News – The Kirkham Report

Well, it couldn’t last forever…::sigh:: Peacock names Johnny Weir as Eurovision commentator

May 9, 2022 TC Kirkham BREAKING NEWS, Eurovision, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Road To Eurovision, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

After managing to get away from having a commentator or two on the 2019 and 2021 editions of Eurovision, we aren’t getting as lucky this year. Amidst pressure from the European Broadcast Union, who insist on having local country commentators on their coverage, NBC has announced that figure skater Johnny Weir will be your host for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on Peacock. Weir IS a huge fan of the contest, so that’s something – as my wife put it, they could have thrown some macho sports guy on the mic and they could have made a hash of it.

TKR – The Past, The Present…and the FUTURE

April 25, 2022 TC Kirkham Announcements, Blog, Charts, COLUMNS, Eurovision, Music, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Records, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

So over the past several months, I’ve been really thinking about what I have always wanted my music site to be, and over the last couple of weeks, I’ve sat down and made some notes about things I want to change, things I want to upgrade, things I want to introduce and more. And I thought I’d talk a little bit about it with you. First off, I will be cleaning up the charts area of the site. I was recently looking at things, and as cool as it is to finally have (almost) all my years of personal charts

American Song Contest – Week Five

April 18, 2022 TC Kirkham American Song Contest, Eurovision, Music, Music Video, Musicians, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Songs, Specials, Spotify Playlist, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, TKR On YouTube, Weblogs

The qualifiers on the American Song Contest conclude tonight! WOO HOO! The US’ officially licensed Eurovision spinoff continues with the final eleven performances tonight, and you can bet we’ll be there watching! We’re getting closer and closer to the semi-finals, and the suspense is growing for those songs that didn’t make it through – who will end up being the wild cards? Week five songs have been released – here’s the playlist! Don’t forget, TKR will be presenting a YouTube livestream show, “The Kirkham Report Guide to American Song Contest – After The Songs!” every week directly following each East

Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #36 – Czech Republic

April 8, 2022 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Specials, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#36 – Czech Republic “Lights Off” We Are Domi Songwriters: Einar Eriksen Kvaløy, Abigail Frances Jones, Dominika Hasek, Casper Hatlestad, Benjamin Rekstad The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the

Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #37 – Ukraine

April 7, 2022 TC Kirkham Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Specials, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#37 – Ukraine “Stefania” Kalush Orchestra Songwriters: Ivan Klimenko, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk, Vitaii Duzhyk, Ihor Didenchuk The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such.

Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #38 – San Marino

April 6, 2022 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Specials, Spotify, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#38 – San Marino “Stripper“ Achille Lauro Songwriters: Daniele Dezi, Daniele Mungai, Davide Petrella, Federico De Marinis, Francesco Viscovo, Gregorio Calculli, Lauro De Marinis, Marco Lanciotti, Matteo Ciceroni, Mattia Cutolo, Simon Pietro Manzari The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the

Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #39 – Serbia

April 4, 2022 TC Kirkham Countdown, Eurovision, Music, Music Video, Musicians, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Songs, Specials, Spotify Playlist, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

#39 Serbia “In corpore sano“ Konstrakta Songwriters: Ana Đurić, Milovan Bošković The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again, these are MY opinions, and

Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #40 – Portugal

April 4, 2022 TC Kirkham COLUMNS, Eurovision, Eurovision Songbytes, Music, Music Video, Musicians, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Records, Road To Eurovision, Songs, Specials, Spotify Playlist, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, TKR On YouTube, Weblogs

#40 Portugal “Saudade, saudade” Maro Songwriters: Mariana Secca, John Blanda The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again, these are MY opinions, and I

American Song Contest – Week Three

April 4, 2022 TC Kirkham American Song Contest, Eurovision, Music, Music Video, Musicians, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Songs, Specials, Spotify, Spotify Playlist, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

The American Song Contest continues tonight! WOO HOO! The US’ officially licensed Eurovision spinoff continues with twelve more performances tonight, and you can bet we’ll be there watching! Week Three’s songs have been released – here’s the playlist! Don’t forget, TKR will be presenting a YouTube livestream show, “The Kirkham Report Guide to American Song Contest – After The Songs!” every week directly following each East Coast airing of ASC, starting at 10:10 PM ET/7:10 PM PT – I will be going over my impressions of the songs, performances, staging, and more, and I’ll be doing my best to interact

BREAKING NEWS: The participants in the American Song Contest have been revealed!

March 3, 2022 TC Kirkham American Song Contest, BREAKING NEWS, Music, News, PNRNetworks, Pop Culture, Radio, Songs, Specials, Talent Shows, Television, The Kirkham Report, Thoughts and Musings, Weblogs

I’ll have a full run down later, but for now, as released about 1 hour ago, here’s the complete list of each state/territory and their performers for the first (hopefully annual) American Song Contest, premiering March 21 on NBC! According to the Wikipedia article, the songs will not be announced until they are performed on the show, and will be released as each week’s show goes forward. Atlantic Records is the shows’ industry partner and will release the songs accordingly. As announced a couple weeks ago, Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg have been named hosts of the ASC, which, in