LIVE Blog: Eurovision 2017 – First semi final
Tonight at 21:00 CEST/20:00 UK/Portugal, contestants from 18 countries will compete for ten spots in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. You can...
8 November – A beautiful new star has lit up
That first entry. Always daunting for a broadcaster. What will Europe think of us? How will we do? Will we have the money to...
22 August – I only want to be close to you
It's a fact that the Eurovision semi-final isn't a 21st Century phenomenon. Semi-finals of sorts happened in 1993 and 1996. But it's always been...
Käärijä: Riding the Eurovision Wave
Käärijä - or Jere Pöyhönen as he was born - is not just any Finnish music artist. He's a rapper, a singer, a songwriter,...
28 June – Oh, why can’t the clocks stop?
Do you think it's true that some languages sound easier on the ear than others? French songs did well in the early days, before...
Winner winner winner
*still* The winner of the Eurovision - there is no chance that this is not going to the Final. They have gone into a...
Et Finalament – La Finlande
Saara has made an improvement on the overall performance. She still, though, looks the same as on Tuesday, and starts off strapped to the wheel...
23 July – Let your hip go hippety pump pump
Eurovision songs are occasionally branded - by muggles - as nonsense. Meaningless lyrics, daft arm-waving dance routines, and reinforcement of national stereotypes.
Some of this...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 13 – Finland
Not only do I not have my finger on the pulse of popular music, but it seems I don’t even have it on the...
The result of this year’s UMK.
After years in the wilderness, Finland are finally getting this whole national final/ Eurovision concept thing. UMK has become massive inside Finland and around...