For I have returned and the world will be sorry… mwah...
Yes the wilderness is over and I'm even tempted to return to the contest itself next year as the finances are looking less ropey....
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...
25 June – A lot of bends are often waiting for...
What do you think of the stages? Are they too over the top? Do they compliment a song perfectly? And do performers need to...
28 September – My shoulder, my shelter, my satellite
Belgium. It's one of Europe's interesting countries. A federal nation of communities and the like, and two broadcasters who sportingly take it in turns...
18 December – The weapons down, no more war
We're concentrating on plucky little Belgium today. Because they have to be commended for their sense of our-turn-ology. That is, with two major broadcasters,...
Belgium – This has lost all hope
There are people that thought that 'City Lights' was the one. They insisted it would be the best thing ever seen and would sail through...
19 August – Don’t ask me why the sun is shining
Do you enjoy good national final? No, not that Melodifestivalen thing - I'm talking about good national finals. I jest of course. Every national...