24 February – My radar is in panic
It's fair to say that our favourite TV show can launch careers. A certain foursome from Sweden perhaps. Or a false flagger singing for...
5 April – Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
When we celebrate the birthdays here, we usually stick to soloists and duos. However, when we can we'll post the occasional birthday of a...
15 May – No, nothing can touch me
Two birthdays for the price of one. Always a bonus, don't you think? But as you'll gather, a fair number of twins have taken...
30 June – Who’s to say it was all a waste?
What's this? Another duo? You wait for weeks and then two come along at once. A double double as it were. But this one...
17 August – Yodeleeii, yodeleeii, yodeleeii, yodeleioo
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...
4 October – Silence whispers in me: don’t stay alone
The duet is a curious beast. Two performers that you hope are in tune with each other - in every sense of the word....
9 November – I feel as if I’m in a tale...
It's always a good thing when a country tries something different. There's one thing for a formulaic song, but thinking outside the box can...
22 December – Look, the swallows high in the sky
As we know, next year's contest - a riotous cavalcade of quality song if ever there was one - will be in the Netherlands....
2 February – There is a woman who is larger than...
There have been just under 50 soloist winners of our favourite TV show, so that averages out at about one winner per week. Luckily,...
14 March – Since yesterday, there are countless crumbled rocks
When you look at how some countries are performing these days, it's often good to see how they got to where they are. It...