Eurovision and "proper music"
Lancing, 7th March 2025 Our Eurovision entry has dropped and it is “What The Hell Just Happened” by Remember Monday We have struggled to replicate the dizzying heights of 2022, and while I don’t think this going to do what Ar Sam did, I’m hoping it’s the step back in the right direction that we … Continue reading The UK Entry 2025: Thumbs Up, Mostly
Lancing, 1st March 2024 The UK entry this year, as we’ve known for a while but only heard in full today, is Dizzy by Olly Alexander. Olly is the Biggest Name we’ve had for quite some time and securing him shows the major steps forward that the UK has been making since 2022. Not quite … Continue reading The UK Entry 2024: Back On Track?
M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, 13th May 2023 Well, I definitely have to start off with a “we’re not worthy” at the BBC. I was never one to complain about the licence fee before this (BBC has by far the best children’s programming in the world, and that’s worth it in itself) but now I’ll quite … Continue reading Eurovision 2023: Cha Cha Poe
Liverpool, 11th May 2023 Yesterday’s Jury Show Tech Rehearsal (Tickemaster says “Evening Preview” on the tickets) was again excellent, so in order of likelihood, he’s what I predict for tonight: But! Only the top three, maybe four are locks. And interestingly, everyone has very different opinions on the other six so tonight will almost be … Continue reading Eurovision 2023: Gawaarrrrrn then, Semi 2 Predictions
Liverpool, 10th May 2023 I knew when the first three qualifiers were announced that I would be killing some of my darlings. With so many locks, those last few places were (almost) anyone’s. The sad thing about (almost) everyone we lost, is that (almost) everyone brought their A-game performance-wise, and it became a very hard … Continue reading Eurovision 2023: Calm Down! Post Semi 1 Mortem
Liverpool, 9th May 2023 So I arrived in Liverpool yesterday with Mini LLPP, who is skiving off school today to get the coach home, and…just wow. While this year’s line up might not have fully delivered, Liverpool and the BBC have completely blown me away. I’m calling it now – best host city ever, and … Continue reading Eurovision 2023: Ehhhhhhhm….Semi 1 Predictions
Lancing, 6th April 2023 Well, sorry to be a Debbie Downer but I had wanted a lot more from this contest. I’m going to be in Liverpool this year as accredited press again, and I’m going to all three jury shows as well. A crying shame I won’t have a better set of songs to … Continue reading Eurovision 2023 Preview: 1976 Coming Back
Lancing, 9th March 2023 After the name of just about every female artist in the UK being in the mix these last few weeks, our artist is Mae Muller with I Wrote A Song: I’m going to be completely honest and a bad patriot. After absolutely nailing it with Sam last year, we’ve blown it … Continue reading The UK Entry 2023: False dawn, then.
Wembley Conference Centre, London, 7th May 1977 If you’re around my age, 1998 might not seem that long ago. But we are actually closer to 2047 than we are to 1998. I’m not just quoting years to be clever. Prior to 1998 we actually hosted four times in ten years and you can definitely draw … Continue reading Eurovision 1977: The Crotch Shots
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, 9th May 1998 With the recently announced news that the United Kingdom will be hosting 2023 (if you’d told me that this time last year…) I thought it would be timely to re-visit our last hosting. I have a good living memory of this, and I can remember a lot of … Continue reading Eurovision 1998: Britain, Britain, Britain!
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