10 Apr – But now the feeling’s gone
Who's your favourite duo? Is it one that won? Is it one that had two performers yelling at each other whilst stood close together?...
Nick’s Countdown 2021 – Czech Republic and Denmark
CZECH REPUBLIC - Benny Cristo - omaga
I’m trying to avoid making too many comparisons between the 2020 entries and the 2021 entries. I’ve always...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 9 of 39 – Czech Republic
As we don’t write these in one group setting, and we can’t anyway with Covid, we don’t know what each of us has written,...
9 April – Come in our dream to make us laugh
Have you ever met your hero? That one person who made you think a particular way, or aspire to a certain lifestyle. Were you...
Nick’s Countdown 2021 – Croatia and Cyprus
CROATIA
Croatia have been treading water in this contest in recent years. They’ve found the unhappy knack of offering up perfectly solid, perfectly competent little...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 8 – Cyprus
El Diablo by Elena Tsagrinou
Let’s hope Elena Tsagrinou is still around to perform this by May and hasn’t been swallowed into the depths of...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 8 of 39 – Cyprus
So, in a year when returning artistes are en vogue, recurring song themes are also in around Europe. The island of Aphrodite has gone...
8 April – Say a word and I’ll be there, say...
If in doubt, repeat some words in your song lyric. It can sometimes pay dividends. Or it can make it appear that your song...
Nick’s Countdown – Belgium and Bulgaria
BELGIUM
There’s a very specific category of artist that I have a particular problem with in this contest, and Hooverphonic is pretty much the entirety...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 7 – Croatia
Tick Tock by Albina
Croatia opted to continue with its revival of the Dora, rather than carry their 2020 entrant into 2021. It delivered an...