17 February – You live within me, that’s why I’m alive
Do you think it's only a matter of time before another country wins our favourite TV show for the first time? It could, of...
1 February – Keep calm and think twice
Are you from a country that's never won our favourite TV show? How do you feel? Do you think that one of your...
Well that went well – Not Karnaval then….
After three nights that we have totally ignored because it's nearly Christmas, RTSH finally announced their fifteen finalists for FiK63. Thus year, seemingly, there...
A traditional Christmas gift….
No no, i'm not likening FiK to a singing turkey oh dear me no, but us Eurovision fans know that this is a yearly...
16 October – You are my wave rippling over sea
Dramatic is always a high-risk strategy. It can do the business, as it can keep that valuable televoter completely enthralled, or it can bomb...
13 September – Beat after beat, we looked in vain for...
Do you prefer a song in a language you can't understand? If you can speak English you're always in luck with the songs taking...
17 July – You can crush and break down my walls...
It's another near miss today. You know, the contest that never was in 2020. Some could call it purgatory. And some managed to get...
12 July – I feel fire and cold
It's a thing these days that many songs are in English, or at least partly in English. Some fans are old enough to remember...
2 July – As if by magic the moon is visible...
There's an argument that some countries typically enter a certain type of song, probably sung by a certain type of singer. And I don't...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 1/37 – Albania
So as night follows day we start the countdown with Albania. Also, as night follows day, it is almost certain that a shouty woman...