11 June – All memories would be nothing without you
It was always interesting when our friends at the EBU relaxed the rule about singing in your own language. Obviously, where most songs are...
17 May – I was livin’ in emptiness
Finland. The the country famed for lakes, rally drivers and beautifully unfathomable words. And a Eurovision tradition going back over 60 years. One win...
Shai’s Eurovision Countdown 2026 – Part Thirteen – Finland
Finland - Liekinheitin - Is the hot favourite to win
I think we can split the reaction to the Finnish song into 2 camps. The...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2026 – Part Thirteen – Finland
Finland – Linda and Pete – Liekinheitin
Now this is more fucking like it.  There were only ever two songs in UMK for me and...
Eurovision 2026 Review: Finland
Finland heads to Vienna with Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen’s ‘Liekinheitin’. It won the increasingly brilliant UMK in Tampere with the sort of crushing...
16 March – There’s no need to be carrying a frown
The Eurovision fortnight can be a long two weeks if they don't quite go your way. You turn up in the host city a...
14 Mar – Do you remember that sweetest night
For your viewing pleasure in these exceptional times, we're going back to a simpler age. A time of cosy contests all over in one...
Here’s tonight’s classifed results check with Mr Phil
Even *I* can't do eight articles all by myself so, instead of that, I've decided to do one massive page updated as as when...
20 February – I hear you screaming
Do you often wonder why some countries haven't won the top prize in our favourite TV show more often? Those countries with, perhaps, only...
28 January – We were restless, confused
Remember 2020? Yep, that crazy time when the world ground to a halt, no-one could go out, and our favourite TV show was cancelled....