Faraway in an English country garden
With our arena correspondents having wandered off to see other bits of Moscow, I'm left playing catch-up once again.
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I'm not struck...
Aisel scores a place at Eurovision
The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest is still well over 4000 hours away, but already Azerbaijan have named their singer. 'Sultry' voiced Aisel Mammadova will perform for...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 5 – Azerbaijan
Nadir Rüstəmli - Fade to black
Well stop me backwards – if it isn’t a non-woman singing for Azerbaijan. Chingiz Can’t was the last one,...
Azerbaijan – Hasn’t da mooooosik died 2 years ago?
This song is 2012's Azeri entry. You could transplant that song and this one and you'd never notice the difference. A wolf's in sheep's...
Azerbaijan – iceberg ahead!
And we’re off! Azerbaijan is the first song we see in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Aisel is in white, legging it around the...
Rosé’s Russia and does Azerbaijan (my favourite) scrub up?
Russia
Well well well... Many songs are a disappointment when they transfer to the Eurovision stage but I was pleasantly surprised by this watching in...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 5 – Azerbaijan
Chingiz’s sexuality is the exact embodiment of what this song is. It wants to be everything; both Middle Eastern and disco stomper, and yet...
Azerbaijan – pitching och tuning
We’ve had a lunch break: I brought a halloumi and meze wrap with me today. I know how you like to keep up with...
11 March – She is a killer with that freaking perfume
Do you play any contests on repeat? Are you convinced that the xxth Eurovision Song Contest was the best one ever? Maybe your favourite...
Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 2
We're still here - unlike the Russians if you believe what you read everywhere. OnEurope's pundits continue to delight with ill-informed ramblings about the songs competing...