Podcasts
Dec
2
2012
2
2012
Reality comes to Eurovision
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Eurovision song contest (Photo credit: kjelljoran)[/caption] Even as the GFC began to take hold in Europe, many ...
Jun
12
2012
12
2012
Musings – The view down here
It's never over. Eurovision that is. Or are there some worrying signs ? The singers and the songs have come and gone, but ...
May
26
2012
26
2012
The Full “EuroSongCountdown” Catastrophe – Saturday May 25th AKA FESCC
Hosted & posted by Andy Bell & Hikaru Freeman Andy & Hikaru plus friend at Joy Radiothon sponsor Essendon Jeep At the ...
May
20
2012
20
2012
EuroSongCountdown May 19th 2012
Our last hour long Saturday night show ! Next weekend, starting on Friday, we will have THREE shows. On Friday we'll be ...
May
19
2012
19
2012
Eurovision History Chat: Portugal
Eurovision has many hidden stories, and one of the most surprising ones is that of Portugal. Hikaru had previously talked about ...
Apr
29
2012
29
2012
EuroSongCountdown 2012 – April 28th 2012
We're talking language this week. Has free language helped or hurt Eurovision? Do you need to be in English to ...
Mar
11
2012
11
2012
Portugal decides – canção chosen
Portugal's Festival Da Canção selected Filipa Sousa singing "Vida Minha" on March 10th 2012. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0yc3ynJmh0] This year, RTP devoted the festival to fado, marking ...
Mar
4
2012
4
2012
The Remaining 16
Well, Super Month is now over and there are still 16 countries left to select or present their entries. Next week ...
Feb
4
2012
4
2012
Special Report: Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975-1979
In part one we saw how the Salazar regime used Eurovision as a propaganda tool to promote itself and its ...
Feb
3
2012
3
2012
Special Report: Portugal at Eurovision in the 1960s & 1970s
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Last year's Portuguese entry "A Luta e alegria" ("the struggle is happiness") was a comical allusion ...