Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 23 – Lithuania
Your honour, I present to you the latest example of an artist that’s bigger than their song. I wrote about the phenomenon a couple-or-three...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Moldova according to Mo
Returning performers are thin on the ground this year, so all power to Natalia for giving Eurovision another go.
This doesn’t feel like her finest...
Nick “does” 2025 – Finland
FINLAND – Ich Komme – Erika Vikman
When I heard that Erika was having another go at UMK, I really wasn’t expecting a subtle, understated...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 38 – SLOVENIA
Hvala, Ne! by Lea Sirk
Some performers talk of how, should they feel a bit of stage fright, they create a persona that allows them...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Moldova
DoReDos seem to have been sent to the contest under strict orders to do what Sunstroke Project (inexplicably) did last year. Spoiler alert: they...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 21/37 – Latvia
Sudden Lights - Aijā
Latvia, factfans, have only qualiied twice from their respective Semi Final in the last thirteen contests. But why is that? -...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 12 – Finland
Dark Side by Blind Channel
It’s only really Finland that’s made a success of rock at the Contest (and even then it took a band...
Mo’s 2021 Eurovision preview party: Part Three
For my third shindig, I'm turning down the lights and mixing special cocktails - one part tonic to sixteen parts gin and the smallest...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 25 of 39 – Netherlands,...
There are two main schools of thought when it comes to the Eurovision contest of songs. The first one is that the host nation...
Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Spain
I can't deny Benidormfest has turned around Spanish Eurovision. Chanel shot them back to the top three last year, and Blanca Paloma is heading...