ESC birthdays 15 Feb – Life is full of things that...
Do you wish for those simple days of the 1980s? No semi-finals, no months of national finals, no fans gouging each others eyes out...
8 October – Kind of lady that mama like
It's an old adage that anyone can won our favourite TV show. Portugal, Austria and Finland have proven this in the 21st Century. One...
Eurovision birthdays 11/3 – The first time, the last time, anytime
The Netherlands. Those perennial tryers. Forty years since their last win. I suppose at least they've had a win or two. Or four. Other...
30 September – Thank you, thank you, thank you
It's treat time at Café Oneurope, with a classic winning song. It's one of those that still gets fans going, over 50 years after...
23 April – Birds poeticise to the new day
Back in the 1980s our favourite TV show was bumping along nicely. Lots of entries every year Lots of interesting languages. And lots of...
5 January – It comes as no surprise
Some people are singers, some people are presenters. And some people are both. How good they are at those different roles is up for...
13 March – Here we are at the end of the...
Eurovision isn't all about winning. That's because these days for every winner there are around 40 losers. And just because you're a loser, you're...
3 January – As high as the highest mountain, as low...
Did you ever wonder what makes a good selection process for your country's act? Should it be a series of shows lasting months where...
23 September – I have searched in my soul
Eurovision can throw up those acts that like to play down the fact they once represented their country. Their publicity material omits that three...
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...