Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Azerbaijan
This is easily the weakest Eurovision song from oil-rich Azerbaijan - and a bit of a jolt after the faux art-pop of 2017. No...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Latvia
'Funny Girl' sounds like one of those duff tracks from a rubbish musical with input from Richard Stilgoe. If you're a fan of Eastenders...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Romania
The Romanian Eurovision song this year sounds like the sort of thing someone at the BBC might have offered to Bonnie Tyler back in...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Georgia
As always, Georgian TV has chosen to follow its own Eurovision path - you say banger, they say open-throat close-harmony vocal group. Sadly, this...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Switzerland
This one starts dark and dramatic, but soon descends into what sounds like yet another Swiss non-qualifier.
I've heard this sort of thing so often...
Iceland – it *is* too late to save this
Poor young Ari. As we know by now, he's been lumbered with this pile of shite. He's better than this. He has to be...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Hungary
I've put off this review until late in my Countdown run, mostly on account, I find it unlistenable. Not their fault. Just not my...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Part 2 – Albania
So, after sorting out the UK and nailing some colours to the mast, it’s time to get through the other fourty-two in alphabetical order…
**deep...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 3 – Armenia
Armenia’s song – Qami (presumably pronounced differently than it is spelled) doesn’t start off that promisingly. It has a lilting lullaby rhythm for the...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Belarus
Most years, the Belarusian entrants stab at singing in English provides an unitended giggle, last year they stayed native, and it paid off. This...