Broadcasters call on EBU to exclude Russia from 2022 Eurovision Song...
Following the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine, nine European Broadcasting Union (EBU) members have called for Russia to lose its place in the 2022...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 36/37 – Ukraine
Only a charlatan or a stupid person would still claim that Ukraine are going to score well in this contest. The reason why I...
Dutch boob(s)
Enormous cheers from the press centre when it was revealed Trinitje has changed her frock!
She’s still showing an ample amount of cleavage mind, but...
The best bit of delegation excess so far …
... and the award goes to them Dutchies with their slightly short term bus arrangement ...
Now, what are they going to do with this...
29 April – In a night of neon and the smell...
Cohorts of mine are in Lisbon. I might be, but then again I might be in Võromaa again. It's easy to confuse the two.
But...
Jeangu Macrooy to defend Dutch Eurovision crown
2020 Eurovision host nation, the Netherlands, named Jeangu Macrooy as their Rotterdam representative.
AVROTROS MD Eric van Stade talking of both singer and (as yet...
2 April – Thinking about the old days
You want to make an impression on a stage? Make your outfit memorable. Even more so if your song isn't. It's a golden rule.
I'm...
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...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025- Part 26/37 – Netherlands
Netherlands - Claude – C’est la Vie.
No - not this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0UGGMM_ScM&pp=ygUeQ-KAmWVzdCBsYSB2aWUgTWVsb2RpZmV0aXZhbGVu
Nor this one either:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irouCtF445I&pp=ygUYQ-KAmWVzdCBsYSB2aWUgTHlzIEFzc2lh
But Claude, a fine name for a singer in my humble...
They’re not making me happy today
I've just come into the press centre, where the Norwegians were playing a bit of folkloric music sounding very like the sort of thing...