Belgium has announced its participant for 2024 – it’s too damn...
So as I have nothing better to do on a Wednesday in late August, I decided to translate the announcement that Mustii will represent...
15 June – I’ve been trying to erase my mind but...
Our friends in Belgium have been taking part in our favourite TV show since the start - that's 1956, if you were thinking the...
Belgium – Pregnant pause but back now
If you happen to be following our updates in real time, you'll have noticed a break in coverage. This is because there was a...
23 August – We want violins, we want a whole orchestra
Have you ever thought that some performers might not want to be at our favourite TV show? Or that they might want to shed...
Belgium, because I’m probably contractually obliged…
I hate this with a passion. I despise cod classical music and this is the worst example of its kind. There's little changed from...
10 November – Love is fragile, it’s just like china
We celebrate the winners here. We also celebrate the also-rans. And, indeed, we celebrate the last places too. After all, there are many last-placed...
1 December – In summer, we’ll go and have a picnic...
To start off this festive month, we're going back in time. You might have been alive in 1965, but do you remember today's song?...
13 October – The world is a stage on which we’re...
There are many people that have tried one more than one occasion to win European music's biggest prize. Some do it knowingly, whilst others...
Belgium – This has lost all hope
There are people that thought that 'City Lights' was the one. They insisted it would be the best thing ever seen and would sail through...
19 August – Don’t ask me why the sun is shining
Do you enjoy good national final? No, not that Melodifestivalen thing - I'm talking about good national finals. I jest of course. Every national...