ESC birthdays 23/4 – What do Scotland and Montenegro have in...
A full 55 years ago, our favourite TV show made its first trip to the United Kingdom. They hadn't won the previous year, but...
ESC birthdays 4/10 – This is MY column
Tribute act. Are there two more exciting words? An act who haven't got much original stuff, so market themselves as a cover band for...
ESC birthdays 4/12 – Change your name, I dare you
It's Friday and now the darkness has swept across our fine continent, we all need a bit of cheering up. Something uplifting to get...
ESC birthdays 9 Feb – Pick a weather system
Some days you can't think of what to write. Do you write about the country? Well I've written about this country in the past....
ESC birthdays 16/9 – More water, but this time the stream...
Internal selection or televised national final? Which is best? To be fair, they've produced mixed results. In 2015, the national final won. In 2014,...
12 September – Dniwer ni eseehc
Who says the contest is for youngsters. There's many a good tune played on an old violin, as I think they say. ...
21 October – Rimi düm deli süperstar, Sekerim?
Is it me, or did Turkish song titles get a little samey for a few years? I know I'm a Eurovision fan, but I...
7 December – Do you hear what I hear?
It was a big day yesterday if you were Finnish. It was Independence Day, where the great and the good get hosted at massive...
26 January – Mmm dududu mmm dududup dudu…
Now before you tell me I picked this person for a birthday last year, I should say that we're a little restricted for 26...
11 March – Everything we’re looking for is right here
It's the last major weekend of national selections, and attention has turned to the northern portion of Europe. If you're a typical Eurovision fan,...