UK breaking news, things are falling into place!
So impressions of the automatic finalists.
Germany is as it was, no worse and certainly no better. There's nothing to add here. It's just very...
9 September – Intellectuals in coffee bars, internetologists
Sometimes we get that hot hot favourite in a contest. You know the sort of thing: all they need to do is turn up...
29 October – How many bitter tears have wet my soul?
As you will know, every performer in our favourite TV show is a professional. They all want to do their best. Nevertheless, it must...
Italians gear up for 2020 Sanremo festival
For those who love a list of song titles with no real idea of what they might sound like, today's your lucky day! RAI...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Italy
There was a time when fandom would bow down to anything French. Then Rai ended its Eurovision sulk and returned to the fold. France...
12 September – You thought only of money, money
Could it be possible that the balance of power could be moving away from a certain Nordic country and heading further south? Just think...
20 December – Your hands were holding mine
Our friends in Italy are an interesting case study. Their relationship with the Eurovision Song Contest seems more love/hate than most. And there's a...
29 September – We have the salt in our hair
Those Italians, eh? They send so many decent songs, and never really seem to care. Sanremo is their music competition of choice, and Eurovision...
Italy … Dress change and she’s shouting at me again (in...
This is back in the frame now - She too has had some practice and she's shouting at me again and I like it...
23 March – In the abandoned churches, they prepare shelters
We don't always pick the recent stuff to celebrate birthdays. We have a long, rich and interesting history of songs. From the outstanding to...