Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 22 – Italy
If you’ve pissed off a far right political party by winning an internationally respected song contest, you’re clearly doing well. Mahmoud has done this...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 14 – Georgia
Freedom by Mariam Shengelia
Sometimes a country, especially one making an internal selection, keeps their cards close to their chest until the latest possible moment,...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 40 – Spain
Right - where do I start with this?
Let's lay my cards on the table here ... I don't like this song ... at all....
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 31 – Serbia
There’s often plenty to enjoy in the Serbian national final but I’m afraid this song rather passed me by. In my national finals notes...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Part 1 – The United Kingdom
I usually start the countdown at the beginning, after all it is a very good place to start, but this year in a cynical...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 35 – Spain
Voy a Querdame by Blas Cantó
Aw! There’s something about Blas that just makes you want to ruffle his perfectly coiffed bouffant hair. I so...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 7/23 – Croatia
Croatia – Let 3 - Mama ŠČ!
Croatia is the Blandy McBlandface of the contest... usually. However that title has been passed to… well keep...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2024 Part 19 – Israel
There’s probably been more written about Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2024 than about any other entry, and much of it before any of us...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 5 – Azerbaijan
Nadir Rüstəmli - Fade to black
Well stop me backwards – if it isn’t a non-woman singing for Azerbaijan. Chingiz Can’t was the last one,...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Ireland
Last year, the Irish team floundered by entering a former boy band singer with a terribly high voice and a dreary song. This time...