4 May – Stumbling my way, life is a blur
Cast your mind back, if you can, to when your country first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. A time for optimism and...
14 June – I got only one rule, always stay cool,...
Don't you just love those 'novelty' entries? There have been plenty, to varying degrees of success. One or two have even won. I'll let...
28 July – Mami’s here The queen, the strongest, a Bugatti
Do you love hype? That thing where a tune ends up being secondary to the personality that's singing it? Or that thing when the...
18 September – If you really love the love you say...
Another Monday and another birthday, and it's from our friends in Lithuania. As you'll know, they often have an interesting selection process that seems...
23 October – ‘Cause you got what I want, what I...
False-flagger alert! Well, of sorts. It's one of those days when the worlds of false flaggers and persistent triers collide. With criminal results, you...
5 December – My nights are the shackles
The Balkan nations have been a bit depleted at our favourite TV show recently. One has been absent for a few years, and some...
15 January – Why does the wind still blow
Do you ever go to the contest? If so, are there countries you wouldn't visit because they're too expensive, too distant or just too...
26 February – I’m feeling down on the ground
It's often good to be the first to do something. No one can take that "I was first..." accolade away from you, even though...
10 April – We did it for the first time along...
Yesterday we had a country with one win under their belt. Now today we have a country with a record that's been a little...
17 May – Put on your blue suede shoes
We've not long been home from a contest that was almost in Denmark. Yes, it was in sunny Malmö, but many people travelled through...