15 June – The crown is yours my love
It's good to celebrate people in Eurovision circles that blaze a trail. Those that do achieve a first. Like Milly Scott for example. Or...
28 July – Want a piece of me, listen carefully
As you'll have seen from our birthday feature, all kinds of song have been on that stage. Some are well-crafted songs that might be...
6 September – Some star lights dimly in the city
Does luck play a part in Eurovision success (or lack of it)? Can your position in the running order help your chances? Has a...
ESC birthdays 24 March – Where would you like to sing?...
If you think of songs from Israel, what springs to mind? Lots of silver and white-clad singers? Something upbeat with lots of sideways walking....
September 21- Is the contest coming home?
No birthdays of people today, so I'm using artistic licence and picking a country's birthday today. I'm going further and using a preview...
Eurovision birthdays 2/11 – Tomorrow you (yes, you) will still be...
You get some days when you don't know what to write. You could mention that a particular contest was memorable, not necessarily the...
Eurovision birthdays 31/12 – Are you sure it’s nearly 2015?
So that was 2014. The year the Netherlands came second and Malta hosted the Junior ESC. And some central European country won...
Eurovision birthdays 11/2 – A garden on Earth to cultivate your...
Who needs 'New Europe'? Who needs some lands far beyond Europe's shores? You can still get stuff from 'Old Europe'. And...
ESC birthdays 8/4 – Watch out for those flamingoes
The Dutch have had a good run lately. No finalists since 2005, and then two in a row. As you'll see from my review,...
ESC birthdays 22/9 – She’s a stone and I’m a volcano
Some may have noticed that Spain doesn't often get good words off me. As I keep pointing out, it would be a dull old...