1 May – Where is this person I used to be...
These days, our favourite TV show is fairly free and easy with language. If a country isn't using its own language, then English is...
27 May – So what more do we need?
Some countries have had a patchy relationship with our favourite TV show. Take Italy for example. They took over a decade out, and eventually...
19 September – Why do millions of flowers bloom
Would you be happy to be a home entrant. The one that the host broadcaster has picked to win (or otherwise), and have a...
27 June – Who will give the laughter back to the...
Sometimes when I'm picking a birthday song, it makes me feel old. I've been watching contests since 19xx so have seen a few acts...
My contest and other giants
What a day I've had. It's been a day of highs and higher highs. We finally got to see what some of the fuss...
27 June – Flying flags in the wind
Sometimes when we're picking a birthday song, it makes us feel old. I've been watching contests since 19xx so have seen a few acts...
Eurovision 2015 – Another day of rehearsals
The morning after the night before at Eurovision is always a little bit sad, with dejected fans, disappointed delegations, and some oddments of promotional...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 4/37 – Austria
“I am a child, a child of the eighties” – no no, Marie Myriam did not sing that in 1977, but ever since I...
Eurovision 2021 Week 1 Day 3 Afternoon 1 – Nick’s View
I think I can get away with this one, as on a technicality it is technically "after" noon on Week 1 Day 3, just...
23 July – We don’t need a Hercules to bring a...
That thing where you hear a Eurovision song - pre-contest obviously - and think it could really challenge for the win when it gets...