23 November – But you keep me hangin’ on for one...
Do you want a vocal group? One of that curious breed where four(ish) voices are better than one? Well today is your lucky day.
In...
A velvet box? A poster? Who would send that shite?
1980 was a weird year. Europe decided that a couple of tragic twins and a singing penguin man would finish ninth. A song called...
A warmed-up Hump
That, my children, is more fucking like it!! - Clearly the second rehearsals are where he "kicks it into gear" It looks and feels...
26 August – I kept my cool and composure
If you were a Eurovision performer (and maybe you are), when would you want to perform in the Grand Final? First, so you can...
28 November – Those girls I’d serenade
The 'novelty' song. Every contest has them. Just look at Carola. I joke. Carola has never been a novelty. But these songs sometimes do...
2 May – As a ghost I will walk
Eurovision is a young person's game. Or is it? People of all ages from 11 to, well, unknown, despite a certain presenter in 1987...
19 April – The world could be a finer place
Is it a Good Friday for you? Well, the sun may be shining, you're having a break from the daily grind, and you're reading...
2 April – We’re shining like diamonds with fire in our...
Yesterday, we had a birthday of someone from a country that would love to win. Today we have a country that, generally, had been...
26 September – Reminding me of how it used to be
Those decades keep on coming, and it's the turn of that which some call the 'noughties'. It's an odd term, so we'll just call...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 37 – United Kingdom
I Wrote A Song by Mae Muller.
What a difference a year makes! When the double nul points came through for James Newman in 2021...