Eurovision 2020: Europe Shine A Light

The cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest for this year wasn’t really unexpected due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it was the correct and sensible descision, but obviously it was a pity, especially for the artists who were due to compete in it and the Netherlands who were to host it. The decision for next year is that it will be held in the Netherlands, and the artists that were supposed to take part in 2020 can return. However, they have to sing different songs from what they were going to sing this year. Personally, I don’t see why, but apparently it would be against the rules of the competition if they entered the songs due for 2020 again.

Instead of the contest, they broadcast this programme Europe Shine A Light, where we would get to hear all 41 songs (normally, some would be culled in the semi-finals). But we’d only get 30 seconds of each one! I listened to all of them before this programme, so for what it’s worth here’s what I thought of them, and Europe Shine A Light itself:

Classic Coronation Street

As with the Classic Emmerdale post, I have also been watching Classic Coronation Street on ITV3, and I’ve watched even more of it due to the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown.  Here are some random thoughts about Classic Corrie. This is covering a slightly longer area, I think I started watching Corrie earlier, but vaguely late ’80s to mid-1995.

Classic Emmerdale

I have caught the repeats of classic episodes of Emmerdale and Coronation Street now and again on ITV3. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown, I have been able to see more of them than I otherwise might. Here are some of my general thoughts on Classic Emmerdale, mainly the years 1993, 1994 and 1995, as that’s when I started
watching first time round.