Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Malta
Plinky plonky reggage-lite quickly morphs into yet another 'Fuego' clone, inexplicably followed by a downbeat chorus. It makes for an uncomfortable mix. Things only...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 36 – Serbia
Nevena Božovič isn’t yet 25, but will this year notch up her third performance on a Eurovision stage. Her first came in the Junior...
Lundvik to carry Swedish hopes of 7th Eurovision win
Singing 'Too late for love', John Lundvik romped home the winner of the 2019 edition of Eurovision juggernaut Melodifestivalen. This victory brings with it,...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 12 – Estonia
There’s an in-joke within many Eurovision fans that you could pluck a good number of Melodifestivalen rejects and they’d still beat lots of the...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 27 – Montenegro
Montenegro is one of the least successful of Eurovision nations. In 10 attempts they’ve only twice graced the final, and never better than 13th....
Finns pick ‘Look Away’ as Eurovision song
The UMK contest broadcast this evening by YLE saw Finnish viewers vote for 'Look Away' as the song that Darude and Sebastian Rejman will...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 23 – Latvia
Folk me, Latvia has had a folking dreadful run of songs for most of the past decade. Only Aminata has managed to save them...
Georgian Idol wins Eurovision tickets
The Eurovision world has largely ignored the ongoing process to pick who gets to sing for Georgia in Tel Aviv this year - mostly...
Sweden – Sooner or later
Earlier in the day, we were told Sweden and Austria would switch places. This wasn't the case and John's massive pair of hair straighteners...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 20 – Ireland
There’s an argument that Ireland has lost their former spark, from the time in the 90s where they could barely put a foot wrong...