I Am A Swede

I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner

Damn, once again a catastrophe strikes Emmerdale, yet somehow fails to kill a single Dingle.....

Great interview with the wonderful Patricia Routledge. So eloquent and intelligent. Quite a difference from Hyacinth Bucket.....

My favourites so far: 1. Albania 2. Estonia 3. Poland 4. Iceland 5. Norway

Another one.... Two people were killed and at least eight injured in Virginia Beach shooting incidents

Listened to the rest of the songs now, and... not impressed. Albania is, in my opinion, by far the best entry this year. Poland has one of the better songs as well, and there's something about the Icelandic entry that appeals to me. Malta has clearly been inspired by Netta's win for Israel a few years ago. The song isn't bad, but it's nothing special either. A fate they share with Sweden, the UK and Greece. And there were some really bad entries in this second half as well, like Russia, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Georgia and the worst of them all, Latvia.

I've listened to roughly half the songs now, and so far my clear favourite is Albania. I like the retro feeling of Denmark's entry but the singing was a little too wobbly. Norway's song is quite okay as well, but I'm not a fan of the stage production. Australia is sending it's weakest entry ever, while Estonia is probably my second favourite after Albania. Some entries (Spain, Netherlands, Moldova, Ireland, Belgium for instance) are bland, but okay. But some entries are simply bad, like Ukraine, Czech Republic, Lithuania, France, Germany and Cyprus. During the 1990s I usually loved the songs from Cyprus, but this year...

Shock death in upcoming Emmerdale storyline Please, please, please let it be someone named Dingle!! 🙏