Each year, I do a bit of a Eurovision theme and, this year, as Britain heads to guaranteed defeat tonight in Baku, I thought I’d highlight one of my favourite Eurovision losers of all time! Gigliola Cinquetti’s 1974 entry for Italy – “Si” - was one of the best Eurovision entries of the 1970s but faced something [...]
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Last of the Eurovision updates (promise!) prior to tonight’s 2011 Eurovision song contest, here’s a great resume of classic ballads by female winners from the 70s, 80s and 90s …
I’ve been in Belfast the last couple of days with the ‘day job’ – the photo (right) was taken at the George Best City Airport this afternoon. A really enjoyable visit and coming after the Institute I work for having its International Conference earlier this week in Dublin. So, with a dodgy link, [...]
Pleased to see that (for once!) one of my hot tips for Eurovision success proved to be the winner!
My hot tips for 2010 : Azerbaijan : Germany : But best of all – Israel :
Tomorrow, I’ll give you my top tips for the winning song … but meantime, here’s my two favourite winners of all time – both from the 1970s. See http://tinyurl.com/eurovisionhits
