Well there we have it, the worst kept secret in Eurovision circles is finally out. Sam Ryder has been confirmed as the UK representative for the United Kingdom at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. Space Man is the song that will be bidding to reverse the UK’s fortunes at the Contest. After the last two … Continue reading COME ALONG FOR THE RYDER
OK. So as I write this it's been nearly 24 hours since the last Super Saturday of the season and to be honest, I'm still trying to make sense of it all. Just when you think you have an idea of what goes down at Eurovision and the associated national finals, something comes along to … Continue reading SUPER SATURDAY: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH EUROVISION 2022?
Given next weekend sees a paltry three national finals reach their conclusion, tonight feels like the last Super Saturday proper for this year. How quickly has that come round by the way! Could swear PiN and MGP only started a couple of weeks back. Anyway, tonight's septet includes four entry selections, two actual semi-finals and … Continue reading SEVEN SELECTIONS STAR IN SUPER SATURDAY
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. We're Eurovision fans, opinions are our stock in trade. Until those points start rolling in on that Saturday night in May opinions, rankings and predictions are all we have. However, when someone comes along with such an egregious point of view so poorly researched we, as a community, … Continue reading EUROVISION HOT TAKES: A RIGHT TO REPLY
Today is the 1st of March. As well as being pancake day it also means we have just under two weeks to go until the Heads of Delegation meeting. 12 artists and 19 songs in a little under a fortnight. Here we go... ARMENIA 🇦🇲 Armenia are back in the fold and as of today, … Continue reading THE RIDE OF MARCH
With two more entries, Songvakpennin getting underway and Melfest confirming it's "no, it's definitely not called Andra Chansen" lineup there was plenty going on on Saturday night. Given most of the bookies' favourites did the business we didn't really get many surprises. And yet, it still felt a tad disappointing. The biggest name of the … Continue reading A SATURDAY THAT MAY OR NOT BE SUPER
After a strong showing from down under this morning, tonight sees another quality national final offering, courtesy of Finland's UMK. Imagine saying that about UMK a few years back? The glow-up in terms of quality of songs, production and format over the last few years has been a wonder to behold. The Darude-only version was … Continue reading PIF PAF PREVIEWS: CHOOSE YOUR ACT…LIKE A SCANDINAVIAN
A couple of weeks back I went through all the reasons to look forward to this year's Contest. I had no hard and fast list but thought I'd covered all the big hitters in the post. It wasn't until it was pointed out to me on Twitter that I realised I'd omitted Australia. As I … Continue reading AUSTRALIA DECIDES: MY NEW FAVOURITE NATIONAL FINAL
Another weekend in February passes and naturally, that means the Eurovision playlist continues to grow. I've been, and continue to be, optimistic about the Contest we'll be treated to in May. Having said that, even I don't think Saturday 19th February 2022 will go down as one of those legendary nights of national finals. There … Continue reading ANOTHER “SUPER” SATURDAY?
If there's one country I've written most about on here, it's the United Kingdom. Obviously. After that, however, it has to be San Marino. There's just something about the microstate that I find utterly fascinating. In the time since I started this blog, they have never failed to do something iconic with their entry. So … Continue reading SAN MAREMO: SUPREME SERENE SAMMARINESE SILLINESS
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