25 December – And once again boats sail down the Danube
If you're not confident on stage by yourself, what do you do? Well, you get some pals up there with you. You know they'l...
REVISED: Sixteen acts line up for Croatian Eurovision show
Croatian broadcaster HRT has revised the line-up for the 2020 Dora competition. The winner gets to travel to Rotterdam and take part in the...
1 September – you make me feel all right
The fortunes of countries come and go. You can tell some are gearing up for a win. And once they have, they revert to...
15 July – May I not wake up without you
Opening a contest. Is there anything more daunting? Well, being on second or sixteenth is no fun as those positions have never won. However,...
6 June – You’re turning water into wine
Do you notice that some areas specialise in certain styles of music? For example, our friends in Finland like their hard rock, and they've...
Croatia – Roko gets his Eurovision wings
Croatia. Or as they were christened the last time - when Jacques Houdek sang - "Fucking Croatia".
In news that suited my eyes, for the...
Croatia – just when you thought you’d seen everything
For the last twenty years (yes, seriously, we are that old) OnEuropeans have crawled from their Eurovision beds and thought: "Surely, surely Croatia would...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 8 – Croatia
Croatia is a strong contender in 2019’s Fire/Desire Cup, rhyming "having a dream, as beautiful as it is extreme" and "not as crazy as...
14 April – There are only two ways to live your...
Singer, writer. It's a well-trodden path. If you're a singer worth your salt, you may have dabbled in songwriting too. It implies that you...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 8 – Croatia
I hated Jacques Houdek’s ridiculous song in two-thousand-and-thankfully-forgotten. It was bizarre beyond belief that a broadcaster thought that this was a decent shout and...