ESC birthdays 15/10 – What’s the matter, Harry?
What's that you say? You want more Eurovision BC? You can't get enough of them? You didn't realise there were contest before 1983? Well,...
ESC birthdays 20/12 – It’s never too late
I may have said this once or twice before, but it's my most humble of opinions that the best contest ever was 1985. I...
2 September – I’ll kiss your dark eye
It's debut song time again at the Cafe Oneurope. But which debut song? Is it one from those heady days of black & white?...
ESC birthdays 1/5 – Stop thief!
That got your attention, didn't it? OK, so today's song title doesn't quite mean 'Who stole my boat?', but I'm all for a bit...
2 October – Abracadabra
Someone has a birthday who hits a big age today. She performed twice with her husband, who used a stage name. The song I've...
3 November – Makes assorted explosion noises
It's winner time again. Will it be a Scandinavian, since I know you love them? Or will it be from 'New Europe'. You know,...
21 December – One letter away from a banana
Free language rule or not? What do you think? Would you rather have a singer staying true to their mother tongue? Or do you...
8 February – With one word, with one stroke
I remember the contest in 2000 as if it were yesterday. Several countries had high hopes - Estonia, Latvia, Russia, even Macedonia! As we...
23 March – Buried in the middle of the grass, he...
We get all sentiments of lyric expressed in Eurovision. Love is the usual one. But some of our friends around Europe relish dreams, depression,...
16 August – Harp and horn, music’s born
What do you think of the semi-finals? Are they a good idea? They can be a bloodbath, especially when certain countries (cough, Eesti, cough)...