7 September – What colour is the sun?
It's an odd coincidence that the writers of the song sung by yesterday's birthday also wrote the song by today's birthday girl.
We should remember...
6 September – Let’s illuminate the night
When we celebrate birthdays, usually the performers have seen a few summers. People in their 60s, 70s, even 80s are all worth celebrating. So...
5 September – Ooh… playboy, I want to live with you
Our friends in Belgium are a curious bunch. Plucky as ever, and taking part since the first contest (1956 in case you were wondering),...
4 September – I won’t let it wake up
We celebrate all manner of things with our birthdays. The winners, the losers, the 'also-ran's. They all count, and you can guarantee that someone...
3 September – Yamma yamma yamma yamma ya…
Do you remember when countries had to sing in languages of their own country? None of this mixing it up or singing purely in...
2 September – Vodka is better than whisky and gins
We have a very unique situation today. It's custom for the named act to be on stage during a Eurovision performance. As far as...
1 September – You know we’re fooling ourselves…
The Big Five. A good thing or a bad thing? Well, they put a lot of money into our favourite TV show, so we...
25 August – My plane is landing on the unlit runway...
Do you remember when the contest went east? About as east as it's possible to go whilst still being in Europe? It was a...
24 August – This time I’m gonna stand on my own
There are some special contests where things change. 1971 was one instance (previews started). 2004 was another (semi-finals). But perhaps one of the most...
23 August – We want violins, we want a whole orchestra
Have you ever thought that some performers might not want to be at our favourite TV show? Or that they might want to shed...