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 the number of viewers who watched the […]
Tag Archives: Netherlands
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 risk of stating the bleeding obvious, it’s a […]
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 on air at 1400 AEST for a special […]
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 be a success? EuroSongCountdown for 28 April 2012 The Songs: […]
Of Language and Concerts
Our man in Hilversum, Tim Fisher of Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s Euro Hit 40, gives us his take on national languages at Eurovision as well as a review of the recent […]
EuroSongCountdown 2012 – 14th April 2012
For Program 2 Hikaru & Andy take a look at some of the controversies that have littered the Eurovision landscape over the years. Fernando en Filippo – Milly […]
Special Report: The Netherlands
You could call it much ado about a headdress. 21 year old Joan Franka’s You & Me certainly caused a stir when she performed it last month, notably due to […]
Special Report: Auntie’s quandary – UK in 2012
First the numbers: 3, 26, 16, 22, 19, 22, 25, 5, 25, 11. If they reflected the annual standings of a football team in any code there would be trouble […]
Netherlands decides – crazy, brave ?
The Dutch have chosen a song that will either beguile or blow up in Baku ! Joan Franka’s odd attire may or may not be repeated in May, but […]
JoyEurovision calls Milly Scott
Milly Scott is a Eurovision pioneer. You probably wouldn’t think so if all you did was look at the stark statistics of her performance at the 1966 contest in Luxembourg. […]
