6 July – Take me to places that I’ve never been
We all love success, and some countries are used to it. Then there are those that are either unsuccessful, or just plain unlucky. Unlucky...
4 July – Skuba duba dabda dididaj
The home entrant in a contest, as we've discussed before, gets the best and worst of the deal when they get up on that...
2 July – My call for you will be like a...
The 1970s. An interesting time when our contest was a light entertainment show and all done in one evening. And arguably the decade in...
1 July – Play, play, musicians, delight me, magicians
It's good to have a really good look back in time to those earlier contests. The days of simplicity, when a singer had to...
30 June – I’m under your spell
Do you ever wonder how some people from one country end up in another? Or how someone's parents got together, in order that someone...
29 June – This song is for you, it’s not very...
Duos come in strange pairings sometimes. We've had the lovers, the siblings, the twins, and the people put together as a result of a...
28 June – When time goes by, I get older
Do you think it's true that some languages sound easier on the ear than others? French songs did well in the early days, before...
27 June – You’re in my mind in everything I do
Runner-up day today. There's been plenty of them through the years. Only one year - to my knowledge - has no runner-up.
It's a good...
25 June – Shake what ya mamma gave ya!
The end of another week and another birthday. This could be a high point in presentation of songs. They can be talking points in...
24 June – I’m the Greek who goes ahead
There are lots of performers who turn up to Eurovisions many times, and manage to get on the stage. Sometimes it's as a named...