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...
ESC birthdays 16 March – One step further and she would...
Eurovision likes a trier (to a degree anyway). Those unsung performers who often start as a backing singer and maybe, just maybe graduate to...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Austria
Austria have followed the Bulgarian example and gone knocking on the doors of Symphonix International. And it shows.
Last year, the team produced something that...
27 May – I’m reaching out my hand to you
Some countries have had a patchy relationship with our favourite TV show. Take Italy for example. They took over a decade out, and eventually...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 4 – Austria
At time of writing, there seems to be a lot of hype about this song in the Eurovision fan firmament. PAENDA - with stylised...
Rosé live from Ikea working area!
Well well well, the press centre is open open open and there's a lovely cluster of illuminated trees in the middle of this Ikea-esque...
23 July – We don’t need a Hercules to bring a...
That thing where you hear a Eurovision song - pre-contest obviously - and think it could really challenge for the win when it gets...
Tuesday’s child is full of grace – did you miss me...
Well since everyone else had Thursday off, I did too. Plus I spent all yesterday afternoon shut up with librarians and that's never good...
8 April – Say a word and I’ll be there, say...
If in doubt, repeat some words in your song lyric. It can sometimes pay dividends. Or it can make it appear that your song...
Austria – When Pia met Luca
As has become usual there seems to be a bit of a delay before Pia and Luca come into the press conference room.
Luca and...