Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 23 – ITALY
Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente by Ermal Meta and Fabrizo Moro
I’ve seldom been so pleased as to learn the Italian broadcaster RAI has finally...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 22 – ISRAEL
Toy by Netta
I last spoke to you about Ireland, a Eurovision nation whose approach seems stuck in the past. In contrast, Israel’s couldn’t be...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Ireland
Last year, the Irish team floundered by entering a former boy band singer with a terribly high voice and a dreary song. This time...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 31 – Montenegro
When one looks up the definition of “Balkan Ballad” in the big bad book of Eurovision, you must surely find either Zeliko or Vanja...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 21 – IRELAND
Together by Ryan O'Shaughnessy
Every year, as I come to my Countdown, I get to the point where I ponder 'is Ireland ever going to...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Croatia
Putting aside recent controversy about how much of this song was cut and pasted from a backing track that the creator seems to have also...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 28 – Malta
If ever there was a country that assigned its entries on the basis of performers taking their turn, rather than proving ability, it’s Malta....
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Malta
As a veteran of the Malta Song for Europe competition, Christabelle has long since proven she's got the vocal chops for Eurovision. It's a...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 27 – Latvia
The keen-eyed among you will have worked out that this should have been part 26 but hey, that's life!
Now if you are named after...
13 April – Cold and dim are the skies
As you will have read yesterday, some decent songs stay in the semi-finals. Some dross rightly remain there too, but it just shows how...