2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
A Dal – From deep in the bowels of hell
As Roy D Hacksaw would say, death to juries, as they nearly didn't get the winner through to the superfinal, where the public voted...
Vidbir 2018 – Ukraine sends Melatonin? – no. Melovin
Well it wasn't like anyone could see this coming - the favourite all along has obliged in Ukraine with Mélovin winning the televote by...
EMA 2018 result… televote winner not winning shocker
Schlagerskandal in EMA 2018, it seems. The televote winner, Boyband BQL, lost out to the jury winner Lea Sirk by ten votes.
Death to Juries...
Moldovan Result with full jury and televote scores
After a very early start and a very early and slightly chaotic finish, the result of the Moldovan final is now shown below.
DoReDos won...
Fourth Swedish Semi Final result
Well after a show that felt like it was from 1984, and was about ten thousand hours long, the result of the 4th Swedish...
So what are you going to do with your Saturday? – National Finals then??...
...before you start - I know I've used the same pic almost as last week but that's because it does NOT get any easier...
Is it time to rethink Melodifestivalen?
For years, it's been touted as the gold standard of Eurovision national selections. Swedish broadcaster SVT has been organising the Melodifestivalen for as long...
The Germans chose a faux Ed Sheeran
He's ginger. He's got floppy hair. He plays the guitar... no, it's not Ed (who said he'd be up for writing an English Eurovision...
21 February – You’ll want to drink more
Language. It can always provoke debate in Eurovision circles. Free language rule or no free language rule? Song in one language or a combination...
Sanja Ilic & Balkanika heading for Eurovision (Updated with results)
Sanja Ilic & Balkanika won the right to represent Serbia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called 'Nova deca' (New children).
After...