Toto and Gigliola talk Eurovision 2012 – Part 1

Excuse the radio silence peeps but I've had an enforced sojourn to Newcastle and Cambridge where I was somewhat less well off than back...

Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 9

You know how you'll miss us when we're gone, well that day is finally here. The last of our Eurovision Countdown shows for 2017....

Barbara Pravi: I’ve made no concessions

Barbara Pravi will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam with the song ‘Voilà’. The song takes inspiration from the chanson...

28 February – Forests could still sing

Remember when betting was a small simple affair. You bet on a song to win, or one of those each way things? Life was...

Lissandro de France: Le Maître de la scène

For those of you interested, Le Maître de la scène is French for The Greatest Showman - but move over Hugh Jackman and show-stopping...

A Gallic Shrug set to music…

....Oh dear Amir, where has this gone wrong?? It really isn't all that based on this either and is the musical equivalent of "meh" set...

French dressing

Is clearly the best thing in this contest music wise but, as I have said all along, and Colm T Wilkiinson said in the...

First four qualifiers for the French Final

Tonight we saw the first of the "Big Five" in action with France taking to our televisions/internets/phones etc and giving us a damn fine...

12 September – The hours flee slowly in the night

We like taking chances here, and I'll wager that, unless you've down your research, you may not know today's song. It's probably never ever...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 14 – France

Every year I lament the rum luck of the French who I feel have been one of the most constantly interesting nations at Eurovision....