France – Now this is more like it

Whereas Spain was, by local consensus, bloody awful, this is a gamillion times better than it was in preview. If Elvis had lived ... no...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 22 of 39 – Lithuania

If, as I postulated yesterday, Latvia aren’t much good at this contest, then Lithuania are only slightly less worse. Back in 2020, The Roop...

15 February – A toast to love, long live love, three...

Do you admire those Eurovision stars with longevity? As was proven in the recent Sanremo Music Festival, if you've got it, you'll always have...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 17 of 39 – Iceland

This could adequately be described in six words: “Not as good as last year’s”, and fans would probably understand and go “yup”. But, as...

Finland names its 2022 Eurovision act

The 2022 UMK just finished and Finland has picked The Rasmus to perform in Turin at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, with a song...

The result of the 2nd Estonian Semi Final is out –...

To kick off the so-called Super Saturday we had the 2nd Semi Final from the deserted and still very large Saku Suurhall. The show's production...

Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 5

Every few days between now and the Big Show, OnEurope's pundits continue to share ill-informed ideas about what's going to win the 2017 Eurovision...
Finland at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 14 – FINLAND

Monsters by Saara Aalto After turning around her fortunes so impressively on the UK X Factor the BBC should have snapped up Saara Aalto for...
Czech Republic

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 11 – CZECH REPUBLIC

Lie to Me by Mikolas Josef Fans who like to keep an eye on the Eurovision betting odds will notice something unusual this year, with...

Lesley Roy: Finding her way in the world

With ‘Maps’ Lesley Roy promised to bring something unique to the Eurovision stage. She sat down to talk about her Eurovision experience and talk...