11 June – A life without colours – that’s not you
It was always interesting when our friends at the EBU relaxed the rule about singing in your own language. Obviously, where most songs are...
28 June – The clock strikes too much again
Do you like the contests that were in black & white? Or are you definitely a fan of colour? If you delve into the...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 14 – FINLAND
Monsters by Saara Aalto
After turning around her fortunes so impressively on the UK X Factor the BBC should have snapped up Saara Aalto for...
Will this ever Finnish?
Nick: It's more or less as you expect from the home town entry - there's an enthusiastic crowd of locals to support a perfectly...
7 September – Is this a fantasy or just a sad...
Finland. Who doesn't love Finland. A land of content people, vast expanses of nature and a language many people have been know to find...
16 August – Times of lust, times of trust
It's opening song time again. And not just any old opening song. Oh no. This was has a special place in Eurovision history. It...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Finland
Blackbird by Norma John
The Finnish final once again didn’t fail to delight. There’s more than plenty to pick over for those, like me, compiling...
Rosé’s closing day one thoughts…
Well well well that must have been a long, sticky and steamy old day in Baku Baku....
I am looking forward to arriving even more...
LIVE Blog: Eurovision 2017 – First semi final
Tonight at 21:00 CEST/20:00 UK/Portugal, contestants from 18 countries will compete for ten spots in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. You can...
Käärijä ends a very long day – what does the sweaty...
Our fifteenth and final presser today is the bouncy Finn himself.
He's had some in-ear monitor problems and hasn't heard anything, but he is philosophical...