SONG OF THE WEEK: Real Love by RoseeLu (week beginning Monday February 12 2024)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

Denmark have won the Eurovision Song Contest 3 times but haven’t qualified for a final since Leonora finished 12th with Love Is Forever in 2019 in Tel Aviv.

  • Read on for reasons including how 3 of Danish pop sensations Alphabeat co-wrote this song
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Dancing With Demons by Cyan Kicks (week beginning 5 February 2024)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Rock quartet Cyan Kicks finished runners up in Finland’s Eurovision selection show UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu) in 2022 and on Saturday (10 February 2024) return again with this song.

  • Read on for reasons including who Cyan Kicks’ main UMK competition is
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Go Tobann by Ailsha (week beginning 22 January 2024)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

We can’t ever remember writing about Ireland’s Eurovision selection show Eurosong but this year it contains an entry we think has the potential to do very well in Sweden in May and 1 that is competent but unchallenging which may well win the ticket.

  • Read on for reasons including how Go Tobann reminds us of Ukraine’s beloved Go_A which finished 5th
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Damdiggida by KEiiNO (January 2024)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

We’ve heard all 18 songs vying to represent Norway at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden in May and this is the 1 we couldn’t get out of our head on 1st listen.

  • Read on for reasons including how this leans into a novelty Aqua/Little Big sound
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Here To Stay by Sofia Coll (December 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

‘For all of you who don’t speak Spanish, this is a message for the 1s who didn’t believe in me, well guess where I am honey? I made it … and I’m Here To Stay.’ Here to slay more like.

  • Read on for reasons including everything we know about Sofia and 2024’s Eurovision selection show Benidorm Fest
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Back To Life by STAND UNIQU3 (November 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

For the 2nd year running the UK enters a song in Junior Eurovision that would do well in the grown-up Eurovision itself.

  • Read on for reasons including how this song’s writers have penned tunes for acts including Kylie and Ava Max
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Feel The Love by Bananarama (week beginning Wednesday 18 October 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

With Madonna 4 nights into a 6-date run at The 02 celebrating her 40 years in pop, it seems high time that Bananarama – Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward – did similar to mark their 4 decades at the top.

  • Read on for reasons including why you should be feeling the love as well as Glorious
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Is It Love? by Loreen (October 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

It’s 5 months since Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui, better known as Loreen, won Eurovision for the 2nd time, becoming the 1st woman to achieve the feat.

  • Read on for reasons including how this single raises expectations for a strong new album
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Sunny Side Of London by Joker Out (week beginning 30 September 2023)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Joker Out lead singer Bojan woke up on his band’s tour bus this year, saw London’s Palace of Westminster and decided the city should be the venue for the lyric about the quintet’s relationship with its fans.

  • Read on for reasons including how the band is working on an album in English
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