They’ve put the puppy down!
Well just when I thought Wednesday was going to be a quiet news day - not a bit of it. YLE Sent through the...
Finland – Get Your votes in now!!
The 106 men and 79 ladies are asked to vote on the following :
vocal capacity
the performance on stage
the composition and originality...
Finland in totally predictable shocker!
In (possibly) the most predictable final ever, the song that everyone thought would win, (Monsters), did indeed qualify for Lisbon by topping both the...
4 December – I’m your slave and you’re my master
It's another contender for Mr/Mrs/Ms/Mx Eurovision today. You know the sort - one of those who crops up at every Eurovision-related opportunity to open...
6 October – Long live the dark sky and the belt...
I like writing this column, as it sometimes allows me to pick my favourite songs from time to time. Today's one of those days....
17 August – The child of the earth is looking for...
Do you ever see a performer and think "they have class"? That performer who doesn't need to try. They have a stage presence, and...
17 August – The child of the earth is looking for...
Do you ever see a performer and think "they have class"? That performer who doesn't need to try. They have a stage presence, and...
Starting with the Finnish
I’ve started with a Mister Naef moment as my computer failed to connect to the network in the press centre. Having spent some tense...
It gets dark early in Finland
Phil: I understand now why this won the national final. It's archetypal Finnish ... dark and mysterious. We keep expecting it to build to...
11 June – As a lake without water, as a lamp...
It was always interesting when our friends at the EBU relaxed the rule about singing in your own language. Obviously, where most songs are...