Nick’s Countdown 2021 – Croatia and Cyprus
CROATIA
Croatia have been treading water in this contest in recent years. They’ve found the unhappy knack of offering up perfectly solid, perfectly competent little...
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...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 15 – Germany
I Don’t Feel Hate by Jendrik
If you’re about to drop the most divisive song of the year, there’s a certain amount of genius to...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 29 of 39 – Portugal
I’m quite used to being in a minority. I was in the minority of the press centre that heard Il Volo bugger up their...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 19 – Israel
Set Me Free by Eden Alene
Eden Alene is a star. She’s a fantastic vocalist and a cracking performer, whose song I loved last year....
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 28 – Poland
The Ride by Rafał
It’s rare you can cite Eurovision as spotting a musical trend, though one or two sometimes filter through a couple or...
Nick’s 2021 Eurovision Countdown – Greece
GREECE - Stefania - Last Dance
I’m immediately as distracted as a guy in an out-of-date meme by seeing the word “ICELAND” straight after this...
Nick’s Countdown – Belgium and Bulgaria
BELGIUM
There’s a very specific category of artist that I have a particular problem with in this contest, and Hooverphonic is pretty much the entirety...
Phil’s Eurovision countdown 2021 – Part 21 of 39 – Latvia
Latvia has not been very good at this contest for a while now. I mean every so often they remember what its all about...
Mo’s 2021 Eurovision preview party: Part Five
We've made it. The final hours of my month-long party, taking you from the first semi-final to the BIG night. And it's time for...