20 December – I can feel the tears on my face...

As you'll know, there have been 64 contests. So that means 64 home entries. We had one yesterday, and we've got another one today....

5 December – If you come and hide in my body

A real treat in store for you today. A song occasionally comes along that breaks the mould. It just draws you in, and you...

11 November – They committed sacrilege and they weren’t even ashamed

Have you ever thought what the stars of Eurovision have to go through on the big night? Apart from the pressure of representing their...

17 June – I’m blowing paper, balling call me later

Have you noticed an increase in collaborations? No? Well, maybe not necessarily in Eurovision circles, but definitely in the wider world of music. But what...
Katerine enjoys a great second rehearsal at Eurovision 2019

Greece – Love profusion

You're in my sweaty palms today until Mr Phil reaches the hall after a hard-earned morning off. I've been granted access to a handful...

Greece – They’ve got it going on

And by it, I mean everything. Because that's what the Greeks had on stage today. Literally everything. It was like fire sale at the...
Katerine

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 17 – Greece

Greece’s mighty qualification record suffered only its second ever blow last year as Yianna Terzi’s unmistakably Hellenic Oniro Mou languished in 14th place. The...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 17 – Greece

Somewhere in a television studio in Athens, at the back end of 2018, arose a shadowy figure who put fired up the projector, showed...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Greece

Two reviews in one day? I realised that if we carry on at the one-a-day pace, we'll not finish until the semi-finals have aired. Each...

17 April – Because the shadows in the first light seem...

As I've said before, there were Eurovision Song Contests before the year 2000. Can you imagine that? A 20th Century contest? Well, some of...