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Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 5 – Azerbaijan

If you can’t already guess by the hint in the title here’s yet another downbeat, introspective number to add to the list. And we’re...

13 June – We’re just like alchemy

When an act takes to the Eurovision stage, there will be have been a whole lot of planning to decide costumes, backing singers and...

Azerbaijan – Does anyone have a bucket…

because Samra needs one to carry her tune in. It’s a damning indictment of your vocal ability when the press look at the screen and...

Azerbaijan doesn’t sound like a winner to me…

It sounds weak, and limp, and lifeless and has been choreographed to within an inch of its life. Safura looks like she is trying...

20 September – You smell like lipstick again

Do you ever wish for more ethnic songs in Eurovision? By ethnic I mean songs reflecting the traditional music of the country it represents....

Twins tell more about Eurovision song

Twins TuralTuranX revealed the song they'll perform when they Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool. 'Tell Me More' is a unique...

Azeri kitchen sinks

I don't rightly know where to start with this, though one phrase could describe all of this without looking "Typical Azeri Eurovision." It's everything you could...
Live Blog

LIVE BLOG – Semi Final 1 – Press rehearsal

Join us live here from 22:00 local time (8pm, UK/Portugal - 9pm Western Europe) to hear what we make of the Jury rehearsal of the...

Azerbaijan – like a lacklustre audition for an erotic revue

“Let’s go!” cries Efendi, right at the point when her Mata Hari is supposed to bang. She barely even manages to rally herself and...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 5/37 – Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan used to be known as the country that would pay the Swedes to get decent results and, indeed, their only win in this...