3 February – Oldschool Hollywood stars party Cinderellas are here
A stage show can be crucial in getting your song across to the voters of Europe and beyond. It can make a difference between...
29 June – Lying here naked and staring at the phone
Woo-hoo! It's duo time today. That delicious mix of two singers. Well, it's delicious when they do work together. Or it could be a...
23 June – You may take all my golden necklaces
In these days of Eurovision semi-finals - and the bloodbaths they have become - it's important to remember that they were tried twice in...
Semi Final one on a Thursday in Estonia… Qualifiers!
on a clearly very cold Thursday night in Tallinn ETV put on a TV show in the Saku Suurhalle devoid of audience but totally...
24 February – Lying here naked and staring at the phone
I'm loving today's birthday. But more of that later. Our favourite TV show often throws up writers who keep coming back. It could be...
Actual rehearsals …
I've seen one run through of Montenegro, an entire rehearsal session of Israel, and it was only the arrival of the Estonians that actually...
Uku gets the nod in Estonia
Hello team!
With half of the posse actually in the Suurhall tonight, I’ve been called out of retirement like a latter day Roy of the...
17 May – Listen to how far it takes you
It's always good when a singer's birthday comes along whose song is a personal favourite. And when it's perhaps a Baltic song, even better....
Rehearsals, live in my own living room
With a good chunk of the team in place in Malmö it’s day one of rehearsals. The assembled press of Europe are crammed into...