Live Blog – Second Semi Final
Ten more acts are poised to fight it out to secure a place in the Grand Final of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. We'll...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Netherlands is French
Netherlands (the)Claude – C'est la vie
Ah, the Netherlands. Never one to shout, scream, or combust theatrically on stage—they’ve gone and done a very Dutch...
Oh yes, the songs …
What are we here for again? Oh yes a festival of popular songing and tunes.
I wasn't here for the first few, but my local...
3 February – I’m waiting for a sign
It's always hoped that a good song, a popular song, will score well. Especially if it's well-performed by a seasoned singer who can turn...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 26 – Netherlands
Despite enjoying some recent Eurovision success 2023 was not a happy one for the Dutch entry. The song not only lacked domestic support, but...
22 December – Look, the swallows high in the sky
As we know, next year's contest - a riotous cavalcade of quality song if ever there was one - will be in the Netherlands....
22 March – Desire is a blossom, and a blossom becomes...
Do you like a duet? One of those things where you get two voices working in perfect harmony. Or maybe where the two protagonists...
Who needs what to get their Best Result: Your Nice 2023...
As well as music, Eurovision fans love statistics - and both contests are an absolute goldmine for facts, figures and number-crunching! So just before...
27 May – The blackbird, the thrush and the nightingale
In a change to celebrating birthdays of performers still with us, we've got the birthday of someone who died in 2013. You may wonder...
So good it’s bad … or just really bad?
Nick: Oh man. It's brilliant and it's hideous. It's perfect and it's unwatchable. It's the creepiest sight I've seen anywhere near Eurovisionia since Laka...