28 June – Good fairies, where are those lips
What's best? A nice little ballad or a big stomping floor-filler? One demonstrates the vocal talent, and the other fills dance floors.
It's a big...
27 June – Who will give the laughter back to the...
Sometimes when I'm picking a birthday song, it makes me feel old. I've been watching contests since 19xx so have seen a few acts...
26 June – The wind changed and she didn’t return
It's always good to celebrate those people that were the first. The first winner of the contest. The first winner from . The first...
25 June – We like to move what our mama gave...
Another week and another birthday. We start with a high point in presentation of songs. They can be talking points in themselves, even if...
24 June – With my grey uniform I learnt to love...
There are lots of performers who turn up to Eurovisions many times, and manage to get on the stage. Sometimes it's as a named...
21 June – Your love deep inside of me
If you're the host broadcaster, the one thing you don't want your participant to do is win. Just think about it. You've sweated for...
20 June – I give my life for a day of...
I mentioned a day or two ago that Portuguese was a very misunderstood language until 2017. If you were to listen to a compilation...
19 June – Can’t you see, the writing’s on the wall?
You may know that there's some sports tournament taking place in Dima Bilan's homeland at the moment. Many of the usual suspects are there....
18 June – My grape sugar and nut on the table
Nothing makes you think of summer more than fruit and sweet things. OK, perhaps the sun too. But if you're in a beach bar,...
17 June – Will it be forever?
Remember the says when there was only one semi-final? It happened, and if you think we had bloodbaths in semi-finals now, they were nothing...