MUSICAL MONDAY: Bangaranga (DARA)

Here it is: the winner of the weekend's 70th annual Eurovision Song Contest.

In the "home jury", both Rachel and I gave this one our top scores and so were delighted - and rather surprised - that the bouncy Bangaranga actually won the contest.

Our scoresheets for the evening - Rachel even made notes!

Sadly, the UK's Look Mum No Computer (which we'd voted into second place) ended up at the bottom of the 25 acts participating in the grand final, with just a single point.

In comparison, DARA scored 516 points - the biggest margin over second place in the history of Eurovision.

See below for the final tally, which includes both the international juries' and the public votes.

MUSICAL MONDAY: Come Along With Me/Island Song (LAKE)

MUSICAL MONDAY: The Mandalorian and Grogu (Boys Noize Remix)

MUSICAL MONDAY: Turn The Tide ( NiNi Music x RYUJIN)

Turn the Tide is an Epic Asian folk metal collaboration between NiNi Music and RYUJIN (Ryoji Shinomoto).

Blending traditional Asian instruments with melodic metal, the song tells the story of the legendary Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao and the storms of war that turned the tide of battle across the seas.

Shot across Asia with shots from the beautiful Hokkaido.

MUSICAL MONDAY: Deathstalker (Brendan McCreary, Chuck Cirino, Slash, and Bear McCreary)

The ’80s cult classic Deathstalker is back in an amped-up, reverential reboot, courtesy of writer-director Steven Kostanski (Frankie Freako, Psycho Goreman) and executive producer Slash (Guns N' Roses).

The film features a stellar, rousing, equally tributary title track from Emmy and BAFTA Award–winning composer Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Walking Dead) and Slash.

MUSICAL MONDAY: The Story of Us (milet)

Singer-songwriter milet performs The Story of Us (from the anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) live at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

MUSICAL MONDAY: Lulu (Mrs Green Apples)

This is a special music video, produced by Toho Animation, for Mrs Green Apple's Lulu, the opening theme song of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, season two.

MUSICAL MONDAY: The Story of Us (Ru's Piano)

Incredible Taiwanese pianist RuRu performs her cover of milet's The Story of Us, from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

MUSICAL MONDAY: Anytime Anywhere (milet)

Japanese singer-songwriter milet performs Anytime Anywhere, the closing tune from the first season of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

MUSICAL MONDAY: Gemini (Ginny Di)

A new four-track EP from Ginny Di celebrating the anniversary of playing her bard character, Gemini.

MUSICAL MONDAY: Eins, Zwei, Drei (LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER)

This is the wonderfully weird, official music video for this year's Eurovision Song Contest entry for the UK.

Definitely outside our comfort zone, I reckon LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER (aka electronics wunderkind Simon Battle) has a better than average chance of doing okay... depending on how annoyed the other voting countries still are about Brexit.

The Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled for May and will take place in Vienna, as Austria won last year.

MUSICAL MONDAY: Lulu (Ying & Legendav)

An English-language cover of Mrs Green Apple's Lulu, from the second season of hugely popular anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

Frieren is cosplayed in the music video by meganakamomo aka Momo.

MUSICAL MONDAY: The Story of Us (Ying & David Guthrie Music)

An English-language cover of milet's The Story of Us, from the second season of wildly popular anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

Frieren is cosplayed in the music video by meganakamomo aka Momo.

MUSICAL MONDAY: Lulu (Mrs Green Apple)

Following last week's official videos from milet, here's the official music video of Lulu - the opening theme for the current season of the sublime anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - by Mrs Green Apple.

MUSICAL MONDAY: The Story of Us (milet)

An official, special music video for The Story of Us, by singer-songwriter milet, the ending theme song from the (current) second season of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

Below, we have milet's own beautiful video for the song:

MUSICAL MONDAY: Opening and Closing Tunes For Season Two of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

The magnificent anime, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, has returned for its second season. New episodes drop on Crunchyroll on Fridays at 3pm (in the UK).

The first episode was grand, the perfect mélange of cosy and jeopardy that we've come to expect after the debut season. This bodes very well for season two, although I have heard a rumour (backed-up by the listings on IMDB) that this season may only have 10 episodes (after the 28 of season one). There could be tears!

MUSICAL MONDAY: Playing D&D (SJ Tucker)

MUSICAL MONDAY: Sailor, Sail On (Atarashii Gakko!)

A new single has dropped from my favourite girl group, the amazing Japanese quartet, Atarashii Gakko!

Below you can see a live performance of the song:

MUSICAL MONDAY: All I Want for Christmas - A D&D Christmas Carol (Ginny Di)

MUSICAL MONDAY: A TPK Carol - D&D Parody (Ginny Di)