2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 34 – Poland
Poland usually picks something eclectic for this contest. In recent years, we've had milkmaids and a long haired man that hoovered up televotes, but...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Macedonia
Tired of being snubbed for entering the wrong song, Macedonian television appears to have opted for three different ones this time.
The jolt from the...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Portugal
Host nation, playing on home turf. A winsome little number - Cláudia Pascoal sings in that over-emotional style that makes it hard to call her...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Romania
The Romanian Eurovision song this year sounds like the sort of thing someone at the BBC might have offered to Bonnie Tyler back in...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 33 – PORTUGAL
O Jardim by Cláudia Pascoal
And now for the home entry from Portugal. Wow. Can you believe how many years we’ve been waiting to hear...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 32 – POLAND
Light Me Up by Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer
I love a good banger at Eurovision, and this year Poland has one on their hands. I...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 31 – NORWAY
That’s How You Write A Song by Alexander Rybak
Gigliola Cinquetti, Anne Marie David, Elisabeth Andreassen, Carola, Niamh Kavanagh, Dana International, Charlotte Perrelli, and Lena...
19 April – Good thoughts melt the ice
You wonder why some countries have lost their way. Those troupers that have been trying for years with a small degree of success. Then...
20 times Eurovision has kept it in the family
I’ve heard it said – or rather I used to hear it being said – that the Irish have Eurovision ‘in their blood’ –...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Hungary
I've put off this review until late in my Countdown run, mostly on account, I find it unlistenable. Not their fault. Just not my...