Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – San Marino
As gay as a rainbow goose drinking cocktails in the Castro. Serhat openly admits the tenth Eurovision song from tiny San Marino was the...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 26 – Moldova
This is almost a cracking little Eurovision song: dark and moody with the hint of rejection from the video and the lyrics. It follows...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Cyprus
Last year, CyBC entered a run-of-the-mill song that I'd heard a hundred times before. It nearly won the contest. And much of the credit...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Ireland
Everything about this suggests RTE are treading water. Fair enough the broadcaster came under fire and pressure to boycott the Tel Aviv contest. Rumour...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 13 – Finland
After a few years using UMK as a showcase for new artists it felt inevitable last year that Finland would have to do an...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 34 – Russia
Sergey’s back. And he means business. You sense he’s been ready for another tilt at a Eurovision crown for a couple of years since...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 3 – Australia
This song is the aural version of a trojan horse. It has all the cover and trappings of a decent song in the first...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Malta
Plinky plonky reggage-lite quickly morphs into yet another 'Fuego' clone, inexplicably followed by a downbeat chorus. It makes for an uncomfortable mix. Things only...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Parts 23 and 24 – Latvia and...
Two for the price of one - aren't you lucky? Well ... no ... as the picture above must surely suggest, I'm unimpressed.
Latvia
In a...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 5 – Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan had an unblemished qualification record right up until last year, when Aisel fell short with the annoyingly titled X My Heart. To be...