France – Now this is more like it
Whereas Spain was, by local consensus, bloody awful, this is a gamillion times better than it was in preview.
If Elvis had lived ... no...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 22 of 39 – Lithuania
If, as I postulated yesterday, Latvia aren’t much good at this contest, then Lithuania are only slightly less worse. Back in 2020, The Roop...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 17 of 39 – Iceland
This could adequately be described in six words: “Not as good as last year’s”, and fans would probably understand and go “yup”. But, as...
15 February – A toast to love, long live love, three...
Do you admire those Eurovision stars with longevity? As was proven in the recent Sanremo Music Festival, if you've got it, you'll always have...
Finland names its 2022 Eurovision act
The 2022 UMK just finished and Finland has picked The Rasmus to perform in Turin at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, with a song...
Three of a kind?
Spain is sweet and lovely and probably quite forgettable come Saturday which is a shame. Raquel is a vision in margarine, sorry no it's...
Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 7
Every few days, our panel of ‘experts’ have shared opinions on the songs taking part in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. We’re nearing the...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 14 – FINLAND
Monsters by Saara Aalto
After turning around her fortunes so impressively on the UK X Factor the BBC should have snapped up Saara Aalto for...
Lesley Roy: Finding her way in the world
With ‘Maps’ Lesley Roy promised to bring something unique to the Eurovision stage. She sat down to talk about her Eurovision experience and talk...
The Sekret is out – Ronela Hajati updates Albanian Eurovision...
Albanian RTSH is always one of the first to stage its national final, with Festivali i Këngës taking place just before Christmas each year.
It...