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Are the BBC going to be heroes … or buggered by...

The BBC has finally announced that Eurovision:You Decide will take place on Wednesday (yes I don't get that either) 7th February at 7.30pm live...

Sanremo vs Objetivo Eurovision … if this were a boxing...

So, the exam question that everyone was answering on Feb 11th 2017 was : “What is the difference between Spain and Italy in the Eurovision...

Man with a monkey wins Sanremo 2017

Francesco Gabanni has been named winner of the 2017 Sanremo Festival. In a press conference after the show, he confirmed he will accept the...

Manel does it for Spain (and your lover) at Eurovision

Manel Navarro will sing for Spain at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. Despite a wobbly live performance, he won the Spanish national final,...

Levina’s eurovision life just got perfect

Berlin-born Levina will sing for Germany at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine. After a long and often torturous selection show, it all came...

France – Now then this is more like it … maybe

Now, France 2, this is more like it.  I don't like your strategy of sneaking it out on a Thursday afternoon when I was...

So … the country of my birth brings forth … meh?

The BBC have unveiled the songs that will compete to represent the UK at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The national final - Eurovision,...

La Bella Italia? – Mostly

If you have been reading these missives, and I know plenty of you have, you’ll have noticed that I’ve drawn comparisons between ages and...

France – Variations of an enigma

So, to the third of our Big Five anthology. This is the one that perplexes me the most. With Spain and Germany I knew what...

Germany Germany over all? – well … only the twice for...

In the second of our occasional series.  Webmaster Phil looks at another of the so-called Big 5, Germany, and their recent form (or lack...