10 May – He played for whole days on his piano
Do you have a favourite Eurovision band, particularly one from the 20th Century? A few have won the big prize, but far fewer than...
9 May – You just rub your hair, start negotiating
In our favourite TV show, it's easy to be winners one day, tail-enders the next. Hero to zero, or vice versa. It's all good...
8 May – I went to find the freaks
We have a duo for you today. A duo from the 1970s. Until that decade, we'd mainly seen soloists, but duos and the occasional...
5 May – Amsterdam, the city where everything’s possible
A host broadcaster never wants to win. They may tell you otherwise, but deep down they know that our favourite TV show is something...
4 May – You make my days and nights so hazy
Cast your mind back, if you can, to when your country first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. A time for optimism and...
3 May – Today I was left empty to get filled...
We will soon have a new winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. Who will it be? One of the lucky qualifiers from a semi-final?...
2 May – As a ghost I will walk
Eurovision is a young person's game. Or is it? People of all ages from 11 to, well, unknown, despite a certain presenter in 1987...
1 May – I look for the sweet in every bitter...
It's all very well celebrating winners. They deserve their praise as they've finished the top in their field. But for every winner, there are...
29 April – We can believe in fantasy
Could we have a win from 'Old Europe' this year? People are touting a win from the continent's western half, maybe even by a...
28 April – The wind blows through my hair
It's always a nice thing when a country returns to our favourite TV show after an absence. And the longer the absence, the more...