11 April – The wind’s always there
If you want to get ahead, you need a showstopper of a song. It's obvious, isn't it. But how to stop that show? With...
17 May – Listen to how far it takes you
It's always good when a singer's birthday comes along whose song is a personal favourite. And when it's perhaps a Baltic song, even better....
29 June – This song is for you, it’s not very...
Duos come in strange pairings sometimes. We've had the lovers, the siblings, the twins, and the people put together as a result of a...
17 August – The child of the earth is looking for...
Do you ever see a performer and think "they have class"? That performer who doesn't need to try. They have a stage presence, and...
29 September – Your eyes are glittering
Here's something we thought we'd never see. It's a performer from one country singing in another with whom there was no love lost for...
5 November – Strange and peculiar love
If you know your history, our friends in the United Kingdom of stuff were once masters of our favourite TV show. They didn't win...
20 December – I know I’m still in love
As you'll know, there have been 67 contests. So that means 67 home entries. We had one yesterday, and we've got another one today....
31 January – Oximated
You know that thing when you're waiting ages for a bus and then two come along at once? Or, when you were at school,...
14 March – It is burnt by napalm
When you look at how some countries are performing these days, it's often good to see how they got to where they are. It...
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...