5 December – Now he’s too dead to rock ‘n’ roll
Along with the serious songs - the ballads, the rock songs, the raps - we have the occasional beast known as a novelty song....
The heat is on – the time is right….
What am I?
I am a country who's broadcasters alternate between each other when it comes to entering the Eurovision Song Contest.
This year it's the...
5 September – Forget your wild hairs
Our friends in Belgium are a curious bunch. Plucky as ever, and taking part since the first contest (1956 in case you were wondering),...
23 August – Waiting for the bitter pill, give me something...
We all want our own country to succeed. And we often want other countries to succeed too. It could be because they enter the...
19 August – Don’t ask me why the sun is shining
Do you enjoy good national final? No, not that Melodifestivalen thing - I'm talking about good national finals. I jest of course. Every national...
6 August – It’s so nice in the morning to get...
Those people who keep coming back for me. Is i good because they know what they're doing? Or is it bad because they're doing...
9 June – Love is a game of chance for winners...
Do you ever hear a song and think that it sounds a lot like another song? It's not quite plagiarism, but there are similarities...
Belgium: Wide shots wash away soul
I'd been keen to see how the Belgians choose to stage their song, after a run of less than successful attempts.
My initial feeling was...
Belgium – Is he holding back?
Rehearsals are just for that, rehearsing, and in the first run through where Jeremie has to hit the high glissando he fell off it...
Belgium – Pregnant pause but back now
If you happen to be following our updates in real time, you'll have noticed a break in coverage. This is because there was a...