13 June – Don’t work on a Sunday
It can be a curse having a second crack at Eurovision glory. If you do well first time round, you risk ruining that reputation...
Ireland – I can’t even…
…Now, based on the live performances that we have seen of Nicky, we should have known what to expect. Sadly, however, even that came...
Ireland – Oh how you make me pang…..
.... I am now still worried....
I was worried after listening to the line up.
I was extremely concerned after watching the first line up
However now...
11 January – Days are maybe bright or maybe grey
Some of you may only have ever seen contests in glorious colour. And the quality seems to get higher every year. A pity the...
Nick’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Ireland
Ireland - Lesley Roy - Maps
There’s a particular art to giving your song a one-word title. In general, if you’re going to do that,...
29 March – Keep your head high above the water
Plenty of countries have a history of success at our favourite TV show. Some of these seem to have lost their winning touch, and...
Eurosong (Ireland) Results
Despite seeing most of my Irish friends in one shot, I admit i didn't listen to the songs as keenly as I should have.
Here's...
Not so good. Not so good.
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Only saw a couple of run-throughs of Israel, and he seems to be trying a bit harder and it's not helping....
Israel have performed a miracle on that
The Israeli team has literally polished a turd. This really was substandard on Monday, and served to confirm all my conscious bias towards 'Toy'....
8 November – I will study languages, beautiful words
Have you always been able to spot where an act's from, without hearing them sing, but just by looking at their stage act? It...