26 May – Are you coming with me? – I know...
You can always tell when a country is seriously gunning for a win. They seem to up their game, just to bring themselves to...
Is Alika building bridges to qualifying?
Alika says that she is neither nervous nor scared - she is both, which is good for her art. Her rehearsals have seemingly gone...
Slovenia & Estonia
We're in the press centre, and it's quite lovely. It's huge with golden trees of light in the middle and an enormous working area....
Eeesti … yeees?
Phil: Carola has imported her Wind Machine in for this one! It's still shite However, it's not as bad as we thought it was...
28 April – Become just a name on your lips
I couldn't let today pass without posting a birthday from a trur ground-breaker amongst ground-breakers. Sadly she's no longer with us.
The year was 1994....
11 May – Always drivin’ through red lights, babe
Yesterday we had a home entrant. Today we have another one. And in a curious twist, even though she was a home entrant, she...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 12 – Estonia
STEFAN - Hope
I know they say that imitation is the purest form of flattery, but one listen of this song and you would have...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 11/37 – Estonia
It’s shouty noise – that would be the conclusion of some of the Eurovision queens around this contest and, to an extent, they are...
Estonia sailing through
Rule number one of Eurovision law states: "You can enter anything you like, as long as it's good."
Well Ott and ERR have clearly read that...
Literally all over the shops
OMG - what on earth has happened to that performance. Getter was all over the shop, sounded awful, looked messy, was doing "woops" in...