Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 6 – Belgium
Jérémie Makiese - Miss You
This is the first song in this year’s countdown that is definitely going to benefit from the continued lack of...
5 December – Now he’s too dead to rock ‘n’ roll
Along with the serious songs - the ballads, the rock songs, the raps - we have the occasional beast known as a novelty song....
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...
Nick’s Countdown – Belgium and Bulgaria
BELGIUM
There’s a very specific category of artist that I have a particular problem with in this contest, and Hooverphonic is pretty much the entirety...
19 January – It’s a two-way street
Do you think that those semi-finals are brutal? We've all had discussions on why a certain song qualifies over another song. After all, every...
19 January – My life in a bag
Do you think that those semi-finals are brutal? We've all had discussions on why a certain song qualifies over another song. After all, every...
Belgium … Mr Creosote and his wafer-thin song
Sadly, however, the Go Compare man, who looks frightfully bad on his twitter photo, has just polished his XXL man-size turd of a song...
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...
25 July – I’ve bought a brandy
Neighbours. Everybody needs good neighbours. Some of our favourite countries have them, others not. And it is said in some quarters that you need...
5 September – Ooh… playboy, I want to live with you
Our friends in Belgium are a curious bunch. Plucky as ever, and taking part since the first contest (1956 in case you were wondering),...