Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 14 – France
Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn
Now this, lady and gentlemen, this is more like it. Those of you with long memories will remember Brittany’s attempt...
10 February – I’m only a woman who likes you silently
Our friends in Canada keep trying to get in on the act, and who can blame them? One of its daughters even won once,...
17 March – A feminine shadow twirls in the light of...
It's good to see something different tried at a Eurovision Song Contest. Usually anyway. Sometimes, Schlager can get a bit staid, and how many...
23 May – In the railway station where the first adventure...
A winner? Well, there have been 70 of them, so they'll crop up here from time to time. There is another winner who has...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 13 of 39 – France
You can often tell which nation has sent a specific song from a mile off and this song could be nothing other than French....
France – Now then this is more like it … maybe
Now, France 2, this is more like it. I don't like your strategy of sneaking it out on a Thursday afternoon when I was...
12 September – Sing your song to my fiery heart
We like taking chances here, and I'll wager that, unless you've down your research, you may not know today's song. It's probably never ever...
That second French semi-final
After putting myself through just over two and a half hours worth of semi-final one hell it's that time for us to do it...
9 September – I go out and I laugh
Some would say that the secret of the success of a song is its publicity. If you can get your song into the public...
5 March – Don’t scream like a violin without music score
There are songs that become classics for various reasons. They could be winners. They could be insanely bad. Or it could be by accident.
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