Hungary – More of the same?
You can't do much with a song that lends itself to a rather static staging ... and Joci gave us just that.
He stood all...
Manizha: Eurovision lets people be themselves
Manizha is in Rotterdam to represent Russia at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Russian Woman’, a song she wrote alongside Ori Avni and...
18 November – We have to come out of the shadows,...
Our friends at the EBU encourage as many countries as possible to take part in our favourite TV show. Some decide against it, either...
5 August – Everything’s white around me
Our friends in Bosnia & Herzegovina have fallen out of love with our favourite TV show of late. We miss them with their quirky...
17 August – Yodeleeii, yodeleeii, yodeleeii, yodeleioo
It would be a dull old Eurovision if all the songs sounded the same. They obviously don't, otherwise they'd all finish up with the...
Right, so, the lovely Jennifer …
The lovely Jennifer is not, sadly, all that lovely. I had hopes for Andorra, 'tis a lovely song, but it's neither looking nor sounding...
7 April – I won’t give into the motion
Eurovision can be controversial. We all know that. We'll try not to get involved with those contoversies here, save to say it makes our...
TVR releases Romanian Eurovision contenders
If you fancy a listen to full versions of the songs taking part in the contest to pick a Eurovision 2023 song for Romania,...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 9 – Bulgaria
After having a weekend away with chums from Eurovision Ireland and other places, I appear to be a little bit short on the old...
The morning’s deliberations
After passing on the delights from the hotel menu of "boiled kneepad" and "strip of meat" I'm back and not going to be put...