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...
Well there is supposed to be lunch but…
...We suspect there is an Azerbaijan on stage - we have seen a snatch of them in the press centre screens but that's about...
3 July – Luna moon me up
When your country has a good record in our favourite TV show, it puts extra pressure on performers to keep up this tradition. But...
Azerbaijan – Sorry I missed Latvia
Sorry I was trying to do everything and failing miserably.
Elnur, however, got my attention. When you get past Latvia and put something good in,...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 5 – Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan had an unblemished qualification record right up until last year, when Aisel fell short with the annoyingly titled X My Heart. To be...
Azeri it happens
Ah much better. Our first qualifier of the day. An effective opening with a dancer wrestling with a red sheet leads into effective sequence...
The Seven Strangest Eurovision Venues Of All Time
So you might think that Ukraine’s chosen venue for staging this year’s contest is a little unusual. Indeed, to the untrained eye, a convention...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 4 – Azerbaijan
Mata Hari by Efendi
I could pluck three words from the lyrics of this and deliver you of the most precise and succinct review of...
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...
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...