UK – embracing the moment
UK – first rehearsal report here
Our home boy James is at it again. Today the trumpets seem to stay suspended for a little longer...
The Fanning Verdict Eurovision 2021: United Kingdom
This year, the BBC has stepped back from picking UK song and artist and handed it over to BMG who stuck with their 2020...
My home land – Estonia – no UK – Finally no...
Now, I've been doing this since about the end of the Crimean Wars, and I know what rubbish UK Rehearsals sound like. There's a...
United Kingdom – James and the giant, erm, trumpets!
United Kingdom. My home entry. After 14 months of waiting what can James Newman bring to the Eurovision stage?
Erm, enormous great trumpets apparently. I...
Belarus and other Thursday Musings…
Well, first off, let's address the elephant in the room, shall we? Of course, Belarus' entry to the Eurovision Song Contest is a political...
One last…… try? – James Newman it is then.
So it seems that the worst kept open secret that anyone who has been around this contest long enough has ever seen has finally...
It could have been so different …
I'm writing this piece perched on a table in the Rock Lounge of the Saku Suurhalle ... you remember that - it was the...
When the UK can be a hit and a miss
So ... after much dropping of hints on social media and yesterday's massive leak on Czech Radio, James Newman - who, in Eurovision circles...
UK – Eurovision: you decide … thankfully, no
It seems that once again the UK has decided to change tack for the Eurovision Song Contest.
For 2020, gone are the six songs that...
Dispelling the myth: No one votes for the UK?
So after all the usual bleating and hollering from the more reactionary corners of the country about how nobody likes us / it's all...