Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 35/37 – Switzerland
Switzerland - Zoë Më - Voyage
So, three songs left, and you might have detected that I am running out of puff with these, that's...
Are Switzerland trying to get back into the final?
So, after we have largely ignored the Swiss selection, it seems that they have been busy getting songs from all over the place for...
Monty looks at Finland, Latvia, Switzerland and Denmark
Finland – first rehearsal report here
I’ve timed everything wrong today, and thought we had a lunch break after Bulgaria, but it’s after Finland. It’s...
Switzerland Sets Its Sights on Eurovision 2026
Fresh off hosting the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland has confirmed its participation in the 2026 edition, set to take place in...
Stones to gather no qualification?
So, after we largely ignored the Swiss selection, they went right ahead of picked a song.
ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow took place this evening at...
Arsenium to the new millennium!
God, but I wish I was joking.
Let's start with 551 for 6 declared. They surprised me really quite a lot by putting together a...
The Swiss do nice chocolate
Nick: It's annoying me. It's a sequence of fleeting moments of sounds-a-bit-like-something-elseness, never quite long enough for me to get a proper grip and...
13 March – Turn off the search light
Do you like it when we see people from outside Europe (or, since 2015, Australia), taking part in our favourite TV show? Do you...
Switzerland by Monty
There’s not an awful lot to say here, it’s pretty much exactly as you’d expect from a traditional rock performance. I’m pleased to see...
13 July – You, trainers of performing dogs, magicians, snake charmers
We always say anyone can win our favourite TV show. All it needs is a perfect storm of stuff, and even the country that...