8 April – Say a word and I’ll be there, say...
If in doubt, repeat some words in your song lyric. It can sometimes pay dividends. Or it can make it appear that your song...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 4 – Austria
Who the Hell is Edgar? by Teya and Salena.
Historical figures have long featured in Eurovision songs. Just recently we’ve had Cleopatra and Mata Hari...
Austria’s opera star goes full pop
High drama. Higher notes. JJ’s “Wasted Love” is the Eurovision aria you didn’t know you needed.
When Austria picked a 24-year-old male soprano with a...
Austria – It’s a NO from me!
I need to declare an interest in this – I liked this song…. note the past tense there…. Zoe now stands on a backdrop...
Oh yes, the songs …
What are we here for again? Oh yes a festival of popular songing and tunes.
I wasn't here for the first few, but my local...
Paenda sets Eurovision limits
And so begins another day of song reveals with ORF the first to break silence with breakfast radio playing 'No limits', the song that...
3 December – I’m singing just a song tonight
Today we delve into that murky realm of the repeat performer. You know the one. They have a stab at winning the thing, they...
22 February – Little hares have short noses and little cats...
Eurovision is full of wonder. I often wonder why Schlager is so popular. Or why Carola is so popular. Or even why we never...
Trying to put some flesh on the skeletal service
Hi folks.
Well we're still here. My boss still suspects nothing about my subversive activities - long may that continue. Maybe I prefer writing for...
Oh Nathan …
Quite honestly we've had four dirges this morning from two different semi finals, and then we get this. Nathan Trent is a total class apart from anything...