Mr Phil explains it all – Part 8g – Eurovision 2014...
Indulge me, dear reader, in a bit of a personal journey with this.
Last year I wrote on this very site that Conchita was only...
22 December – At last out from the daily grind
In every contest, someone always wins. Even if it's not the person you want to win. But also someone has to come last. It's...
11 March – Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe,...
Ah, the fan favourite. We get them every year. Sometimes the fans are proven right. Sometimes they crash and burn. Sometimes they do one...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Austria is ‘full-throttle’
Austria
JJ – Wasted Love
You can almost hear the pitch meeting: a fragile opening line, a trembling upper register, then bam—crank up the production, cue...
29 September – Everywhere, where you look around people make music
We all know that some countries have a love/hate relationship with our favourite TV show. One or two in central Europe are currently taking...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 4 – Austria
DJ LUM!X teams up with vocalist Pia Maria (not to be confused with the popular coffee liqueur) to deliver a welcome upbeat entry from...
Austria rises and rises
We popped into the arena to see Conchita, her vocal needed to be heard live. She's in a glorious golden gown that required a...
ORF announces some teenagers for Eurovision – I suddenly feel very...
Austrian broadcaster ORF has confirmed what many of the more on-the-ball Eurovision websites have been touting for some time - that LUMIX and Pia...
18 August – And I get no sleep
We occasionally bang on about any country being capable of winning our favourite TV show. Some have that fluke result, some are knocking on...
Monty looks at Austria, Poland, Moldova, Iceland and Serbia
Here's the remaining five of today's second rehearsals.
Austria – first rehearsal report here
I didn’t see much of this I’m afraid, as I was in...