Nick’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Italy
ITALY - Maneskin - Zitti i Buoni
Sometime on Saturday Week 3 (or the 22nd May as it's known in more standard calendars), somewhere in...
Montaigne won’t make Rotterdam for Eurovision
The Australian singer Jessica Alyssa Cerro, who performs as Montaigne won't make it to Rotterdam for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, her song...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 19 of 39 – Israel
After my experiences at Ben Gurion airport at 2am in the morning on the Monday after the contest (“Yes my badge says press, no...
Nick’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Israel
Israel - Eden Alene - Set Me Free
I’ve been putting off writing this one.
Is it because I like it so much? Nope.
Is it because...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 18 – Ireland
Maps by Lesley Roy
Despite only using the term maps as a metaphor for inner soul searching, Lesley Roy’s been packed off to a windy...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 17 – Iceland
10 Years by Daði og Gagnamagnið
In a parallel universe, free from viral restrictions, might we be readying ourselves for the first Eurovision held in...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 16 – Greece
Last Dance by Stefania
Should everything go tits-up with travel plans the half-Dutch Greek singer Stefania might be one of the few performers able to...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 18 of 39 – Ireland
When my late mother was still with us, and I’d been naughty at school, she’d often say (amongst other things) that she’d wrapped my...
Nick’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Ireland
Ireland - Lesley Roy - Maps
There’s a particular art to giving your song a one-word title. In general, if you’re going to do that,...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 17 of 39 – Iceland
This could adequately be described in six words: “Not as good as last year’s”, and fans would probably understand and go “yup”. But, as...