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...
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...
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...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 38 – Switzerland
Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry
Marius lumbers around in this video looking and sounding like a pissed bloke who's forgot his glasses trying to...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 4 – Austria
Who the Hell is Edgar? by Teya and Salena.
Historical figures have long featured in Eurovision songs. Just recently we’ve had Cleopatra and Mata Hari...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 26 – Norway
Queen of Kings by Alessandra.
“Who’s she? The cat’s mother?” we English are sometimes idiomatically (and bafflingly) asked. Alessandra has the answer: She is a...
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...