15 July – Once more, the moon has come
Opening a contest. Is there anything more daunting? Well, being on second or sixteenth is no fun as those positions have never won. However,...
2 September – Don’t let me go crazy
You know when you're new at something, and you're really enthusiastic about it? You want to make a good impression, and so you put...
14 October – Now watch me craving for more
Today we go to one of those countries who have been able to get things right with the junior version of our favourite TV...
16 December – It’s time for me to clean up your...
You want a lyric to furrow the brow and encourage a shrug? Then today's song has a prime candidate. Us European types often use...
2 February – You’re an independent grown man after all
When Italy came back to the party in 2011, they've had - arguably - the most consistent record of the Big Five. Some said...
16 March – Sex with you passes by as fast as...
Eurovision likes a trier (to a degree anyway). Those unsung performers who often start as a backing singer and maybe, just maybe graduate to...
26 April – Your eyes are telling me everything
Time to slip in a little duet for your viewing pleasure. It comes from that mythical country Yugoslavia. And goes to show that, for...
1 July – And just hit play, cause that’s the only...
We all have our favourite countries. It could be because we have family there, or because they enter songs we like into our favourite...
17 August – Yodele ee-oh, gonna act really crazy
It would be a dull old Eurovision if all the songs sounded the same. They obviously don't, otherwise they'd all finish up with the...
26 September – Reminding me of how it used to be
Those decades keep on coming, and it's the turn of that which some call the 'noughties'. It's an odd term, so we'll just call...