It says a great deal about the calibre of this year’s grand final songs that three of my favourite dance songs of the moment are all from the hallowed halls of Eurovision. Of course there are some who will counter, my boyfriend chief among them, that a whole raft of Continue Reading

Another big night in the giant light-covered dome that is the Crystal Hall in Baku. While the spectre of each country’s flag being realised as a series of coloured stripes on the impressive shell of the stadium had worn off a little, what hadn’t dimmed for one minute was the Continue Reading

What a magnificent eyeball-searing night. The stage was a brilliant mix of autumnal reds, oranges and yellows, bright enough to rip your retina to shreds if you stared at it too long, the hosts were ridiculously perky with an interactive patter written by the same person who scripts Oscars telecasts, Continue Reading

There is nothing perfect in this scratched and bruised world of ours. No one knew that better than the founders of Eurovision who, faced with a Europe divided as never before after the horrors of World War Two, decided that what the fractured continent needed was a bright shiny singing Continue Reading

Ah the relief of not being the ones packing your bags for the far flung climes of home! The 18 countries picked for semi final two no doubt watched the losers of semi final one shuffling off into the cold dark night of Eurovision oblivion, where not even a candle, Continue Reading

  So at last we can stand close and gaze upon the vast and glittering edifice that is Eurovision towering above us! What was once a far off promise of possible pyrotechnics, would-be Russian grandmothers, and the possibility of pop so fantastic it would make custard congeal with joy (I Continue Reading