9 May – They get a hit off atomic pollution, they...
Winners one day, tail-enders the next. It's all good fun. We love them all, as they've done something most of us will never do.
Today's...
French fancy
France next, featuring my husband to be Patrick. The main thing you need to know about this is he's topless on stage. This alone...
4 May – You make my days and nights so hazy
Cast your mind back, if you can, to when your country first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. A time for optimism and...
Afternoon Bollox
As you have guessed by now - I have not seen the first two rehearsals this afternoon - but I sense you will be...
8 November – Harold passes very close to me, and Pierre...
It was once the case that English wasn't the predominant language at our favourite TV show. It used to be French. That was mainly...
Belgium goes full rave for Red Sebastian
He’s bold, he’s brash, and he’s turning Eurovision into one big red-lit fever dream.
Belgium isn’t whispering this year. It’s shouting—in 808s, strobes, and metallic...
Tom Leeb out of 2021 Eurovision race
Tom Leeb won't represent Big Five broadcaster France 2 in Rotterdam at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.
Picked internally for this year's contest that never...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 18 – Georgia
Georgia is the Eurovision equivalent of Millwall Football Club, not in the fact that as a country it has a history of beating people...
7 February – He painted colours with his music
From time to time we have to acknowledge that some songwriters get more songs in our favourite TV show than others. After all, how...
I’ve neglected Finland. Also, Greece.
I don’t really have a lot to say about Finland – the boys really have one performance level, to my eye every rehearsal has...