Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 25 – Netherlands
Burning Daylight by Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper.
The past 20 years has been a tale of two halves for the Dutch. An 8-year long...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 35 – Switzerland
Watergun by Remo Forrer.
Eurovision may officially be an apolitical beast, but the reality of world events inevitably finds its way to the stage. Just...
The Rise and Fall of Ireland’s Eurovision Dominance
Once the undisputed king of the Eurovision Song Contest, Ireland struggles to reclaim its crown. What lies behind this dramatic change in fortunes?
Ireland was...
The second half of 1989 – dissected and reviewed
In another long one - not a Euphemism - Mr Phil takes a deep dive back into the archives and picks up where last...
Luxembourg’s songs are also out!
On a busy day for Eurovision fandom, along side the 15 Latvian songs RTL have announced the 8 candidates for the Luxembourg Song Contest...
Is this The Roop’s coronation?
After four weeks of bang-average songs and decent-looking shows, we finally get what we all came for. The Roop. (Well, some of us wanted...
They’ve chosen a song – will it go?
So,. we have had Last week's and the week before's Semifinals and, if honest, they have rather passed me by because, and this is...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Malta according to Mo
I’ve not heard Sarah live, but based on the video, she has a huge voice, one that tends to be tossed to one side...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 10/37 – Denmark
Having said that Czech Republic doesn’t know its people, SABA knows who she is singing to, me!. There is something about this song that...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 24/37 – Malta
Malta seem to have gone down a rabbit hole of entering poor song after poor song in recent years – albeit with the odd...