6 September – Don’t just pretend
There are times when you don't know what to write about a birthday boy/girl. Maybe it's my impromptu trip to the borderlands yesterday that...
ESC birthdays 3/9 – I like Frank Sinatra. And I like...
You know that you're getting old when you come across fans or performers that weren't even born when you first realised how magical the...
ESC Birthdays 2/9 – Cheeky Slavs
Now here's a first. I've picked a birthday and the lucky lucky birthday boy doesn't even feature on the Eurovision stage. He appears in...
ESC birthdays 1/9 – Slow and steady wins the race, but...
We all live in a continent jam-packed with interesting languages. Some are mutually intelligible, and some stand alone. There has been so much choice...
ESC birthdays 31/8 – I don’t want to lose control
Another group today, so the birthday girl is one of Waldo's People. Karoliina Kallio is the 'people' with the long hair and the short...
ESC birthdays 30/8 – Remember how we used to laugh?
What's your favourite ever prop? A big fruit stone perhaps? A transparent globe? A fairground organ? There are so many highlights in this category...
ESC birthdays 28/8 – We’d be in trouble if the globe...
It is Friday! Go on, celebrate! No, don't worry, I'm not going to impose a Swiss song from 2004 or a Croatian song from...
ESC birthdays 26/8 – We can beat ‘them’ at their own...
The good things about birthdays of bands is that you can justify using there song more than once. Admittedly, there are some bands that...
ESC birthdays 24/8 – Where you can hear the wolves howl
I'm taking a break from good old nature - to a degree - today. I've found a song that grabs you and says "listen...
ESC birthdays 23/8 – Trees, sky and now flowers. Nature is...
Continuing our recent nature theme, we now move onto flowers. They are worth singing about (especially white ones) and the best way to do...