Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 20 – Greece
I think it says everything when I have tried to write this review four times today and this fourth attempt is the first time...
9 June – We look alike as two drops of rain
Being last to perform at our favourite TV show must be at least as tricky as performing first. If you're on first, you've got...
17 June – I told her rise up, come along and...
Have you noticed an increase in collaborations? No? Well, maybe not necessarily in Eurovision circles, but definitely in the wider world of music.
But what...
21 August – There’s a crossroad up ahead
Do you often wonder what goes on in planning meetings to decide upon a staging for a Eurovision song? The outfit to wear, the...
Day 561 in the Eurovision House
In my haste to tell you all about some of the fun and games going off here at the very edge of 'Europe', I...
For God’s Sak-is…..
It appears his contraption now works - still no greek flag on it (edit - it has now)- but it opens up and he...
31 January – The only treasure I’ll ever have
People win the contest. From time to time anyway. There could be some contests where no song should have won, and the EBU should...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 16 of 39 – Greece
When I first heard this song, my immediate thought was to pan it like I had with Cyprus several days ago because on first...
17 April – There are moments that you feel you’ll never...
As we often say, there were Eurovision Song Contests before the year 2000. Can you imagine that? A 20th Century contest? Well, some of...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Greece is restrained
GreeceKlavdia – Asteromáta
Greece occasionally tires of sending identikit bops in borrowed clubwear and remembers it has centuries of rich musical tradition to draw from....