The Eurovision Song Contest – Page 2

Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 5 – FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania

Posted on May 1, 2016May 1, 2016 by aussiemoose

What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading

Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 4 – Albania, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark

Posted on April 24, 2016May 1, 2016 by aussiemoose

Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 3 – Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, San Marino, The Netherlands

Posted on April 17, 2016April 11, 2019 by aussiemoose

Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 2 – Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland

Posted on April 10, 2016May 1, 2016 by aussiemoose

Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 1 – Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus

Posted on April 3, 2016May 1, 2016 by aussiemoose

The road to Eurovision 2016: Everything you need to know

Posted on March 6, 2016March 5, 2016 by aussiemoose

Hello! Bonjour! Guten Tag! ¡Hola! Ciao! Hej Hej! We’re only 66 days away from the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 so rather than thinking about saying “Hello” in the languages of the Big Six countries at the apex of the event – UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain Continue Reading

And now that the glitter has settled … Eurovision 2015 wrap-up

Posted on May 31, 2015June 1, 2015 by aussiemoose

And the winner is … SWEDEN! After what can only be described as one of the most tense voting sessions of any Eurovision Song Contest I’ve ever witnessed – at one point, first place was an effective three way tie between Russia, Italy and Sweden, with Russia edging ever Continue Reading

The road to Eurovision 2015: Grand final – Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK

Posted on May 19, 2015May 20, 2015 by aussiemoose

It’s Eurovision Song Contest time again folks! Let loose the glitter bombs of fabulous music now! So, in the seven weeks leading up to the grand final on Saturday 23 May 2015, I will be profiling the acts and reviewing the songs of 5-6 countries each week, giving my unvarnished, unguarded Continue Reading

The road to Eurovision 2015: Semi-final 2 (part 2) – Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland

Posted on May 16, 2015May 16, 2015 by aussiemoose

The road to Eurovision 2015: Semi-final 2 (part 1) – Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta

Posted on May 12, 2015May 22, 2015 by aussiemoose

Book review: Funny Story by Emily Henry

(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) You know what’s so appealing about romantic comedies? No matter how over the top their premise might be or fantastically narrative convenient the narrative powering them might be, they provide a delightfully overpowering sense of comfort that life can be good and wonderful, and if it’s Continue Reading

Movie review: The Fall Guy

(courtesy IMP Awards) It’s time to be brutally honest – most cinematic adaptations of TV shows are not very good. In fact, in many cases, they are beastially awful – we’re looking at you Bewitched and CHiPs; we’d rather we weren’t but alas for a moment we must – and Continue Reading

Sitcom review double: Loot (S2, E1-5) and Not Dead Yet (S2, E1-5)

LOOT (S2, E1-5) It’s a pretty much a given that Maya Rudolph can do no wrong and with stellar writing back her and surrounded by a very talented ensemble cast, she’s one of those performers who is a comedic delight in just about every way possible. In Loot season one Continue Reading

Book review: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Is it possible to write a novel that is riotously clever and funny and yet absolutely able to cut right through to the heart of what it means to be human, to love, connect and belong, and to feel lost and alone when that doesn’t going Continue Reading

Graphic novel review: Void Rivals Vol. 1 More Than Meets the Eye by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici and Matheus Lopes

(courtesy Image Comics) Storytelling universes are very much in vogue in Hollywood at the moment. The most well-known and most successful of the lot of them is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but there are a great many far less successful pretenders to the throne including the D.C. Comics take on Continue Reading

The world deserves a better ending: Thoughts on Fallout

(courtesy IMP Awards) Apocalypses are not generally laugh-out-loud affairs, what with all the death, destruction, end of civilisation hanging over everything and such, and Fallout, based on the role-playing video game of the same name, is not, for the most part an exception. Set roughly two hundred or so years Continue Reading

Book review: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin

(courtesy Allen & Unwin) No one wants to think they’re a terrible person. If we’re honest, we all want to be the hero, the saviour, the flawlessly giving and selfless person that people laud and talk about with breathless wonder, someone people want to be friends with and love and Continue Reading

Road to Eurovision 2024: Week 6 – Malta, Netherlands, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland (Semi final 2, part 3) + Eurovision stage revealed!

What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading

Off to the movies we go! Enjoy the trailers for Summer Camp and Cora Bora

(via Shutterstock) Movies that combine a sense of escapist fun and some meaningful, if light, explorations of love and humanity are always just what this cinema doctor ordered. This time around there are not one but two movies on offer, both of which diversionarily delightful and guaranteed to put a Continue Reading

Book review: Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

(courtesy Hachette Australia) Working out when you should walk away from something you love is always tough. The reason you’ve stuck out a particular gig for so long is the very thing that keeps you anchored there, and while longevity of occupation in a particular place or occupation doesn’t always Continue Reading