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The best bit of delegation excess so far …

... and the award goes to them Dutchies with their slightly short term bus arrangement ... Now, what are they going to do with this...

29 April – In a night of neon and the smell...

Cohorts of mine are in Lisbon. I might be, but then again I might be in Võromaa again. It's easy to confuse the two. But...

Jeangu Macrooy to defend Dutch Eurovision crown

2020 Eurovision host nation, the Netherlands, named Jeangu Macrooy as their Rotterdam representative. AVROTROS MD Eric van Stade talking of both singer and (as yet...

2 April – Thinking about the old days

You want to make an impression on a stage? Make your outfit memorable. Even more so if your song isn't. It's a golden rule. I'm...

Who needs what to get their Best Result: Your Nice 2023...

As well as music, Eurovision fans love statistics - and both contests are an absolute goldmine for facts, figures and number-crunching! So just before...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025- Part 26/37 – Netherlands

Netherlands - Claude – C’est la Vie.  No - not this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0UGGMM_ScM&pp=ygUeQ-KAmWVzdCBsYSB2aWUgTWVsb2RpZmV0aXZhbGVu Nor this one either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irouCtF445I&pp=ygUYQ-KAmWVzdCBsYSB2aWUgTHlzIEFzc2lh But Claude, a fine name for a singer in my humble...

They’re not making me happy today

I've just come into the press centre, where the Norwegians were playing a bit of folkloric music sounding very like the sort of thing...
Norway at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 31 – NORWAY

That’s How You Write A Song by Alexander Rybak Gigliola Cinquetti, Anne Marie David, Elisabeth Andreassen, Carola, Niamh Kavanagh, Dana International, Charlotte Perrelli, and Lena...

First Norwegian acts named for 2020

We've already told you about how Norwegian broadcaster NRK plans to beef up its national selection, marking sixty years of Melodi Grand Prix. As always...

Norway brings angelic bling

The sequencing of Cyprus’ Diablo into Norway’s Fallen Angel is smart thinking. But after that made-for-Eurovision performance can Tix still stand out? In my Countdown...