Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 38 – SLOVENIA
Hvala, Ne! by Lea Sirk
Some performers talk of how, should they feel a bit of stage fright, they create a persona that allows them...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 37 SERBIA
Nova Deca by Sanja Ilić and Balkanika
It’s a return to Eurovision for Serbian composer Sanja Ilić, having been behind Yugoslavia’s 1982 entry Halo Halo....
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Iceland
What happened to Iceland? They always seemed to get Eurovision, but then things went wrong. So often they missed out on a place at...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 35 – RUSSIA
I Won’t Break by Julia Samoylova
Russia’s rather quietly returned to Eurovision after a withdrawal in 2017 clearly designed to gain maximum PR and embarrass...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 34 – ROMANIA
Goodbye by The Humans
It feels odd to say a song doesn’t have a competitive edge when it’s already the winner of one contest, but...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 34 – Poland
Poland usually picks something eclectic for this contest. In recent years, we've had milkmaids and a long haired man that hoovered up televotes, but...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Macedonia
Tired of being snubbed for entering the wrong song, Macedonian television appears to have opted for three different ones this time.
The jolt from the...
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...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Romania
The Romanian Eurovision song this year sounds like the sort of thing someone at the BBC might have offered to Bonnie Tyler back in...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 33 – PORTUGAL
O Jardim by Cláudia Pascoal
And now for the home entry from Portugal. Wow. Can you believe how many years we’ve been waiting to hear...