Portugal – a little Festival da Canção, anyone?
Do I fancy a weekend in Lisbon at the Festival da Canção, you say? Well, yes, I rather do! And that’s just what I’ve...
9 June – My body is the ship on the tide...
If you ever get the gig to represent your country, you have to be prepared for failure as well as success. Only one country...
11 February – Oh, my homeland, my remoteness
Do you go to the contests, wherever they are held? Have you been to any? In particular, did you go to the fest in...
Portugal…. hahahahahno
Despite what some people who were on this blog used to think, Portugal really aren’t close to qualifying. In Fact, they are close to...
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...
Portugal – It’s a Bond film short of perfection
I was predisposed to loving this song from the moment I heard it in the FdC but now its on stage it’s even better...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 29/37 – Portugal
Deslocado by NAPA
Now, the attentive among you will have noticed that Part 30 has come before Part 29, that was done for many...
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...
1 April – She says I was a very serious case
The set at a Eurovision Song Contest is always a talking point. In the 21st Century, it's an eagerly anticipated announcement. How many video...
Portugal – Hmmmm NO!
Leonora got so bored with this song, she gave up at the end and quite honestly that’s what Europe is going to do as...