Israel presses ahead with Eurovision plans
Israel’s public broadcaster KAN has confirmed that the country’s entry for Eurovision 2026 will once again be chosen through HaKokhav HaBa, the long-running talent...
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...
Azerbaijan – iceberg ahead!
And we’re off! Azerbaijan is the first song we see in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Aisel is in white, legging it around the...
So, if the others were not a Semi Final – What...
So here we are, at the end of the Semi Final round we have an actual Semi Final! - One of the four winners...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 10/37 – Denmark
DENMARK – Hallucination – Sissal
The Danes really do need to look into the mirror and ask themselves why they are putting themselves and Europe...
Söngvakeppnin gets under way in Iceland
The first of two small but perfectly formed Söngvakeppnin semifinals aired this evening in Iceland, trimming the fat to send two acts through to...
Georgia doing Georgia things – it’s Circus…. mircus?
In a move that further cements GPB's position of doing Georgian things for Georgian people at the Eurovision, they have released this "statement" from...
It’s the Songlympics!!!
So the Olympics of song that is the Swedish Melodifestivalen relentlessly pushes through the pandemic with only slight changes. There are going to be...
Gut instincts for semi-one – the virtual serviette
Now I've yet to see a run through of the whole show yet, so I'm still unsure as to how they all marry in...
Georgia buffed up or down?
If ever a song or performance deserved the title of turd polisher 2012, it's this one. Although I am not sure if they have...