Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 29 of 39 – Portugal
I’m quite used to being in a minority. I was in the minority of the press centre that heard Il Volo bugger up their...
23 September – Maybe I’m even going to cry
Did you remember the contest in Portugal in 2018? Do you still dream of the sun, the sea, the pasteis de nada? Do you...
Monty looks at Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria
Goedemorgen Oneuropeans, and welcome to Day 7. A week already! It’s the final second rehearsals for the semi-finalists, and a short day today after...
29 March – Old women, crazy women and tourists are coming...
Birthdays are like buses. Some days there are none at all. Then other days you get a veritable plethora of them. That then gives...
Portugal – c/f Iceland
Again, the question has to be asked if this is indeed art! It certainly comes to something in this contest when Conan and his...
Portu-Gull – Back to making up numbers
I'm one of the people who perversely liked this before coming to Oslo. Mostly I think because I instinctively like things that other people...
Portugal … Doctor to Re-suss, Please?
... because this song was on life support at the FdC but now it's virtually dying on its arse. People of Europe, you need...
Creme Portuguese
Phil: They managed to delay their rehearsals for us so we could at least say we only missed TWO rehearsals today - which was...
Positive COVID test delays Portuguese rehearsal
A member of the Portuguese delegation has tested positive for COVID 19 while undergoing routine antigenic testing at the PalaOlimpico venue in Turin. Portugal...
They write the songs … for Portugal
Sticking to the idea that Eurovision is a song contest, Portuguese broadcaster RTP always likes to announce the names of the people behind the...