18 February – There’s weight on my shoulders
Sometimes performers aren't always remembered for their three minutes of singing on that hallowed stage. Just occasionally, there's an event outside their control that...
19 October – We’re cool under pressure, and that’s all we...
Eurovision fans love a record breaker. The singer who scored the most points. The countries that have won the most times. The first song...
Ukraine tries a semi approach – Miklos is the highlight? –...
As has become tradition Ukraine gets to present the earliest national final in terms of time known to man! - a 1700 GMT start...
5 March – We are birds, we fly so high
We often pick up on the gimmicks used to give your song that extra push. Those things that make your average viewer sit up...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 39 – Ukraine
Even as Ukraine’s national selection Vidbir was taking place Russian troops were assembling along its borders. It seemed entirely fitting that the winning song,...
9 August – You’d like to fly up to the sky
The joy of being your country's first ever entrant in our favourite TV show. You've gone where no-one from your country has ever been...
Two out of three ain’t bad
Netherlands is awful and NOS should consider doing us a favour and withdrawing like they promised in 2005. This song has the potential to...
Clearly being second just isn’t good enough
So, on a rather dull Thursday morning here in OnEurope towers, Dutch broadcaster AvroTros decides to release this cinematic masterpiece!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWbCnZ1cCu0
They clearly like to tease...
27 May – The blackbird, the thrush and the nightingale
In a change to celebrating birthdays of performers still with us, we've got the birthday of someone who died in 2013. You may wonder...
Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Netherlands
Mia and Dion have had a rough old time of it at home (and in fandom) since being picked for Eurovision.
The preview party performances...