24 March – When I was sobbing, you were laughing like...
Last year we had a large crop of performers who were lined up for a certain event in 2020, only for it to not...
Australia first up on day 7
My problems with this are two-fold.
First, the song is essentially Sheldon bleating for three minutes that he is different and that he hides behind...
7 November – I’m with him and you’re a secret treasure
Do you have high hopes for a particular country. No, not Sweden. I mean a country that has the capacity to win our favourite...
10 February – I’m only a woman who likes you silently
Our friends in Canada keep trying to get in on the act, and who can blame them? One of its daughters even won once,...
Four times removed
I took the morning off before we move house, just so I could take some pics of the nieghbourhood and generally catch up with...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 23/37 – Malta
A song can, often very charitably, be described as a collection of words that are set to something akin to "music" for the enjoyment...
Sanremo makes people do funny things
The granddaddy of them all, the Sanremo music festival, has been busy during the off-season. Not only have they changed artistic director, with Amadeus...
9 June – Love is a game of chance for winners...
Do you ever hear a song and think that it sounds a lot like another song? It's not quite plagiarism, but there are similarities...
2 May – The air is pure CO2 – my head...
Every song will have at least one fan. Yes, every song. The fan may not shout about it, for fear of ridicule. But I'm...
Guilty, Guilty as a girl can be … well a Croatian...
Mia was second to give her thoughts about life and her performance today.
Her memoir is essentially about growing up and changing as a person,...