20 June – I give my life for a day of...
I mentioned a day or two ago that Portuguese was a very misunderstood language until 2017. If you were to listen to a compilation...
18 June – My grape sugar and nut on the table
Nothing makes you think of summer more than fruit and sweet things. OK, perhaps the sun too. But if you're in a beach bar,...
Portugal: Home and dry
With just a few rehearsals to get through today, it's a shorter stint for Monty and Rose, who will be your guides. They're en...
Portuguese simplicity
It’s our first look at Portugal and the Big 5 now. The first ever Portuguese entry on home soil. How long we’ve waited for...
Portugal – Not Fado but Fad-ish
There are two schools of thought on this.
Mine is that this song is a 2:38 moan by one girl about the other girl's dead...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part…29 lets say. Portugal
OK I admit it, i missed out Part 29 in my counting methodology so lets call Portugal 29 and say no more about it.
In...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Portugal
Host nation, playing on home turf. A winsome little number - Cláudia Pascoal sings in that over-emotional style that makes it hard to call her...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 33 – PORTUGAL
O Jardim by Cláudia Pascoal
And now for the home entry from Portugal. Wow. Can you believe how many years we’ve been waiting to hear...
8 April – The guitar is also crying
Yes, I've been away for a while. I've been trying to get to the bottom of Elina's dress projection dilemma. But it's all been...
29 March – Swords, big horns and defeats are coming in
Birthdays are like buses. Some days there are none at all. Then other days you get a veritable plethora of them. That then gives...