18 October – Bom bom
What's your favourite type of song? One where a singer stands still on stage, with a dark backdrop, and belts out a big beefy...
Day 5 – Romania, Azerbaijan, and most of Ukraine
Romania – first rehearsal report here
Roxen’s put the work in and tightened up the parts of this that needed work. There are some much...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 36/37 – Ukraine
It had been so long since this song was chosen in a bomb shelter that I had to check it out again.
I'll grant it,...
Netherlands and, the fantastic, Iceland
Glennis has a fantastic voice, and, even though Nick wanted me to slap her, I just can't. Her dream, improbable at the start of...
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...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 28 – Netherlands
For a country with four Eurovision wins, the wait since 1975 for the next has been a long one. So long they lost their...
Eurovision winner tests positive for COVID
Duncan Laurence, the Dutch winner of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest has tested positive for COVID-19. The singer has mild symptoms. Because of a...
Eurovision duo under fire from Dutch media
Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper have come under fire from various parts of Dutch media ahead of their appearance at the 2023 Eurovision Song...
Well colour me blue, It seems a decision has been made.
If you are, say, over 30 or don't go on the twitter machine you'll probably be as totally unshocked as I was when AVROTROS...
Rounding off the afternoon
Here’s my catch up on the last three songs of the day.
Norway
Ooh this is going big in the hall isn’t it? That crunching electronic...