29 December – I need truth
Is there the right age to be taking part in our favourite TV show? Should you be a fresh-faced teenager? Or is the right...
28 December – My heart can love for the both of...
Some songs are just so good they get roundly ignored by the televoters and juries of Europe (and beyond). Other times, they get what...
27 December – Get your groove on, get a move on
It's that odd time when we've all got over Christmas (unless you're orthodox) and we're waiting for that end digit to tick over to...
25 December – Tell me now, do you feel this burning...
It's always good to see instruments on a stage, and even better of the singers are playing them. And it's a bonus if they're...
24 December – The past is forgotten and everything is starting...
To be true to your own country's sound or not? That is the question. If you do, you get kudos in your own country...
23 December – I play with the sand between my feet
Do you admire countries for sticking to their own languages? Or do you wish they can all sing in a tongue you can understand?
Our...
22 December – We’ll be joined forever no matter what way...
Our friends in the Netherlands have been at all-but-four of the contests, so are generally firmly in love with it. Even so, they've had...
20 December – Your hands were holding mine
Our friends in Italy are an interesting case study. Their relationship with the Eurovision Song Contest seems more love/hate than most. And there's a...
18 December – You’ve often told me: “We’re strong, both of...
You know how there are lots of jobbing songwriters out there. The ones that have a whole clutch of songs that they peddle around...
17 December – We collide in black and white
It's often a thing that singers sometimes sing for another country to where you think they should sing for. There are often valid reasons,...