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Portugal – Kids in America? No, Kids in Lisbon

Nicolas came on stage after an hour's delay for "lunch", and he didn't disappoint - He did far, far worse than that. This is a...

Polish fireworks

Get Rid of the German language - it detracts from the song. The Fireworks also detract from it - but apart from the bollocks...

My home land – Estonia – no UK – Finally no...

Now, I've been doing this since about the end of the Crimean Wars, and I know what rubbish UK Rehearsals sound like. There's a...

Third Benidorm Fest picks Spanish Eurovision song on 3 February

Benidorm Fest 2024, the third edition of what we have to now assume will be an annual Spanish song contest, promises to be an...

Ukraine – Tvorchi the battery boys

You're really gonna have to be old to get that title reference! The band are tired but great - the 2nd dress rehearsal was good,...
Marius Bear

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 38 – Switzerland

Marius Bear – Boys Do Cry Ooh look, a variation on a theme. (That might be too clever for some of you – or too British!) Instead...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – San Marino

Spirit of the Night by Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson There’s a lot of longevity going on in San Marino: yep – Valentina’s back! I...

19 May – Give us a dawn with children’s laughter and...

Do you remember the old days? When the contest was all done and dusted in one night, and none of these new Europeans were...

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....

Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: San Marino

Piqued Jacks won one of the most drawn-out (and low-quality) Eurovision selection processes I have ever witnessed. If SMRTV had presented just the final...