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21 May – There’s a word for love and for blame

There are, occasionally, times when you come across a song. There's nothing wrong with it, but you know it will sadly fail at the...

20 May – How many last songs are left? I’m losing...

Occasionally, we get non-winning songs that develop a life of their own. The so-called 'break-out' song. Some quarters think that, if you don't win,...

18 May – Playing carefreely like a waterfall

We know that you, dear reader, love Sweden. It's had numerous wins, and a whole bunch of good results. And because those Swedes like...

17 May – Ring-ding-a-ding-a-ding Ring-ding-a-ding-a-ding

If you were a performer at a Eurovision Song Contest, when would you like to perform? First, to get it out of the way...

16 May – Good morning to you, painter of the light

Do you remember the 1970s? If you're unfamiliar with that decade, we're hopefully educating you. In 1975, we went to the Nordic part of our...

15 May – You’re gone and loneliness breaks me

Sisters. Sisters. Never were there such devoted sisters. You know the rest. But sisters have been know to be drawn to our favourite TV...

14 May – What senseless game have we all been playing?

We love all songs here. For all their musical ability, or kickass prop, every song - and that's EVERY song - will have at...

13 May – When something doesn’t concern you, don’t touch it

Do you look at those big anniversaries to see what happened 10, 20, 30 years ago (and so on). For a contest that's been...

12 May – I’m a princess, rather prudish

Yesterday we had a lady from Sweden in this slot. And guess, what, here comes another one. Flickorna tar över, as they say in...

11 May – Did somebody say it’s gonna be easy

That thing when your country wins, meaning you have to host next year. If you're that winning broadcaster, it must be a year-long headache....