Eurovision birthdays 29/9 – If musik be the cheese of love…
You have to love those Austrians. The home of the waltz and the troubled child prodigy. And a love/hate relationship with our...
Eurovision birthdays 14/11 – Pray for a good result tomorrow night
I sometimes wonder about the free-language rule in place at Eurovision. It's good that it makes song more widely available. It
makes a...
Eurovision birthdays 8/1 – Blonde or brunette?
The year 1993 changed everything. We had a contest in a cowshed. WE almost qualified - thank you Romania and Bosnia-Herzegovina. ...
Eurovision birthdays 20/2 – Don’t believe everything you see on TV
Every now and then a hot favourite comes along that doesn't quite deliver. Wind in Göteborg for example. Or Eric Saade in Düsseldorf. And...
ESC birthdays 23/4 – What do Scotland and Montenegro have in...
A full 55 years ago, our favourite TV show made its first trip to the United Kingdom. They hadn't won the previous year, but...
ESC birthdays 4/10 – This is MY column
Tribute act. Are there two more exciting words? An act who haven't got much original stuff, so market themselves as a cover band for...
ESC birthdays 4/12 – Change your name, I dare you
It's Friday and now the darkness has swept across our fine continent, we all need a bit of cheering up. Something uplifting to get...
ESC birthdays 9 Feb – Pick a weather system
Some days you can't think of what to write. Do you write about the country? Well I've written about this country in the past....
ESC birthdays 16/9 – More water, but this time the stream...
Internal selection or televised national final? Which is best? To be fair, they've produced mixed results. In 2015, the national final won. In 2014,...
12 September – Dniwer ni eseehc
Who says the contest is for youngsters. There's many a good tune played on an old violin, as I think they say. ...