Eurovision Countdown 2025: Malta is just slaying
MaltaMiriana Conte – Serving
Ah, Malta. That plucky island nation whose Eurovision strategy seems increasingly based on handing the keys to someone young, eager, and...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Finland
One thing in Darude's favour - he won't be using the fool who staged the Finnish song in 2018.
The UMK performance made excellent use...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 31 – Portugal
Saudade Saudade – MARO
Saudade Saudade may be the dreariest song ever unleashed onto an unsuspecting public, and yet I keep reading how it's truly...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 17 – Greece
Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together
My what a happy lot the South Eastern Balkans are! – Pleasingly this song isn’t about a suicide pact...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 22 – Lithuania
Tavo Akys by Katarsis
Well, this is cheery. Katarsis is, I’m informed, by a brief introduction on the official Eurovision website, an experimental rock band...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 4 – AUSTRIA
Nobody But You by Cesár Sampson
Such is the recent success of Bulgaria at Eurovision that the team behind this has been drafted into other...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Portugal
Host nation, playing on home turf. A winsome little number - Cláudia Pascoal sings in that over-emotional style that makes it hard to call her...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 30/37 – San Marino
Piqued Jacks had been getting a lot of stick on Social Media, some of it deserved, most of it not, in the early bit...
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...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 36 – Ukraine
Bird of Prey by Ziferblat
With three wins and an unblemished qualification record since their debut in 2003 Ukraine is Eurovision’s most successful late...