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Eurovision 2018: Prediction for Tuesday's first semi-final
Yes, it's that time of the year again, and with non-heartfelt apologies to the handful of people who traditionally storm off in disgust at this p…
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Eurovision 2013 : Prediction for Thursday's semi-final
I got seven out of ten right on Tuesday , which is probably roughly par, given that no-one in their right mind would have predicted Lithuania's s…
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Eurovision 2012 prediction : Thursday's semi-final
Well, this one has been hurting my head. There are no fewer than five Balkan ballads that are all perfectly plausible qualifiers, but it's hard …
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You have never been to my show, you haven't seen before how looks the trumpet
Well, I think that may have been one of the best ever Eurovisions. The average standard of the entries was higher than usual, the staging couldn'…
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It's your future, it's your choice, and your weapon is your voice
First of all, apologies to the people who left comments on this blog over the last two or three days. Blogger has been having some kind of unspecifi…
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VOTE : Which of these songs should be the national anthem of an independent Scotland?
As I said in a comment on the previous thread, the notion that there is some kind of doubt over what Scotland's national anthem would be after in…
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This trumpet makes you mine, girl
Well, the first Eurovision semi-final was the perfect tonic after a manic day - it was the usual masterful blend of the good, the bad, and the barkin…
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There is always someone out there who will eat his words
Has the world just turned upside down? Keith Mills now says that Norway is a guaranteed qualifier for the Eurovision final. The reason is this amaz…
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Haba Haba, hujaza kibaba
I follow quite a few fellow Eurovision obsessives on Twitter, and I spotted a tweet from one of them the other day expressing shame that an entry in …
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Eurovision 2016 : Prediction for Tuesday's semi-final
I'm very late in the day with this annual ritual, so it'll have to be a bare-bones prediction. Here are the ten countries I think will make …
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There's always someone out there who will care for you...
The rehearsals for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest are now well under way in Belgrade, and judging by the accounts that have come out from the hall,…
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Weakest joke of the evening from the Eurovision hosts
I imagined myself being here all night trying to work that one out, but then Zeljko and Jovana came up with this, which I think is without question i…
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Pirates, high seas, cautions, cannons and potions
I only got 7 out of 10 right this time, but it was such a finely-balanced semi-final that it would have been tough to do an awful lot better. Havin…
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Eurovision 2018: Prediction for Saturday's grand final
So I got a slightly patchier 7 out of 10 qualifiers right on Thursday. The three I didn't pick out were the Netherlands, Serbia and Slovenia. C…
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Belgrade boasts
"Belgrade is the city where it is IMPOSSIBLE to sleep!" So why did Zeljko have to urge everyone to stay awake halfway through? "Belgra…
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Eurovision prediction : Tuesday's semi-final
Let me start by making my annual public service announcement. This is the TWENTY-SEVENTH consecutive year in which there is no Scottish involvement…
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You have never been to my show, you haven't seen before how looks the trumpet
Well, I think that may have been one of the best ever Eurovisions. The average standard of the entries was higher than usual, the staging couldn'…
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From Holland, with love
Not, as you might think, a reference to the seemingly increasing chance that the Netherlands are about to claim their first Eurovision title since 19…
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If Ukraine don't back down, they must be banned from their own Eurovision
Apologies for a Eurovision post as early as March, but the events of the last couple of days have been truly extraordinary. First of all, the Ukrain…
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Eurovision 2017 : Prediction for Saturday's grand final
When I thought ahead to making this prediction a few weeks ago, I imagined it would be the routine task of explaining why I was going along with the …
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