26 April – A little kiss on the cheek
Do you like 'firsts' in Eurovision? The first song in Arabic perhaps? The first black performer? The first use of pyrotechincs?
Well today I've picked...
6 July – They can push Beckham and overthrow Clinton
You have to be prepared to listen to all styles when putting yourself through a Eurovision Song Contest. The Schlager, the ballad, the fado,...
4 September – You are like salt on my wound
Are there entries you forget? Those songs that competed as earnestly as any other, and yet disappeared without trace once the curtain went down...
25 October – I see the clouds above
Are there times when you watch Eurovision and feel really old. There were, as you may know, contests in the 20th Century. That means...
13 December – Boom boom
OK, so sometimes we pick several songs that are from the 2010s. So it follows that from time to time we'll pick two consecutive...
26 January – Dreams in the hearts, which are dull and...
Legend is a word used way too much these days. Someone can spend three minutes on a stage, sing a song in a mediocre...
1 March – Blues, ballad or folk
Back in the day, when there was no free language rule, some took it upon themselves to bend the rules as much as possible....
6 April – On the wet sand, we talk a bit
Many people have trodden the boards more than once, some with aplomb, and some doing stuff we'd rather not talk about. And I'm not...
24 June – Down, do-do-down, down on your knees
Do you ever wonder what happens to those singers that don't make it to a Grand Final? There are a large number of acts...
5 August – I wonder where my absent love is
It's a scary fact that there will be participants in our favourite TV show who were born after 2000. Does that make you feel...