25 December – Wolves die alone
If you're not confident on stage by yourself, what do you do? Well, you get some pals up there with you. You know they'll...
HRT Lays Out the Field for Dora 2026
HRT reports a record number of entries for Dora 2026 — with 251 songs submitted this year, confirming the huge interest in Croatia’s flagship...
7 November – Would you run away? Would you run away?
Do you have high hopes for a particular country. No, not Sweden. I mean a country that has the capacity to win our favourite...
Croatia opens submissions for Dora 2026
Croatia’s broadcaster HRT has officially opened the call for entries to Dora 2026, the competition that will decide the country’s representative for the Eurovision...
1 September – Let the fiddler play on the strings of...
The fortunes of countries come and go. You can tell some are gearing up for a win. And once they have, they revert to...
5 July – Meow, cat, please, meow back
It's often the case that a certain song gets a massive head of steam behind it, and becomes the stand-out performance of a contest,...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 7 – Croatia
Poison Cake by Marko Bošnjak
Well, here’s a thing. Marko Bošnjak is evoking the campiest of schlock horror traditions with this tale of a...
16 April – Your love got me crucified
It may come as a surprise to some people out there, but there were Eurovision Song Contests in the 20th Century. A tall story...
14 April – There are only two ways to live your...
There are so many different ways to tackle your three (or maybe six) minutes of fame on that Eurovision stage. Being part of a...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 7/37 – Croatia
CROATIA – Poison Cake – Marko Bošnjak
In a bit of a turn up for the old books we have a non-Croat singing for Croatia,...