Maybe it's my impromptu trip to the borderlands yesterday that...