17 May – Just listen to these simple moments
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....
27 May – So what more do we need?
Some countries have had a patchy relationship with our favourite TV show. Take Italy for example. They took over a decade out, and eventually...
Eurovision birthdays 19/11 – Singing THIS song?
You must remember Malta? The Mediterranean's happiest rock? Junior Eurovision? Pastizzi and Cisk? You remember now? Good. Well...
ESC birthdays 6/12 – Birthdays full of gold
I picked a nice uptempo song on Friday to get your weekend going. So I thought I'd continue with the theme. Something uptempo AND...
4 December – Oh oh, oh oh oh, ding dong
It's another contender for Mr/Mrs/Ms/Mx Eurovision today. You know the sort - one of those who crops up at every Eurovision-related opportunity to open...
31 July – Magical, logical, natural?
The returning performer - oh how we love them. Except for Alexander Rybak. You must have your favourite returnign performer. Or maybe there's a...
10 September – In communion and brotherhood, let the new start...
Certain countries often send music in a particular stylee year after year. You must know of several that do that. But just occasionally they...
30 August – Summertime, wintertime, spring and autumn too
Eurovision announcement! What could be better? Well, an announcement that it's your own city, or that you put a bet on the host city...
29 March – Old women, crazy women and tourists are coming...
Birthdays are like buses. Some days there are none at all. Then other days you get a veritable plethora of them. That then gives...
24 May – You are lying in my bed sleeping
Can you imagine how it feels if you're closing a contest. And not just closing any old contest, but closing the biggest contest the...