Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 12 – The Czech Republic
So, the basic premise of this song can be summed up in a few words: Mikolas's significant other is playing away, but he don't...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 16 – GEORGIA
For You by Iriao
Quietly, unexpectedly, late on New Year’s Eve, Georgian ethno folk and jazz band Iriao were announced as this year’s entrants. It...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 23 – Ireland
If this song is going to be remembered for anything it's going to be "oh it's the one with the gays dancing that Russia...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Italy
Since coming back to the fold, RAI has done well at Eurovision. Last year, everyone was so sure we'd be packing our bags for...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 35 – RUSSIA
I Won’t Break by Julia Samoylova
Russia’s rather quietly returned to Eurovision after a withdrawal in 2017 clearly designed to gain maximum PR and embarrass...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 43 – Ukraine
The final song and my first thought about this is "Isn't it unlucky to be under ladders" - it seems so in this case...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Russia
This hardly seems like the same woman behind that half-arsed effort that was never really meant to be taken seriously last year. This time...
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 – Serbia
It kicks off like one of those entho-wailers from the middle of the last decade. And then the first verse kicks in and it...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 14 – FINLAND
Monsters by Saara Aalto
After turning around her fortunes so impressively on the UK X Factor the BBC should have snapped up Saara Aalto for...