2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
Israel leapfrogs to become bookies’ Eurovision favourite
Within minutes of Netta releasing the official video for 'Toy', bookmakers adjusted their odds and made Israel their tip to win the 2018 Eurovision...
Worth the hype? Bulgaria breaks the silence
Way back when the 2018 Eurovision betting market opened, the shortest odds went against usual suspects Australia and Sweden, and to recent upstart Bulgaria.
After...
Grow old or die trying … or watching endless selection shows
Ieva Zasimauskaitė has won 'Eurovizijos atranka 2018', the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, and will perform the song 'When We're Old'...
Why bother with just the one Eurovision song?
If you can't quite decide what sort of song to send to the world's longest-running musical competition, why not do what the Macedonians have...
Russian singer vows not to break
We're closer than ever to a full pack of songs for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, and the latest internal selection to surface comes...
11 March – Everything we’re looking for is right here
There's been a lot of hoo-haa about the choice made by a certain country last night. And also its neighbouring country. Could what they've...
Rybak for more with second Eurovision bid
Some Eurovision winners refuse to go away. Johnny Logan still haunts the halls like a fading ghost, and Uncle Ralph Siegal dips into his...
I appreciate it’s Mother’s Day Benjamin, but you don’t have to do something she...
It's almost as if it was ordained by the gods. The fanw**k favourite and allround clean-living good guy with the Melodifestivalen pedigree, Benjamin Ingrosso...
10 March – The key is in you
We've only got a few more songs from the 2018 crop to hear, and I for one can't wait for them. Today, we get...
Party like its 1904? – It’s a Nor-Swe final evening!
So the final Saturday of the On-Season is upon us and, frankly, after weeks of 7-8 and 9 selections, two is a blessed relief! -...