25 February – The weekdays creep by, the weekend flies by
Fans often mention Sweden as the pinnacle of our favourite TV show. Yes, they have had six wins, and you can never right them...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 26 – Norway
Queen of Kings by Alessandra.
“Who’s she? The cat’s mother?” we English are sometimes idiomatically (and bafflingly) asked. Alessandra has the answer: She is a...
19 April – Even the darkness must disappear sometime
The phrase Mr Eurovision is bandied around quite easily sometime. Some countries have one contender. Others have several. It's a great discussion point the...
The morning’s deliberations
After passing on the delights from the hotel menu of "boiled kneepad" and "strip of meat" I'm back and not going to be put...
Tulia present Polish Eurovision song
Tulia today confirmed they'll be singing 'Fire of Love' (Pali się) when they represent Poland at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
The song was tipped...
3 March – Fire, like a burning desire, taking me higher,...
Are you a native English speaker? If not, than if writing a song wasn't bad enough, writing a song in another language must be...
23 May – I never let me down, didi-down-down-down
Our friends in Poland have had a patchy record in our favourite TV show. From a debut runner-up to languishing in the semi-finals, they've...
Eurovision 2003 – Second Rehearsals Part One
Iceland
Well a late start for Birgita but she did quite well. She looked well and performed the song really well. Others in the delegation...
Portugal FDC First Semi Final
This is the *corrected* list after RTP admitted to an error - oops!
Song
Artist
Jury
Televote
Total
Psn
Austrália
Bruno Vasconcelos
0
0
0
13
Sem medo
Rui David
2
5
7
7
Eu te amo
Beatriz Pessoa
4
0
4
11
Q
Para te dar abrigo
Anabela
3
10
13
4
Q
Para sorrir não...
21 June – The voices of the wind and the waves...
What do you now? It's more Lusitanian singing that was largely ignored by the juries of Europe. I'll admit that not everything Portugal did...