Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #40 – Portugal

#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

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American Song Contest – Week Three

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

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Countdown to Eurovision 2022: The Basics!

GREETINGS PEOPLES!  It’s that time of year again! The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest Countdown starts NOW! Because I got a little bit later start than usual, I will be scattering some stuff around, doing one song most days but doing two or possibly three songs on other days, just so we get done in time for the semi-finals beginning May 10th! 40 songs to be ranked, 40 artists to spotlight, plus news and other ESC related specials – all coming between now and the official broadcasts beginning with the first semifinal on May 10, followed by the second semifinal on

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American Song Contest – Week Two

The American Song Contest continues tonight! WOO HOO! The US’ officially licensed Eurovision spinoff continues with eleven more performances tonight, and you can bet we’ll be there watching! Week Two’s songs were released last night at midnight – 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

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American Song Contest – Week One

Tonight the American Song Contest begins! WOO HOO! The US’ officially licensed Eurovision spinoff kicks off with eleven performances tonight, and you can bet we’ll be there watching! The songs were released last night at midnight – here’s the playlist” Starting tonight, 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

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

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

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Out with the old, in with the new…HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hey all, I’m so sorry things just kinda went dark here in mid-September. I didn’t even do my annual Junior Eurovision coverage because of a bunch of issues in real life, I am so sorry about that. Things are finally settling down, and I’m able to get stock of things. However, it is the end of the year, and I will be starting the new year with a BANG! In addition to a slightly redesigned site logo, which made it’s debut a few weeks ago, I have also added TKR Video Central, the TKR YouTube channel, to the sidebar courtesy

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TKR on YouTube – An exciting new miniseries coming soon….

A teaser for my brand new miniseries…it was a time that some have called the greatest musical summer of all time…classic hits, classic albums, classic music…and it all happened in one six month period, and centered in one particular season…an original TKR Miniseries coming in late July…“Summer of ’78” – Please….be here!

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