28 July – The sum of you and me is we
Opening a contest is always daunting. Closing it is probably worse, because being on first means to can take advantage of the free bar...
22 August – Is the sky beautiful where you are?
Barking mad is always good in my book. Stick a mad Finn called Jasmine Tatjana Anette Valentin in a mustard dress and a...
10 February – There’s a song that will speak to you...
What to do with your life once you've been a Eurovision performer? Well, you could try again. But then you risk doing worse on...
11 October – You dare me to face the attack
Life can imitate art sometimes. For example, I'll plant this thought: Who do you think I once saw in a food court in sunny...
25 September – You came like spring sunshine
Do you remember the 1990s? It was a fine decade when our favourite TV show moved in the general direction of getting bigger and...
10 November – The last dream gives us shelter from the...
Do you have a list of your favourites songs per country? Maybe you think 'Quedate conmigo' is the best Spanish song ever. Or that...
14 December – I’m a grain of sand in a sand...
You must remember those debut performances that mark out a country from the rest. Like Serbia winning at their first attempt as an independent...
17 April – I’m a liar
It was in 2020 when things changed. That contest we were all looking forward to in Rotterdam was almost upon us, and then it...
20 June – You’re the one that’s making me strong
Do you ever get caught up in the storms of interest that surround some songs? A momentum builds behind and people think it...
12 April – Because I want to stay all night
As we saw yesterday, Eurovision throws up performances as well as songs. Do they detract, or does a song need some form of gimmick...