Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 28/37 – Portugal
What? - Mimicat you say? - Sorry the hearing is going at my age!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC85TcvRJew
In Portuguese, the word " Saudade" is one of those words...
29 April – I was shy, but in the mood for...
It’s nearly here. The most mad, fun and baffling two weeks of the year. For a certain type of person anyway. It baffles me...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 27/37 – Poland
There seems to have been a massive firestorm around this song from people who can't understand that pre-written rules were adhered to, and TVP...
28 April – I don’t breathe if you are not here
There are some classic songs around and people argue about them. Today's IS a classic. Go on, challenge me if you dare! The sharp-eyed...
Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Portugal
Where Poland blessed a decent song with a weak performer, Mimicat is someone who way outclasses her self-penned 'Ai Coração'.
This would surely be the...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 26/37 – Norway
Norway – Queen of Kings – Alessandra
This is much more like it. Norway tends, as Wogan used to say, to either win or score nothing...
27 April – I wanna take off all my clothes
Yes, it's Swedish birthday time again today. They have a decent record it has to be said. And some of you might just have...
Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Poland
I've watched the national final performance and then the official music video - the difference in vocal quality between the two might prove to...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 25/37 – Netherlands (The)
Netherlands - Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight
Last year I pissed off half of The Netherlands by stating that S10 was a...
Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Norway
A bit of quasi-religious chanting and a husky-voiced vocal delivering something that has Eurovision written huge. There's even one of those whistle notes that...