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Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 32 – Norway

I can’t even get through this song without punching something – and that really is a problem when you have tickets to sit in...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Belgium

Eliot from Belgium is performing a song written by the guy behind 2017's 'City Lights' - and there is a certain similarity in tone....

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Germany

This hotchpotch box of awfulness deserves to be sent back to Germany unopened. From the dreadful lyric (I tried to hold you under, but honey,...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Sweden

I get the impression SVT has been treading water. They've wanted to stay in the top ten, but it felt too soon for a...

Nick’s Countdown – Austria and Azerbaijan

AUSTRIA I feel like I’m getting to that time of life where every so often a question gets asked that punches me repeatedly in the...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 16 – Greece

Last Dance by Stefania Should everything go tits-up with travel plans the half-Dutch Greek singer Stefania might be one of the few performers able to...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 26 – North Macedonia

Here I Stand by Vasil A year before his aborted attempt to be the lead artist for North Macedonia I had spotted Vasil as a...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 38 – Ukraine

Shum by Go_A Ever since Kate Bush had the foresight to blend her own music with the majestic voices of the Trio Bulgarka I’ve had...
Circus Mircus at Eurovision

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 15 – Georgia

Circus Mircus - Lock Me In Mr Hacksaw said to me in passing when this song came out: "people are going to have trouble describing...
Brooke Scullion

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 19 – Ireland

Brooke - That's Rich Sounding like a song that came second in the BBC's 'Eurovision You Decide', Brooke turns in a jarring performance of a...