10 September – I’m waiting for you
I like to vary the countries that I pick songs from. Sometimes I go for those that have been in year in, year out....
2 September – Coming from the village
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...
Did I dream it all?
I sometimes wonder that. Like, for example, when Salvador won with his beautiful song. Or when I got drunk with a certain Estonian singer....
20 August – I’m lying on the grass and dreaming
Don't you love a lyric like that? It makes you think of summer and long evenings and the warmth of the sun.
Today's birthday girl...
7 August – Ley lala ley la… lala ley lala ley...
I know we can't always pick good songs. You know the ones I mean. The classics from the 1980s that can still hold their...
30 July – I’m gonna start my weekend with gin, tonic...
If you bear in mind the Grand Final of our favourite TV show starts at 1900GMT, today's lyric means you've wasted at least 19...
19 July – I’d give it all, everything in the world
We had dark and moody the other day. But dark with a likeable quality. Dark can take many other forms, and one of those...
6 June – Messy hair in the morning weaved by the...
For many of you, the 21st Century is where it's at. Some countries have had a good run of form since 2000, and some...
Live Blog – Eurovision 2018 second semi final
It's time for 'Fanning's Folly II - This time it's personal' - and another one of those fancy little live blogs that OnEuropean visitors...
The country that breaks ‘Eurovision Rules’
Rybak may claim to know the secret behind songwriting. Musicologists insist success at Eurovision is based on a 16-bar verse and chorus formula. Many...