28 February – Forests could still sing
Remember when betting was a small simple affair. You bet on a song to win, or one of those each way things? Life was...
Lissandro de France: Le Maître de la scène
For those of you interested, Le Maître de la scène is French for The Greatest Showman - but move over Hugh Jackman and show-stopping...
A Gallic Shrug set to music…
....Oh dear Amir, where has this gone wrong??
It really isn't all that based on this either and is the musical equivalent of "meh" set...
Toto and Gigliola talk Eurovision 2012 – Part 1
Excuse the radio silence peeps but I've had an enforced sojourn to Newcastle and Cambridge where I was somewhat less well off than back...
Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 9
You know how you'll miss us when we're gone, well that day is finally here. The last of our Eurovision Countdown shows for 2017....
Barbara Pravi: I’ve made no concessions
Barbara Pravi will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam with the song ‘Voilà’. The song takes inspiration from the chanson...
France – but not as we know it …
Nick: I've come to learn something in the days I've been in Helsinki, land of contrasts. There are 42 competing delegations here, and they...
22 June – I’ll live for a hundred thousand years
Do you remember 2018? We were in sunny sunny Lisbon. Everyone was tipping certain countries to win. Or do badly. They got some predictions...
30 June – Never admit, never, never, never, never
You know that thing when you've had enough of colour performances? So to redress that balance, here's one in glorious black & white. No,...
22 February – They try to find the Milky Way
Gimmick. A song needs a gimmick. But what to choose. We've had costume changes, wind machine, and pyros. But they were becoming so old...