France *has* decided…. but whom?
In an extremely long and, frankly at times tedious, evening on French Television, nos amis across La Manche had two rounds of votes to...
12 September – There are insults that we’ll have to forgive
Eurovision can throw up interesting collaborations. To start with, we have the performers born in one country representing another. These are often culturally similar...
7 April – It rains on our house
Your eyes won't be deceiving you today. Yes, it's fun and games in black & white. But don't let that put you off. Some...
21 September – All that remains to me are ashes
You may think that when Portugal won, they had been mightily unlucky to only win at its 376th attempt. Well I guess they have,...
Blimey Hendrik, you’re running through them quickly
Sweden had literally just got off the stage and then Georgia is ushered on. This 25-minute turnaround is going to keep everyone on their...
Georgia – brooding swarthiness
Where Senhit got yesterday’s rehearsals off with a bang, Tornike from Georgia’s start to today is more of a whimper. His song is much...
3 December – It is not a secret
In these days of 21st Century contests, it's becoming common that we're getting alumni from the Junior version. No-one's yet done the double, but...
50s swing German style at Eurovision 2007
Nick: *bzzzzzt* *crackle* *pht* Well, we're sorry, we seem to be having some technical problems with my brain at the moment. Sound and vision...
12 October – Everything will turn out fine
The lyric above is a good mantra to live by. We all go through dark times, but friends will help you. No matter what...
1 September – You know we’re fooling ourselves…
The Big Five. A good thing or a bad thing? Well, they put a lot of money into our favourite TV show, so we...