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Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 -Part 10 of 39 -Denmark

Checking my calendar it says 2021 and whilst the 80’s are brilliant, when you marry that with a couple of grinning goons clearly trying...

Cyprus – Gravity defying logic?

Just in case you have been off Planet Eurovision for the last couple of days, Hovig has released his song for Cyprus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxfQn7riJxo&feature=youtu.be   If you think...

Greece – an “innovative” solution to their age-old problem

It seems that Greek broadcaster ERT - the people that brought you a national final staged in a shopping centre and videos shot in...

16 October – No appetite for delusion

Do you think we're short-changing you, with only one birthday per day. Well it wouldn't be right if we were to dilute the attention...

Armenia from the hall

Looks good on screen in the main, but he either seems to be holding back on some of the notes for tonight or he...

Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Lithuania

Monika Linkytė has been rummaging in the bins around the back of whichever theatre happens to be staging 'The Lion King' and found a...

Ireland & Belarus

Ireland is not quite as bad as I believe it was in the first rehearsal. They have a great stage projection, Celtic knots and...

15 October – I’m just a speck of dust in this...

It's high time we had a winner. So fortune smiles upon us and I have a record breaking winner for you. How, you may...
Carousel at Eurovisioin 2019 in Tel Aviv

Latvia – Time gentlemen, please

Mr Phil, is busy elsewhere in Tel Aviv, so we've had a shout around and asked for opinions on the Latvian song - up...

1 December – Without a doubt I’ll follow you

Has the free language rule signalled the death knell for some languages? It's true that songs in Italian and Portuguese have won in the...