Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 5 – Azerbaijan
Nadir Rüstəmli - Fade to black
Because you can never have enough of these soaring male ballads at Eurovision - and the last song revealed...
Azeri horse head in all its live glory, you say?
First up, here's some video live from the hall through the magic of Facebook.
She's still shouting at me on screen and that's a problem...
For I have returned and the world will be sorry… mwah...
Yes the wilderness is over and I'm even tempted to return to the contest itself next year as the finances are looking less ropey....
Azerbaijan – like a lacklustre audition for an erotic revue
“Let’s go!” cries Efendi, right at the point when her Mata Hari is supposed to bang. She barely even manages to rally herself and...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 5/37 – Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan used to be known as the country that would pay the Swedes to get decent results and, indeed, their only win in this...
Azeri kitchen sinks
I don't rightly know where to start with this, though one phrase could describe all of this without looking
"Typical Azeri Eurovision."
It's everything you could...
LIVE BLOG – Semi Final 1 – Press rehearsal
Join us live here from 22:00 local time (8pm, UK/Portugal - 9pm Western Europe) to hear what we make of the Jury rehearsal of the...
17 April – Mesmerising
It was in 2020 when things changed. That contest we were all looking forward to in Rotterdam was almost upon us, and then it...
8 July – We can’t afford to miss this
You know how some countries that you write off when you first hear their song. And then they hit the big stage and you...
Rosé’s Russia and does Azerbaijan (my favourite) scrub up?
Russia
Well well well... Many songs are a disappointment when they transfer to the Eurovision stage but I was pleasantly surprised by this watching in...















