2018

Yearly Archives: 2018

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 14 – Estonia

It's rare I meet or interact with anyone on my wavelength for more than 2 seconds, but in this instance our beloved Mo has...
Estonia

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Estonia

I'm gunning for one of the big favourites today. Might as well just come out and say it, I really don't get the hype....

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 13 – Denmark

Ah, Denmark: the country whose Eurovision past is as rich as a full bodied Rioja ... punctured by the abomination that was Emilie De...
Armenia

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 2 – ARMENIA

Qami by Sevak Khanagyan If two songs are enough to pick a trend, then so far 2018 is making an early bid as the year...
Albania at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 1 – ALBANIA

Mall by Eugent Bushpepa My fellow OnEuropeans may be well ahead of me in Counting Down this year, but here I am - the original...

28 March – A seed will grow and sprout

Do you remember those days when the host song always did well? It was a big thing in the 1990s, when home entry after...
Qami

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Armenia

Sevak Khanagyan smoulders through 'Qami' in a video that includes more fingerless gloves and dry ice than a whole stack of Madonna promotional clips. It...
Czech

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 12 – The Czech Republic

So, the basic premise of this song can be summed up in a few words: Mikolas's significant other is playing away, but he don't...
Spain

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Spain

Male/female duos don't tend to win Eurovision - although I give you Ell and Nikki - whose victory still has many stumped. It's hard to...

Just calm down

It's a random video today, and I know we're in mourning for two grande dames of our favourite TV show. We do however have...