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Alexander Rybak. Photo: Indrek Galetin (EBU)

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 32 – Norway

I can’t even get through this song without punching something – and that really is a problem when you have tickets to sit in...

Six Eurovision winners who should have quit while ahead

Only one performer has ever won the Eurovision Song Contest twice. Johnny Logan warbled his way to victory in 1980 and 1987. This year, Norwegian power-violinist Alexander Rybak hopes to...
Serbia

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Serbia

It kicks off like one of those entho-wailers from the middle of the last decade. And then the first verse kicks in and it...
Melovin

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Ukraine

Flat is my chosen word to describe Melovin's performance. Style-wise he looks to have tumbled through an 80s new romantic time warp and landed...
Ingrosso

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Sweden

Many felt that this year was a bit of a miss for Melodifestivalen - the Swedish national selection. It came over as more of a...

8 April – The guitar is also crying

Yes, I've been away for a while. I've been trying to get to the bottom of Elina's dress projection dilemma. But it's all been...
Lithuania

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Poland

I loved how 'Light me up' started, and felt it was going in a very different direction to the one it chose. It has...

2 April – So I’m lying in bed

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...

29 March – Swords, big horns and defeats are coming in

Birthdays are like buses. Some days there are none at all. Then other days you get a veritable plethora of them. That then gives...

28 March – A seed will grow and sprout

Do you remember those days when the host song always did well? It was a big thing in the 1990s, when home entry after...