Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 15 – Georgia
Circus Mircus - Lock Me In
Mr Hacksaw said to me in passing when this song came out: "people are going to have trouble describing...
Vidbir 2023 – Bombproof but will the songs be?
Ukraine TV (Suspline) are, somehow, managing to have a national final with televoting and jury. They are going to be hosting it in, I...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 6 – Belgium
Belgium has tended to plunder its various versions of The Voice franchise to source their Eurovision entrant, and this year is no different. Jérémie...
Belgium – Is he holding back?
Rehearsals are just for that, rehearsing, and in the first run through where Jeremie has to hit the high glissando he fell off it...
San Marino: Calculated subversion from Achille Lauro
Most years, there's (at least) one song that divides fandom. And (at least) one song that divides fandom from the rest of the world....
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 18 – Iceland
Systur - Með Hækkandi Sól
I didn’t think that the Grand Ole Opry had an outpost in Reykjavik, until these three trotted up to...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 26 – Montenegro
Vladana – Breath
Vladana’s songwriters get an extra point from me before I deep dive into this song – by having the nuts to write...
LIVE BLOG: Second semi final – Jury Show
We were online, reporting from Turin's PalaOlimpico where it was time for the jury show for the second semi-final of the 2022 Eurovision Song...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 33 – San Marino
Achille Lauro – Stripper
Most years, Eurovision features songs 'influenced' by the previous winning entry. Doesn't seem to matter that rarely have soundalikes won successive...
Supernova Final in Latvia. Who has got the golden ticket?
The first thing that you'll notice from watching last week's semi final is the addition of an 11th song. Miks got his song advanced...