Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Germany
It's easy to do the Ed Sheeran comparisons, and indeed Master Ed's song could easily pass as a lesser cut from the latter-day housewife's...
Now you remind me of something I’ll never have
Random time again, and I've gone back to 2017. It was a year when there were some surprise non-qualifiers.
You might not think that today's...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Iceland
What happened to Iceland? They always seemed to get Eurovision, but then things went wrong. So often they missed out on a place at...
19 April – Good thoughts melt the ice
You wonder why some countries have lost their way. Those troupers that have been trying for years with a small degree of success. Then...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 29 – MONTENEGRO
Inje by Vanja Radovanović
There was a time a rousing Balkan ballad would commonly feature amid the top 5, but those days are long gone....
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 27 – MALTA
Taboo by Christabelle Borg
Watching the Maltese final, you’d be forgiven for forgetting there are any songs and that the whole thing is just an...
17 April – Until a voice came through into my head
I mentioned people who came back for a second try yesterday. There have been plenty of them, with varying degrees of success. You must...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Greece
The requirements set down by broadcaster ERT were simple. This year, their Eurovision song had to be performed in and sound Greek. On both...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 25 – LITHUANIA
When We’re Old by Ieva Zasimauskaitė
With 50 competitors and about 700 rounds it’s very easy to get lost in the Lithuanian final, although somehow...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 24 – LATVIA
Funny Girl by Laura Rizotto
We’re more than halfway through this year’s Countdown now. Are you still keeping up? With so many competing entries it’s...