You thought we were done with our returning songwriters. But it appears that they must get the bug, just as much as fans return to the contest to stand in a crowded mosh-pit year after year. However, some of them may be in with a chance of at […]
After reviewing the hits on Eurovision’s official Youtube page on 23 March, we’ve decided to follow the progress of the songs up to the contest. All 43 videos are now on that site so we can still compare who’s hot and who’s not.Where does your favourite lie? Here […]
You will have seen that there are some illustrious song-writing names back again for another try at Eurovision glory. In the articles HERE and HERE you will have seen a number. Here are some more: Our friends in Azerbaijan have started to put their faith in non-Azerbaijani writers, […]
A large number of songwriters are giving it another go this year. Earlier this week, we looked at some of them. Here is another group of them. One of those people that keep cropping up at Contests is Mr Philipp Kirkorov. We first saw him in 1995 (yep, […]
You may be wondering what measures can be used to determine which official are the most popular out there in the real world. As you may know, all except for Italy now have their official videos on the official Eurovision Song Contest Youtube channel. Other channels are available, […]
As we know, the Contest should be seen as a competition for song-writers. These highly important people often get overlooked in favour of a glamorous, attractive or vivacious performer. But crafting that winning song is an art, and it takes skill and a little bit of luck to […]
Sweden has finally decided who will be travelling all the way from Stockholm to, erm Stockholm in May to hold up a whole nation’s honour. Frans and his song ‘If I were sorry’ is the sixth Swede in this unenviable position. So we look at the previous five […]
Who will represent Lithuania at Eurovision 2016? Four years after he last trod the Eurovision stage, in Baku, Donny Montell will be off to Stockholm in May with his song “I’ve been waiting for this night“. The fact is that since the first Lithuanian show on 9 January, […]
We’re into the final weekend of national finals, and after several months our friends in Lithuania will have a song to throw into the mix in Stockholm. If you’ve been glued to what’s been happening in downtown Vilnius, you’ll know there will be six acts tonight. You can […]
This year there will be two songs with stars in their titles. What could be nicer? Imagining those stars on a dark night’s sky, forming countless constellations with strange names. So with this alignment of stars, here are some other songs about them. Here are our recent articles […]