Just in case you'd forgotten, it's Eurovision this Saturday, oh joy. And to celebrate the fact that it is thirty years since Abba won the song-con with 'Waterloo', that track is being re-released. Given that said 30th Anniversary coupled with the hype surrounding the new covers album by Agnetha Faltskog has helped get the Abba Gold compilation back into the Top 20 (just who is it that doesn't already own this album?) it's sure to sell well.
So big is the European Community these days (and of course the European Community, when viewed through the eyes of Eurovision, includes Israel) that 36 countries are competing. So big is the competition there will be a semi-final tomorrow night to decide which 24 countries make it into the final on Saturday night. Given last year's Eurovision embarrassment, coupled with current political embarrassments, things don't look particularly good for Britain. It's a good job the BBC are so important in making the Eurovision happen, otherwise we'd probably have been evicted altogether.