2016 April
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 38: Slovenia – Blue and Red by ManuElla
“How can I mix red and blue together?” muses ManuElla. Well, they come up quite nicely together in a bruise, I’d say. Thankfully ManuElla’s...
ESC birthdays 30 April – What have you never done in your life?
Are you in Stockholm yet? Or are you going, and are not quite there yet? I fall into one of those categories but I...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 43: United Kingdom – You’re Not Alone by Joe and...
The benefit of being a Brit in my annual Countdown is that I get to save my home nation for last, alphabetically. Not that...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 42: Ukraine – 1944 by Jamala
The last time we saw Jamala was in 2011, attempting to represent Ukraine with an annoyingly catchy ditty called Smile, which it was hard...
Congratulations, I have arrived
Gratulerer Stockholm, I am in you.
Uncharacteristically I am the first of the On Europe team to arrive this year. “What’s with the early doors?”,...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 34 – Russia
Now, for the clever among you, I’ve not written these in order, but presented them in order – i’m clever like that!!
Now, listening to...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 36 – Serbia
Now sitting in the hotel preparing to fly out to the European festival of populist song, I asked myself, “When did Serbia get good?”
The...
ESC birthdays 29 April – Which songs will Ketil the votes in Stockholm?
It’s nearly here. The most mad, fun and baffling two weeks of the year. For a certain type of person anyway. It baffles me...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2016 – Part 33 – Poland
When one looks up the word “trolling” in the internet dictionary, surely a massive picture of Michał Szpak with massive flashing lights comes up....
ESC birthdays 28 April – Is it time to GO to Stockholm yet?
It’s nearly time to head to some place in Sweden where a bunch of people gather together to pick which three minutes of song...