2017
Yearly Archives: 2017
Knock Knock – is this working?
I appear to be in my seat, sat next to the lovely Ewan and the equally lovely Eurovision Ireland. I'm here and ready to...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Switzerland
Apollo by Timebelle
Timebelle is, in all probability, the first ever Eurovision band to be named after an astronomical clock. I’m not even making this...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Sweden
I Can’t Go On by Robin Bengtsson
The first competitor we’ll see perform this year is Robin Bengtsson, although as he brings the same performance...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Spain
Do It For Your Lover by Manel Navarro
Every year we head to Eurovision with the passionate Spanish fans fervently supporting their artist and convinced...
Portugal – Girl just wants to have fun
All good fans know that the guy who will actually sing this song next Tuesday won't arrive in Kiev until the dress rehearsals. Health...
Azerbaijan – My lovely horse
Dihaj is first up after a short break - and if you've been following the bookies, this song was fancied to turn in a...
Finland – Sing little birdie
After Slavko, we're getting a cold compress in the shape of Norma John and their ode to self harm. I'm assured they're fun people...
Montenegro – From the sublime to the gloriously gay
Rarely has there been such an abrupt mood change at the contest, and this may well play to Slavko Kalezić's chances.
It's like he took...
Belgium – All alone in the danger zone
I'm almost certain I'll not be the first or last to quote Blanche's Eurovision lyric back at her this week. We're all back from...
Australia – Easy like Sunday morning
I have been dying to use that headline. And young Isaiah might have had the longest flight, but he arrived today sparky and spunky...