20 April – Everybody’s got a couple scarred up knuckles

If you've been a runner-up in our favourite TV show, it must be tempting to try again for the win. Several individuals have achieved...

11 April – We were always a losing game

Anyone can win our favourite TV show. A number of countries had had dismal results before they won. You know who they are. And...

1 April – I was sitting together with you on a...

It's no April Fool that some countries have probably done a lot worse than they've deserved to over the years. I'm thinking of those...

7 March – Always wanted to be the tough type

Do you remember when our friends in the Netherlands won Tel Aviv? It seemed like a golden age for the Dutch had arrived. As...

1 March – Blues, ballad or folk, children’s songs are allowed...

Back in the day, when there was no free language rule, some took it upon themselves to bend the rules as much as possible....

Netherlands have released it’s….thing

Well, it's certainly a definition of Music I guess.  The Dutch knew what they were going to get and Joost certainly delivered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT2wY0DjYGo It's not my...

17 February – Now, life is grubby and grey in the...

You have to admire the Dutch. In their time, they've notched up five Eurovision victories, but never seem to shout from their gable-ended rooftops...

12 December – Slow down, brother, slow down, brother

We often say here that anyone can win our favourite TV show. They can have a dismal record, and then everything slots into place...

Joost Klein is going to represent The Netherlands

So after literally no hype at all AVROTROS have announced the following on their website this morning - well if copying it is good...

30 November – Everything’s just fine, there’s nothing wrong

A prop is always a good thing to make your song stand out just that little bit more than the rest. The question is:...