Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 9 – Czech Republic
My Sister’s Crown by Vesna.
Thank goodness for Vesna. In a pitiful national final, My Sister’s Crown stood out a mile. The awful studio failed...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 19 – Iceland
If you don’t understand the relationship between Eurovision and the real music scene in the UK it would be easy to lament the great...
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...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 38 – Switzerland
It’s a return to the sad and introspective numbers now for our weeping Bear from Switzerland. Marius ponders the male relationship with crying and...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 16/37 – Greece
Victor Vernicos - What they say.
First thing is first, the shoot for the video must have been a health and safety nightmare. I'm sure...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 27 – Latvia
The keen-eyed among you will have worked out that this should have been part 26 but hey, that's life!
Now if you are named after...
Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Georgia
Surely if you're going to sing in English, and it's not your first language, you'd have someone give the words a quick once over....
Nick’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Switzerland
SWITZERLAND - Gjon's Tears - Tout L'Univers
One of my earliest, and still favourite, contests is the 1986 running. Right from Terry Wogan's opening comments,...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Estonia
I'm gunning for one of the big favourites today. Might as well just come out and say it, I really don't get the hype....
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – United Kingdom
Never Give Up On You by Lucie Jones
The coincidence of being British, and of alphabetical order, means that I always get to finish my...















