What in God’s name were the Latvians thinking?
It was all looking so promising for a few minutes there, but now we're back to the dirges.
The Latvians have called their song What...
Eurovision 2009 – A view from afar
Now, to my Jaded eye (do you see what I did there?), none of these looked half bad - until the last 30 seconds...
Latvia, San Marino and Macedonia, our first triptych of the day
And we're off! Or Here We Go as they say in Latvian. We just managed to catch the final run through of PeR still...
Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 4
It’s time for part four of our 2017 Eurovision Song Contest preview party. ‘The one where they finished talking about the first semi-final’ in...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 22 – Latvia
I’ve a lot in common with Citi Zeni; like them I also enjoy eating my veggies and saving the polar bears. I love that...
Supernova Final in Latvia. Who has got the golden ticket?
The first thing that you'll notice from watching last week's semi final is the addition of an 11th song. Miks got his song advanced...
Latvian Eurovision pirates totally terrifying in a bad way
As Roy might say, 'Shit my old boots!' It was totally terrifying in a bad way. Shambolic in the extreme, their singing - or...
Latvia – Kicking off in the Baltics.
Just when you had had your fill of Baltics for one evening, they come at you thick and fast. Latvia, known latterly for failing...
I have a minor problem with Aminata
And it is only a minor problem – there’s not really anything that you could have sensibly called this song. You look at songs...
6 February – You’re my desire and my pain
It's always a tough ask, when you take part in the contest the year after your country does well. This might be because your...