Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 32 – POLAND
Light Me Up by Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer
I love a good banger at Eurovision, and this year Poland has one on their hands. I...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 31 – NORWAY
That’s How You Write A Song by Alexander Rybak
Gigliola Cinquetti, Anne Marie David, Elisabeth Andreassen, Carola, Niamh Kavanagh, Dana International, Charlotte Perrelli, and Lena...
20 times Eurovision has kept it in the family
I’ve heard it said – or rather I used to hear it being said – that the Irish have Eurovision ‘in their blood’ –...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Hungary
I've put off this review until late in my Countdown run, mostly on account, I find it unlistenable. Not their fault. Just not my...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 30 – NETHERLANDS
Outlaw in ‘Em by Waylon
Waylon’s the male half of The Common Linnets, the Dutch country duo who surprised just about everyone when they finished...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 29 – MONTENEGRO
Inje by Vanja Radovanović
There was a time a rousing Balkan ballad would commonly feature amid the top 5, but those days are long gone....
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 28 – MOLDOVA
My Lucky Day by DoReDos
Few would have predicted a third-place finish for Moldova last year, but the simplicity of their playful performance, combined with...
Phils Eurovision Countdown – Part 33 – Netherlands
I was on the radio the other day with the sainted Alisdair from OGAE UK, and the equally divine Lisa-Jayne Lewis from ESCInsight, both of...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Netherlands
Much as the Irish love their male-voiced ballads, the Dutch have set themselves up as 'that flat bit of Europe that brings country music...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 27 – MALTA
Taboo by Christabelle Borg
Watching the Maltese final, you’d be forgiven for forgetting there are any songs and that the whole thing is just an...