Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 29 – Norway
Why, grandma. What big… bananas you have! Little Red Riding Hood is given a surrealist intergalactic make over with hungry yellow space wolves in...
Let’s start day 2 on a high note – The Portuguese...
So first up on Day 2 were those happy Portuguese!
Maro tells us that this song links to her late grandfather and grandmother (which explains...
We are Domi: Making ourselves heard
We are Domi were delayed by many minutes, so I buggered off and got something to eat - that's the kind of web content...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 11 – Denmark
Reddi – The Show
If you like your Bangles ever-so-slightly Danish and ever-so-slightly out of tune, this is for you.
Three things in life are certain...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 29 – Norway
Subwolfer – Give that Wolf a Banana
This is all shades of wrong. Literally all of them, not just some of them that Eurovision puts...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 12 – Estonia
The great American wild west permeated this year’s national final season in several songs, including hopeful entries in Malta and Sweden. I’m not sure...
Iceland – knock on wood?
Iceland started with a false dawn here in the satellite press centre. They showed about 12 seconds of the girls singing and then moving...
Belgium: Wide shots wash away soul
I'd been keen to see how the Belgians choose to stage their song, after a run of less than successful attempts.
My initial feeling was...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 37 – Sweden
I was left decidedly nonplussed after this year’s Swedish Melodifestivalen. I’ve watched every year for over a quarter of a century and even though...
Day three in Turin
Finnish boys in raincoats, the check-out boy made good, OCD handwashing, being dumped into cold water, the cult of personality, being yourself, the shock...