Switzerland – His stock is not the only thing rising.

MATRON! The camera loves Sebastiano! - This is a good thing, believe you me!! - This song, in preview, could be too complicated to do...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 40 – Switzerland

For the first time in such a long time, in fact for about ten years, the Swiss have produced a credible entry capable of...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 37 of 39 – Switzerland

There are times when you can describe the Eurovision Song Contest as car crash television but never has there been a song with an...

Macedonia & Switzerland. I’m flagging.

Macedonia's presentation is unexpected. Tijana is in a black suit with white trim and the whole staging is very 80s black and white and...

Semi Two rolls on….

Ireland I've not been a fan of this since it was selected and there's not much in rehearsal to change my mind. There's a nice...

Switzerland – Ars Gratia Artis or a load of old Ars?

My first, my very first, outpouring after seeing what the Swiss have served up was " What on god's green earth was that?!" -...

6 April – After the storm, we walk a bit

Many people have trodden the boards more than once, some with aplomb, and some doing stuff we'd rather not talk about. And I'm not...

Late morning and early afternoon musings

Apologies if this is either late or incoherent - blame John Stanton - he single handedly liquefied Lunch!! - the one that, at 3.06...

Switzerland – keeping it in the family

Switzerland completes out after lunch trio. We get a 20-minute break after this, and it can’t come quick enough. The brother and sister Zibbz...

13 March – This is paradise

Do you like it when we see people from outside Europe (or, since 2015, Australia), taking part in our favourite TV show? Do you...