15 February – When the rainbow bends in the sky
What's your favourite decade of Eurovision? There are so many to choose from. It's true that some decades have more songs than others. But...
17 April – But what if I stay and wait till...
Would you want to be the home entrant if you were in a Eurovision Song Contest. You have no issues with the host country's...
26 July – You say your name is linked to 007
Is there a language you'd love to hear more of? Maybe one that used to appear every year, but has now been supplanted by...
9 September – We two travellers came across each other
OK, so we've gone vintage again. But 1991 was an interesting year when lots of songs got decent scores. And of course the EBU's...
LIVE BLOG – Semi Final 1 – Press rehearsal
Join us live here from 22:00 local time (8pm, UK/Portugal - 9pm Western Europe) to hear what we make of the Jury rehearsal of the...
5 November – There’s a candle burning
False flag time again. It's a close thing, with the Nordics. They're very close culturally, so someone moving between them isn't that noteworthy. So...
17 August – I’m begging you, to lead me home
Do you ever see a performer and think "they have class"? That performer who doesn't need to try. They have a stage presence, and...
11 June – A life without colours – that’s not you
It was always interesting when our friends at the EBU relaxed the rule about singing in your own language. Obviously, where most songs are...
“Ich komme aus Tampere!”
Finland’s Eurovision queen Erika Vikman is getting the full hometown hero treatment—complete with saunas, drag queens, and sweeping views of Tampere. The city has...