Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 8 – Croatia
Croatia is a strong contender in 2019’s Fire/Desire Cup, rhyming "having a dream, as beautiful as it is extreme" and "not as crazy as...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 20 – Ireland
It is politically incorrect to say that the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the Eurovision.tv picture of Sarah was...
Armenia – it’s all a bit … edgy
Srbuk was left alone on the stage in this performance, and the stripped-back look on screen suited the vocal to a point, but there...
Ireland – This used to be my playground
Despite (apparently) dealing with a tooth infection, Sarah was all smiles on her pop art stage singing her heart out for Ireland today, and...
An Open Letter To BBC Eurovision … revised
We first published this article in January 2019.
Dear BBC Eurovision,
We need to talk, you and I.
January's reveal of the six hopeful recordings left a good...
Srbuk lands Armenian Eurovision job
The first confirmed performer taking part at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest comes from Armenia.
Tonight, during late-night talk show Lav Yereko, she was announced...
Let’s go round again – Lithuania having another go
Not much to say about this, the second heat of Lithuania's gargantuan selection marathon has provided us with six more qualifiers for the next...
Moldovans cut to the Eurovision chase
Moldovan broadcaster TRM has (wisely) dropped plans for a semifinal to shortlist songs for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
Initially, the idea was to air...
Joci Pápai to sing for Hungarian Eurovision supper
So after five weeks of singing and shouting and voting (and an impenetrable language) ... we got down to the final eight songs in...
Paenda sets Eurovision limits
And so begins another day of song reveals with ORF the first to break silence with breakfast radio playing 'No limits', the song that...