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...
Why your favourite song finished where it did – 2023 Edition...
Well, as precisely none of you asked for it, here's the Phil reason why your fave songs ended up where they did. No correspondence...
What’s the difference between a Kazakh and an Aussie?
Kazakh broadcaster Channel 31 has been refused entry to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, but Australia’s participation in the Eurovision seems to have come...
Reports of the death of Eurovision are greatly exageraged
Evening - or morning, or afternoon - make a day of it I say. So how are we all?
For some of you the answer...
tl;dr Russia out of Eurovision this year
On 22 March, the Ukrainian Security Service barred Russia’s entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest from entering Ukraine. They told Julia Samoylova that she...
Five years of Eurovision betting – do votes follow the money?
With Eurovision less than a month away, people have started to put their money where their mouth is and place bets on who win...
AI-written songs are here – and Eurovision isn’t ready
From a fake “AI band” in Moldova’s 2025 selection to San Marino’s sanctioned AI entries, and global viral hits like Japan’s YAJU&U, artificial intelligence...
Farewell and дякую Київ
So, it's all over for another year. I'm currently making my way back to the UK from a gloriously sunny Kyiv. Why couldn't we...
Eurovision: Those we have lost 2020
Around about now, we should be getting excited about tonight's 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, but that was not to be. Instead, let's take a...
Why your favourite finished where it did – Part 3 –...
For Part Three - You can cover all of this lot with a blanket they were so close and it's hard to say "So...