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A fair old source of juicy gossip sprang into being at this year's Euro Bash in Birmingham - and tragically - Boom Bang a Blog was strolling around the Bullring when it was revealed (how slack).

Don't fear - we have been retrospectively filled in (we asked the Council for permission) and can reveal all.

It's about the swinging sixties, the BBC and an act of cold-melodied revenge.

Bet you can't wait to read the next bit...

You'll recognise the man on the right - it's Mr Danny Lynch, the intrepid soul who tried his damnedest to get some backstage gossip at last month's Eurovision Dance Contest in Glasgow for Boom Bang a Blog, but was thwarted by a lack of internet access.

But never mind about all that - that's me and 'im on the darncefloor of one of the function rooms at Birmingham's Jury's Inn on Saturday night for Eurobash 2008. It's a wonder some of the enthusiastic souls bopping away to Eurovision classics didn't crash in to us while we posed for a pic.

Jury's Inn Birmingham: Welcome to the dream factory

Boom Bang a Blog is very excited. Can you tell?

Tomorrow, I shall board National Express's finest in order to spend an evening in Birmingham's Jury Inn where I shall join fellow sufferers Eurovision fans for a day-long celebration of all things Contest.

Well, I say day-long, I'm only going to the disco bit at the end of the night.

As you are no doubt aware, the Echo Arena in Liverpool hosts the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, November 6 - but what does all that trendy music which young people listen to in their bedrooms have to do with the Song Contest?

We'd ask those two people in the photograph, but to be frank, we don't know who they are and we're not entirely sure they'd know anyway.

We're stopping off in Wallasey, Wirral, today and it's our first choice from a lady Eurovision fan.

Step forward, Miss Lorna Hughes.

Our cavalcade of Eurovision's rosy moments stops off in Manchester today, where a gentleman known as Laurent Flechette (he is local), tells us about his particular pick of the Contest pops.

Laurent explained: "Ah, my favourite Eurovision song.

"This is not such a difficult choice you might think for a fan of the contest going back over 40 years. (I can still remember my bitter disappointment as a young boy when Kathy Kirby was beaten into second place back in 1965. Yes, I am that old).

"But I have to go to 1977 for my favourite.

September is a notoriously sparse month for Eurovision news, but here in the UK we've had two Contest-tastic nuggets in less than a week.

Hot on the heels of the news of the juries' return in Moscow, today (Wednesday), several newspapers are reporting that HRH Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber (thank you to Look Around You for that joke) is playing a key role in next year's selection process for the United Kingdom.

It's unlikely Sir Andy will be penning our 2009 tune (he's not too hot at bringing songs to a close in under three minutes), but he could be taking on a mentor-type role in an I'd Do Anything/Any Dream Will Do-type primetime selection process which will marry up a singer with a song.

Nothing has been confirmed by the BBC yet - but it sounds encouraging.

(NOTE: In 1969, the not-yet-famous Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice submitted a song called Try It and See for the BBC's Eurovision panel to consider as a potential entry for Lulu to perform in Madrid. The tune never made it through the first sift. You can now hear a reworked version of that entry throughout the world in productions of Jesus Christ Superstar. It's called King Herod's Song).

Boom Bang a Blog has put the flags out, banged the drums and sent out a clarion call to Eurovision fans across the globe (all seven of them).

In this quiet patch of Eurovision goodness, it still remains our mission to entertain and educate the casual surfer who accidentally stumbles on Boom Bang a Blog. Perhaps they're looking for something about Lulu. Or explosives.

We digress. What did Boom Bang a Blog ask the fans of Concours De La Chanson?

Quite simply, we wanted to know what their favourite Eurovision song is - and why.

The first fan to answer our call was Mr Phil Tipton. His choice lies within.

Some very, very important people have been making Eurovision-related decisions this week. Boom Bang a Blog can only dream of being so vital to the smooth running of the Song Contest machine.

Over in Moscow, lots of presumably po-faced types in slacks and sweaters have been discussing what to change and what to retain at next year's event which rumbles ever closer to the Russian capital.

Do you want to know what they've come up with?

Right, that's dancing sorted. Surely there can't be another Eurovision coming our way this year?

What? With the money the various TV companies of Europe make from your phone votes? Of course there is!

This time, it's the kids who are having a go. Heaven help us all.