Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 38: Slovenia – Blue and Red by...
“How can I mix red and blue together?” muses ManuElla. Well, they come up quite nicely together in a bruise, I’d say. Thankfully ManuElla’s...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 43: United Kingdom – You’re Not Alone...
The benefit of being a Brit in my annual Countdown is that I get to save my home nation for last, alphabetically. Not that...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 42: Ukraine – 1944 by Jamala
The last time we saw Jamala was in 2011, attempting to represent Ukraine with an annoyingly catchy ditty called Smile, which it was hard...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 36 – Serbia
Now sitting in the hotel preparing to fly out to the European festival of populist song, I asked myself, “When did Serbia get good?”
The...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2016 – Part 33 – Poland
When one looks up the word “trolling” in the internet dictionary, surely a massive picture of Michał Szpak with massive flashing lights comes up....
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2016 – Part 31 – Norway
Clearly in the Boaty mc Boatface theme, Norway have chosen “Icebreaker” by Agnete. No, not the one from Abba, a 21 year old that...
ESC birthdays 6 April – Hey hey hey, Troedler, Troedler
There is an elite bunch of acts that have been at Eurovision time after time. After time. After time. Only four people have been...
ESC birthdays 30 March – Is it time to leave yet?
Did you like yesterday’s fan favourite? Then today could also be your lucky day. Another fan favourite!! Yes, another one!! And this one won!!...
ESC birthdays 21 March – Your song is what you wear...
This is just a quick posting but a good one all the same. Cast your mind back to 1999. A warm week in a...
ESC birthdays 18 March – Think of a sunny day, in...
One of the rules that we never question about Eurovision songs is the three-minute rule. There once was a time when songs carried on...