
Dave Boomkens Editor / Author
Favourite Eurovision songs:
France
in
Moscow 2009
Patricia Kaas – Et s'il fallait le faire
(Fred Blondin/Anse Lazio)
Norway
in
Malmö 2013
Margaret Berger – I feed you my love
(Karin Park/Robin Lynch/Niklas Olovson)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
in
Athens 2006
Hari Mata Hari – Lejla
(Željko Joksimović/Fahrudin Pecikoza/Dejan Ivanović)
France
in
Lisbon 2018
Madame Monsieur – Mercy
(Emilie Satt/Jean-Karl Lucas/Remi Tobbal)
Written by Dave

The Eurovision entry for Iceland paints a dystopia: a horrific, fictional society. A society full of dismal elements that can best be described by using a word such as ‘sinister’. The lyrics for Hatrið mun sigra (‘Hatred shall prevail’) reads as the musical reincarnation of the science fiction novel Brave new world (published in 1932). And yet… the guys from Hatari haven’t just travelled to … »

He was responsible for perhaps the most talked-about Israeli Song Contest entry of all time: Sameyakh. A song with rather suggestive lyrics (‘I want to do it with him all day long’) and an act (flying the Syrian flag) that tormented many Israeli television viewers. Nineteen years later, he – Roy ‘Chicky’ Arad – is a celebrated author and successful … »



