Oh dear, this is going horribly wrong.

Huh. Well... a Eurovision blog that not only managed to miss the contest itself but the ENTIRE NF season! I am very embarrassed...

It was good though wasn't it?! The six joyous weeks of Melfest (granted it wasn't as good as 2009, especially semi-final 2, JESUS!), four weeks of the not so good but still great MGP and of course the truly embarrassing shambles that was the BBC's comical attempt at a national final. Or indeed a light entertainment programme. Bless them. The world's most respected broadcaster yet they can't even get an entertainment programme right. Better luck next year, eh?

Yes, although this blog was totally ignored by both author and readers alike, I did fully immerse myself into the season and came out of it with a much heavier iPod... as always. I'm now a proud owner of a bootleg copy of Alyosha's album, Manboy, Darin's album, Kom and yet another Alcazar track! Doesn't get much better than that!

And of course, the lovely Lena is spreading her poorly pronounced joy all over my ears to this day. Bee has to be one of the greatest Eurovision songs that never was. Like Mambo in 2006, Lay Your Love On Me in 2008 and Stay the Night in 2009 (I can't remember what it was in 2007) Bee defined my Summer of 2010. That's the best thing about Eurovision being in May: you spend three amazing month filling up your MP3 with the best Europe has to offer, enjoy three incredible, drunken nights of broadcasting beauty, and then listen to your rewards all the way through the hottest (usually) time of the year, picking up the odd album along the way. Lovely. That is exactly why I love Eurovision so much. So many people think it's just a one night a year thing but it just makes the year worth living through with incredible music that you know that barely anyone else is listening to. It's yours. And it's special because of that.

And just think, it'll all be starting again in barely a few months time. Potentially we could be hearing our first entry imminently since the deadline was brought forward to 1st September. We can of course be certain that the ever dependable Albania will be giving us a present on Christmas day of all times! And of course Switzerland reverts back to NFs again, thank god, this December.

Farewell Summer 2010, Summer 2011 I'm coming to get you!