Czech Republic – Using a rehearsal as a rehearsal
There seems to be a misconception amongst the online press that rehearsals should be full on 24/7 and that every run through should be...
Czech Republic – When favourites bomb in first rehearsals
Suffice it to say that the whoopsies in the press room (as Monty describes h*mose*ualists) got a bit hot under the collar when Mikolas...
Czechia Please! – It’s time for Vesna
Yet more delay to the schedule. I should be used to it after 18 years, but it still frustrates me!
The usual questions are being...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 10 – Czech Republic
If ever there was an band who you could imagine releasing a third album full of songs like this, it’s Lake Malawi. This is...
Czech Republic – The man’s a trouper
Say what you like about Mikolas and the song, he's got balls and guts to even be on the stage at the moment. He's...
13 April – Cold and dim are the skies
As you will have read yesterday, some decent songs stay in the semi-finals. Some dross rightly remain there too, but it just shows how...
Definitely a blank Czech
They might be calling themselves Czechia nowadays but Czech Republic - as I insist on calling them - still can't find that elusive thing,...
13 April – Ravens calling my name
As we know, some decent songs stay in the semi-finals when maybe they shouldn't. Some dross rightly remain there too, but it just shows...
The Czechs might sneak up on you
Phil: Despite my preconceptions about this song - it's a decent "real" rock song from Kabat - one of the few actual music bands...
4 October – Honey bunny up all night wannabe couple goals...
Here's a thing that doesn't come along very often. Some countries seem awash with birthdays. Maybe because they've been participating since the early days....