25 January – Didn’t we laugh together? Didn’t we love together?
Remember Turkey? They were the ones who could properly get away with that vert eastern sound. You know the ones - their preview videos...
Afternoon round up by Monty
Here’s a little catch up on the afternoon, and for anyone who was wondering my lunchtime salad and miso soup was delicious, if unsatisfying....
If all you saw was a girl in a wheelchair, what...
It was little more than a week ago that Russia's Channel One announced Julia Samoylova as its choice for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. At...
A Dal’s Final heat – but its nowhere near over!
The final ten songs line up for A Dal from Budapest. A quick reminder of how this will go: all ten songs will be...
I don’t want to Rush-in
And so onto this year's second Ukrainian contestant -Anastasia Prikhodko - who rather controversially is representing our hosts and singing part in Ukrainian. This...
And now there’s a bread oven
"Aww cute" is not the phrase I am looking for here - its Godawful and looks no better than the first rehearsal.
The bread oven is...
14 January – Shine into my darkness
Two birthdays for the price of one? You don't get that very often, so when it comes along it's worth posting. Even if these...
Russian TV bosses make good on Samoylova pledge
Yulia (or Julia if you prefer) Samoylova can stop checking Trivago and worrying about the cost of Lisbon hotel rooms. Russian broadcaster Channel One...
Hungary – a glorious shouty mess
Spoiler alert: I still hate this song.
However, having said that (and I said it on Wednesday as well), this song knows what it is....
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 36 – Russia
Words can not do justice as to how HIDEOUS and CLAWING I find this song. It's horrific, trite nonsense that is a V's up...