Eurovision birthdays 14/11 – Pray for a good result tomorrow night
I sometimes wonder about the free-language rule in place at Eurovision. It's good that it makes song more widely available. It
makes a...
Eurovision birthdays 13/11 – It’s the little things
Whilst Mr Phil is still living it up in sunny Malta, I'm holding the fort here at the other end of our fine continent....
Eurovision birthdays 11/11 – Mad? You don’t have to be but...
I don't know about you, but I was pleased to see Italy back in the contest in 2011. It felt like our nice...
Eurovision birthdays – A night of fire indeed
Some songs have been so good, they may have been too good to win. We all have our own songs like this in...
Eurovision birthdays 9/11 – White, black, blue, they’re only colours
It's not like the French to use a title in English. After all, French gave us the 'bon mot', even though they don't...
Eurovision birthdays 8/11 – Light in the window
Do you ever pay attention to debut entries? Who thought 'My Star' by Brainstorm was the best thing ever? Or that 'Kinek...
Eurovision birthdays 6/11 – Some people call me the space cowboy
On the subject of gems, the likes of which we saw yesterday, I'm continuing in the same vein today. Some performers will have...
Eurovision birthdays 5/11 – Is it reality or just an illusion?
You have to admit that our favourite TV show has brought us some absolute gems in the past. There are so many, I'll...
Eurovision birthdays 3/11 – Who needs Eurovision?
Spain has only hosted the contest once. Who of you was around in 1969? I most definitely wasn't, but those technicians who...
Eurovision birthdays 2/11 – Tomorrow you (yes, you) will still be...
You get some days when you don't know what to write. You could mention that a particular contest was memorable, not necessarily the...