Once Upon A Time In San Marino: a Eurovision fairytale
When Sammarinese singer Valentina Monetta represented micro-state San Marino in Baku, Azerbaijan last year, it was described as a fairytale, a musical dream come true for a singer who was chosen at the...
View ArticleAccording to YouTube the Winner of Eurovision 2013 is………
As a fan of European pop music and everything Eurovision, I don’t mind telling you I often get it wrong, especially when predicting the outcome of the world’s greatest Song Fest. Being British of...
View ArticleThe Road To Malmö 2013: A Feast Of Tasty Ballads
If you believe the hype surrounding Anouk’s ‘killer song’ ‘Birds’, and I do, a ballad has every chance of winning Eurovision 2013. Could it have anything to do with SVT’s lighter and natural philosophy...
View ArticleThe Road To Malmö 2013: ‘Waterfall’– Georgia
Georgia is fast climbing to the top of my Eurovision short-list for the Malmö musicfest, in fact I’m drowning in a sea of schmalz as I try to predict the successor to Loreen’s pan-European superhit...
View ArticleThe Road To Malmö 2013: Semi-Final 2 – A Wish List
Here’s the second part of my Eurovision 2013 wish list, this time focusing on the second semi-final show. Colourful, show-stopping, outlandish and fun, Malmö 2013 is just a few days away celebrating...
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