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Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 9/37 – Czech Republic

I refuse to call them Czechia, just like their athletics team.  They finally seemed to get the contest last year after years in the...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 36/37 – Ukraine

Only a charlatan or a stupid person would still claim that Ukraine are going to score well in this contest.  The reason why I...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Norway according to Mo

Imagine, if you will, one of those dark and brooding scandi-noir detective dramas turned into a three-minute rock song. And you have ‘Ulveham’. It’s dramatic,...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 18/37 – Ireland

It’s at this point that I fire up the Vested Interests claxon.  I have interviewed Bambi on the radio *and* know someone who has...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Belgium according to Mo

This is probably one of the more credible acts taking to the Swedish stage. Musti has all bases covered—androgyny, people who admire someone who can...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2024 – Part 0 – the elephant in...

So – A Part zero then – I bet you can’t guess what it’s about? That’s an attempt at being funny – of course, you...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 28/37 – Poland

This is potentially the song that most of the fans will have been sleeping on.  At first glance what you have in the first verse...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Iceland according to Mo

RUV has ended its hokey-cokey mutterings and thrown everything in with Hera and what might be kindly described as an old-school banger. An entry made...

So what are the scores on those doors, Larry?

So, we've all been busy with writing those little pen countdowns for you to enjoy or laugh at or shake your head at, but...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 37/37 – United Kingdom

As tradition is, and because it;s the last one alphabetically, we move to the home country, United Kingdom.  Olly Alexander has been pilloried by...