23 December – Let’s forget yesterday
Do you admire countries for sticking to their own languages? Or do you wish they can all sing in a tongue you can understand?
Our...
22 December – Look, the swallows high in the sky
As we know, next year's contest - a riotous cavalcade of quality song if ever there was one - will be in the Netherlands....
21 December – What a warm midsummer night
Do you wonder why some songs change the language they're sing in between the selection and the contest? It could be because of the...
14 December – Light me up Light me up, now
Our friends in Poland 'get' the Junior version of our favourite TV show. Back-to-back wins are testament to that. But the big one is...
11 December – Tomorrow we’ll have gardens for picking bouquets of...
What do you do if your country doesn't pick you to represent them at our favourite TV show? You find someone else who will....
10 December – I feel the warmth of summer deep inside...
In the 1970s, for a few short years, a repertory company had things sewn up for Norway. Think of Thomas G:son of their day...
9 December – You’ve become an obsession
Long before a certain Thomas G:son among others, Sweden (remember them?) had a number of people who could turn out Eurovision entries quicker than...
4 December – Search for simple things and you’ll find the...
Spare a thought for our friends in Spain. They've participated in 59 contests, and what have they to show for it? Two wins -...
3 December – This carousel keeps turning on and on and...
The heart is a curious thing. It's often shown as something red, cute and, well, heart-shaped. But if you physically held one, it probably...
27 November – I’ll bring the good times
Our friends in the UK seem to be in a rut at the moment, and they don't seem to know how to get out...