Who am I? I'm an American guy from Washington, DC, in his 50's. To pay the bills, I'm a government bureaucrat who works for an agency that is promoting the development of solar, wind, and geothermal energy in America. But on my own time, I am a classical violist, a theater judge, and an opera fan. I studied linguistics and Germanic languages at Princeton University, and languages have always been one of my favorite hobbies.
When the domestic partnership I'd been in for 20 years exploded into a million pieces a couple of years ago, I realized I was also a guy who had the opportunity for a fresh start in a new life. For me, the Eurovision experience is becoming one of the many pieces of that new life.

++ Loreen opens first semi final  ++ Bucks Fizz singer in The Voice ++ We're in Malmö! ++ And more Eurovision news...

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++ Yohio's role in the ESC final ++ Who is Petra Mede ++ The Parody Guys did it again ++ And more Eurovision news...

++ Eurovision in the charts ++ 12points Party in Leuven coming up ++ Counting down to Malmö ++ And more Eurovision news...

Today there is no big Eurovision news, just some updates....

++ Carola's trip to Amsterdam seems to have cured her homophobia ++ Greece zero points ++ presenting the Euro Fan Café ++ Democracy and Eurovision ++ And more Eurovision news...

++ 1000 Euro fan Passes for fans in Malmö ++ Six more ladies for Amsterdam ++ Eurovision does well in the charts ++ Yohio released new album ++ Carola found a knight ++  And more Eurovision news...

++ More tickets for Eurovision ++ more artists for Amsterdam ++ How Christer Björkman decided the running order ++  And more news...

++ Launching the Big Poll 2013! ++ Sanremo winner coming to Amsterdam ++ Eurovision & the charts ++ And more news...

++ Two more acts for Amsterdam tonight ++ Charlotte's summer plans ++ The ESC 2013 stage in figures ++ And more news...

++ The running order revealed ++ Danish confidence or - ++ Winny Puhh goes viral ++ And more news...