13 February – I’m out of my head, I don’t know...
Do you wish that contests were close these days. The current scoring makes things a little more dramatic, but there were days when it...
2 November – Tomorrow you’ll still be in paradise
If you were an all-round entertainer, and an appearance in our favourite TV show was only one of the highlights of your career, would...
25 June – As long as you’re on the ground, I’ll...
Do you ever think that, sometimes, the biggest star to come out of a Eurovision Song Contest isn't always the winner? Sometimes, that singer...
Olly Alexander to Eurovision – this is a good thing, yeah?
Apparently, all the UK fans' Christmases have come at once, with an announcement on the BBC's top-rated show "Strictly Come Dancing" that Years and...
Douze points: Why did Italy give the UK top marks at...
When the Eurovision jury votes dropped and an Italian cartoon mouse handed the UK a dazzling douze points, jaws hit living room floors from...
Travelling with the stars
So, dear readers, we left you yesterday at Heathrow about to board out glamour jet to Baku. We had already rubbed shoulders with Mr...
It’s our time it’s our time
And so for only the second spine-tingling moment of this year's contest. I've said all along that I thought the UK were a contender...
Our first look at the UK!
It’s the UK. Always a nervy moment, as even though I’m not patriotic, I do want us to do well. I love SuRie –...
United Kingdom – Ain’t no big deal
Things didn't start well; the first run-through lasted seconds before the music stopped after a series of strangely planned camera shots. After one false...
28 April – Then the next, so suddenly, he came along
Do you like a close contest? That show where more than one country can win, even going down to the last vote. It's less...