8 November – Wooing you like in the films of Valentino
Passendale. Were you expecting something nice and sedate tonight. Something to ease you into another evening in a European autumn/Australian spring? Well you're not...
6 November – Go about your business
Кашкавал. Some of our friends around Europe are convinced that their country will never win European (and Australian) singing's greatest prize. No-one likes us,...
5 November – Show me, show me
Graddost. Treat is a word that's bandied around very easily. Today is a genuine treat, a feast for eye and ear, and it makes...
4 November – It’s the universe for me
Gruyère. Just when you thought I'd be picking humdrum songs from central Europe or even the United Kingdom of stuff, I'm throwing one in...
3 November – I would pray to see the rainbow
Blue Stilton. Do you miss the orchestra? Those days when you had 50 or so competent musicians to accompany the act on stage are...
2 November – You’ll still be in paradise
Šarski sir. Do you remember when people stopped singing songs about falling in/out of love? It's a phase we go through every now and...
1 November – My dear cornstalks, don’t sleep
Some of the most hard done to acts at our favourite TV show are those who sing in their home country. The previous year...
31 October – Dance the tāmūrē
Who doesn't love a mash-uup of cultures? I do. Whether it's a Welsh community in deepest Argentinian Patagonia. or a Dutch cycling orchestra in...
30 October – I have that thing called the heart
I have a confession to make. Sometimes I pick a song and I don't remember it being in the contest. I must be a...
29 October – The song thrush’s feet are freezing
I expect that today's article title might have already given away which song I've chosen. But bear with me. It's not often that you...