Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 16 – Germany
One of the trends of recent years has been to set up bootcamps for budding Eurovision songwriters, bringing together promising composers to pool their...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 33 – Romania
Romania’s song is called 'On A Sunday'. Its singer, Ester Peony, croons that you “made sure there’s no way to forget that day”. She’s...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 38 – Spain
Are there any more passionate fans of Eurovision than the Spanish? Every year they get behind their entry with high expectations and unwavering gusto...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 20 – Ireland
There’s an argument that Ireland has lost their former spark, from the time in the 90s where they could barely put a foot wrong...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 36 – Serbia
Nevena Božovič isn’t yet 25, but will this year notch up her third performance on a Eurovision stage. Her first came in the Junior...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 1 – Albania
I'm playing catch-up on That Phil and That Mo, dear Oneuropeans, but fear not, you have not lost my Countdown this year. My musings...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 38 – Spain
Much as it loathes me to say it, the Spaniards have finally come up with the goods.
For the first time in what seems like...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 28 – Netherlands, The
Now, all the polls and the betting tell me that at time of writing, this is the pre-contest favourite so what’s all the hype...
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...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 6 – Belarus
ZENA (again with the caps!) has been saddled with a rotten song. It’s supposed to be a pop song with a bit of an...