Why is Bonnie Tyler doing Eurovision?
Just think of all the publicity my album will have. It’s a brilliant opportunity because 120 million people watch that show.
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Who gets your douze points this year at Eurovision?
It’s probably escaped the notice of many of you , but the Eurovision Song Contest is getting closer. Before you ask, the Grand Final is on Saturday May 18th, so you have six weeks to plan your party. Of course in four weeks I fly to Malmo to cover the Contest from backstage as the rehearsals start. Even though the UK media like to make fun of the Contest, with a peak viewership of over nine million last year, the public (that means you) still love it. So why not sneakily subscribe to the Eurovision Podcast that I host on ESC
Crash, Boom, Bang!
News that Lynda Woodruff will be participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest has been met with delight by fans, and I suspect her appearance will be met by some rather confused commentators across Europe. Even with the BBC getting a pre-show commentators briefing Graham Norton managed to spectacularly miss the point when she read out the votes last year. Still, I predict the comedic creation of Sarah Dawn Finer will be one of the highlights of the night. After all, I’ve heard the song that Bulgaria are sending…
Lost in France, Last in Malmo, Bonnie Tyler is off to Eurovision
Fair play to Bonnie Tyler’s management, they’ve landed her with one of the biggest musical stages in Europe, just as her new album is released in the UK and across the continent. My problem with today’a announcement of the UK’s singer to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013 is more towards the BBC. There’s focusing on UK ratings as opposed to pushing for victory, but there needs to be a cultivation of Eurovision as a good place for artists… and that’s lacking. I just wonder what lesson the BBC learned from last year’s adventure with ‘The Hump’ that has led
On reaching two hundred episodes of the Eurovision Insight Podcast
I’ve been involved with a number of long-running podcasts (and a few ‘seemed like a good idea at the time’ shorter run shows), but I wanted to take a moment to watch the episode counter tick over and reach ‘200’ on my Eurovision Song Contest podcast (iTunes link). That’s a lot of weekly shows (although for the two weeks leading up to the Contest in May it does switch to a daily schedule) and looking back on the path it has taken me on, I’m really proud of them all. I didn’t do anything ‘special’ for this show as it’s
Why did Radio 1 ignore one of the biggests chart hits of 2012?
Is that the noise of laughter as Radio 1’s Head of music, George Egatoudis, tells Digital Spy Radio 1 has no influence on the charts and always acknowledges the public’s lead? A lot of people believe we have total control over what gets in the charts and what is popular, but this simply isn’t the case. Of course we do have influence, but the public know what they like and if we don’t acknowledge that they’ll soon turn us off and go elsewhere. So Mr Egatoudis, can you think of a song that goes Top Ten in thirty different countries,
