2015

It’s an odd comparison, of the type you’re used to by now, but watching Switzerland after Sweden gives me the same feeling I had...

Melanie René is singing a cracking little song for Switzerland, but it passes me by. Like a fair few entries in this contest, it...

I was watching Elnur’s breakdancing pirouetting werewolves, then suddenly remembered Du Er Fuld Af Løgn from ESC 1986 and it’s a brute of an...

Latvia – I didn’t see much of it as I was having some lunch: big ravioli with cheese and a butetr sauce. Delicious. About...

Sorry I was trying to do everything and failing miserably. Elnur, however, got my attention. When you get past Latvia and put something good in,...

Go watch Melodifestivalen. It’s that. Qualifying *obviously*, podiuming almost certainly, winning… you wouldn’t be surprised.

Iceland is very cute. It’s Maria centre stage with 5 backing vocalists, including Hera Björk, to the rear right side. There’s a kind of...

Iceland’s Eurovision 2015 entry has few redeeming features. It’s badly staged (i.e. a 22-year-old in a nine-year-old’s clothing), singing a song that is very...

The trees are our friends. We should love the trees. We should chop down the trees, cut them in half straight down the middle...

Ooh here’s the boy, our boy from Sverige!! As expected a very similar graphic with subtle changes and slightly out of line in the...