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...
8 April – You’ve been weird, been a mess
Are you a fan of national finals? Are you religiously watching them through the whole 'season', from Ukraine to Portugal? Do you pick certain...
Welcome to do an Andorran day….
Franko: Some you assembled readers will know of my unfortunate experience with a drunk Andorran singer after the 2004 semi final and some of...
Oh yes, the songs …
What are we here for again? Oh yes a festival of popular songing and tunes.
I wasn't here for the first few, but my local...
16 January – Maybe it’s better to think about nothing
You have to admire the smaller members of our Eurovision family. They must have something, as they usually conscript performers who don't even come...
10 September – Tara-doo-da dai-doo-dara dara-doo-da
There's a word I want to use today, as today's song reminds me of it. It might feature in this article, or I might...
IVAN in not naked at all shocker!
Yes, that’s right, He promised Wolves and nudity on stage and we have…. a hologram of a nude IVAN and holograms of Wolves.
So, now...
Pasha and his trophy stags speak to Timur
There is a long delay for Pasha to get to the media centre - presumably, they had issues getting their antlers through the door!
Pasha...
In, out, in, out … shake it all about
In news that must surely surprise nobody, (the Former Yugoslav Republic of) Macedonia is back in Eurovision.
An EBU press release today stated:
"The EBU and...
Bulgaria – Yup, Dad’s are seemingly back in fashion
Well this is certainly a thing. I thought I would absolutely hate this song when I got to see it on the stage and,...