29 December – Don’t hesitate to unveil your good and bad...
Contests come and go, and sometimes songs that you took an interest in seem to pass out of memory, even though they may have...
27 December – In this town where everything speaks about us
Those semi-finals are a brutal affair. The potential classic songs that fall by the wayside, meaning a possible winner has to watch from the...
25 December – Love doesn’t follow logic
We sometimes ramble on about countries gearing up for a win. You can think of your R*ss*as or your Romanias or your Azerbaijans. But...
24 December – We’re standing tall and looking up
As we know, early in this century a whole heap of countries had their first wins. Some seemingly deserved, some seemingly less so. We'll...
22 December – Devil take the hindmost, I simply have to...
In every contest, someone always wins. Even if it's not the person you want to win. But also someone has to come last. It's...
21 December – It was a warm midsummer night
Do you wonder why some songs change the language they're sing in between the selection and the contest? It could be because of the...
20 December – I know I’m still in love
As you'll know, there have been 67 contests. So that means 67 home entries. We had one yesterday, and we've got another one today....
19 December – I’d hold my breath ’til my face turned...
Do you ever feel old when you watch certain performers do what they do best? Those singers who were teenagers when they took part...
18 December – The weapons down, no more war
We're concentrating on plucky little Belgium today. Because they have to be commended for their sense of our-turn-ology. That is, with two major broadcasters,...
15 December – So you better listen carefully
Is it us, or are there more false flaggers than ever now? And false flaggers whose native land already participates? Often there's a home...