Israel wins 2018 Eurovision Song Contest
A nail-biting vote took the result of the 2018 contest down to the wire, but Israel was named the winner. Netta claimed a fourth...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 26 – Lithuania
When you have a gazillion week semifinal procedure and then pick a song about growing old, you risk reducing your voting demographic.
However, it’s the...
As predicted, It wasn’t the end for Israel
In a move that has stunned absolutely no one that bothers to look at these kind of things, the new Israeli broadcaster KAN *will*...
Czech Republic – When favourites bomb in first rehearsals
Suffice it to say that the whoopsies in the press room (as Monty describes h*mose*ualists) got a bit hot under the collar when Mikolas...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Portugal
Host nation, playing on home turf. A winsome little number - Cláudia Pascoal sings in that over-emotional style that makes it hard to call her...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 42 – Switzerland
The Swiss have been consistently performing under-par with their songs of late and they have been suffering from the 'UK Disease' of not getting...
Armenia to start Day 6
Armenia is first today, and as in the first go this is pretty much ready to go. My only concern about this is that...
Again, Novenia
They still include an eighteen-second break - attributed to a supposed 'technical difficulty' - in this rehearsal, and it looks as hideous as it...
Grow old or die trying … or watching endless selection shows
Ieva Zasimauskaitė has won 'Eurovizijos atranka 2018', the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, and will perform the song 'When We're Old'...
UK – am I making you proud, or could I do...
I did miss Portugal, but at least I’m here for the UK. The first go has tightened up many of the camera angles and...