2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
Five popular Eurovision myths
It's so close you can almost feel the wind machine. 43 Eurovision acts are packing their bags and getting ready for a fortnight (or...
Why Your Favourite Song Isn’t Going To Win Eurovision 2018
Yep, it’s that point of the year where we closely examine the respective chances of all this year’s aspiring Eurovision songsmiths to ascertain what their...
23 April – Because I’m the queen of the big country
Because we celebrate all aspects of our favourite TV show here, it should be no surprise when I dig deeply into the archives.
I've dug/digged...
Monty goes to West End Eurovision
Saturday night saw the final preview party of the 2018 season in Madrid. In less than a week this year’s Eurovision artists will start...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Germany
It's easy to do the Ed Sheeran comparisons, and indeed Master Ed's song could easily pass as a lesser cut from the latter-day housewife's...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 38 – Serbia
Here we go again – Balkan Ballad mark 2 from everyone’s favourite Balkan county. I don’t know what it is with these types of...
Five years of Eurovision betting – do votes follow the money?
With Eurovision less than a month away, people have started to put their money where their mouth is and place bets on who win...
Now you remind me of something I’ll never have
Random time again, and I've gone back to 2017. It was a year when there were some surprise non-qualifiers.
You might not think that today's...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 37 – San Marino
Ok – Lets get all of the b*llocks out of the way here. SMRTV can not organise a piss up in a brewery. This...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 36 – Russia
Words can not do justice as to how HIDEOUS and CLAWING I find this song. It's horrific, trite nonsense that is a V's up...