EBU terminates Chinese Eurovision contract
The EBU have taken immediate action following widespread condemnation of Chinese censorship when broadcasting the first Eurovision semi-final.
Mango TV - one of China's most...
I balkanika this, but not a lot!
Balkanika next up for Serbia and I really like this song. The staging is pretty much as I would have expected with the old...
Norway: that’s how you get on my tits
Bom dia! Tudo bem? We had our first proper Eurovision party last night, with an impromptu DJ set from DH Ohrmeister, Konstantin, in Trumps...
All kinds of ridiculous but still love it
So, the crazy second semi final draws to a close with one of my favourite songs 'Under The Ladder' and Melovin. It’s all kind...
My Irish dream shattered (possibly)
Ooh Ireland! What have you done? My favourite song of the year and you’ve tried to be too ambitious. Ryan starts well enough, looking...
Belgium dark but no dark horse!
SuRie’s bezzie mate Sennek up next for Belgium and the opening shot is probably not working as well as it did on paper. It’s...
Bow down at the altar of Georgia
There are people around me in the press centre who think that they have just seen the second coming. Words like: "Can you get...
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...
Croatian Crazy talk
Mr Phil was away getting a coffee, so he left me in charge, and armed with just thirty selective seconds of footage (and a...
No, baby no!
My my my, San Marino courtesy of Malta, Germany via Bratislava give the ‘what the actual fuck’ moment this year and certainly will have...