24 December – Like a silent movie that I’m not watching...
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...
5 February – No, no, never let go
If you've ever got through your national final and represented your country at our favourite TV show, should you try again?
There have been some...
16 March – There’s no need to be carrying a frown
The Eurovision fortnight can be a long two weeks if they don't quite go your way. You turn up in the host city a...
21 April – Love is trouble
It's home entrant time again. A home entrant who was also not quite a native of the country she was representing. Are you confused...
30 May – Come now, come now, come now, say yes,...
It's important to remember that our favourite TV show started around the middle of the 20th Century - it's not just a thing invented...
18 July – But somehow, you cracked the code
Nationality is a funny thing. Some countries taking part in our favourite TV show insist on someone who only hails from where they're representing....
6 September – Close your eyes and dream, and visualise a...
Who wouldn't love to see a win by Cyprus? A contest in the sun, probably on the coast, and a place wanting to publicise...
17 October – I’ve got a way to go
Hang on to your hats. To some people, today's song comes from the only country that matters in Eurovision. No, it's not Malta, although...
19 December – I’d rob a bank and the post office...
Do you ever feel old when you watch certain performers do what they do best? Those singers who were teenagers when they took part...
5 February – I see your face in the mirror as...
I'm feeling old today. I remember songs from the 1980s as if they were yesterday. And here we are in the third decade of...