12 April – Because I want to stay all night
As we saw yesterday, Eurovision throws up performances as well as songs. Do they detract, or does a song need some form of gimmick...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 6 – Belarus
At 16, ZENA is the youngest competitor this year. Given she’s tried twice previously to enter Junior Eurovision for her country, we can probably...
8 April – A smile, a hug, a bit of praise
Are you a fan of national finals? Are you religiously watching them through the whole 'season', from Albania to Sweden? Do you pick certain...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 6 – Belarus
ZENA (again with the caps!) has been saddled with a rotten song. It’s supposed to be a pop song with a bit of an...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Belarus
'Like it' is a perfectly inoffensive slice of minipop from Belarus. Zena can't help being sixteen, but everything about this song and the national...
27 March – Your heart is like a beating drum
There's often an air of inevitability about some results. A certain republic surrounded by Italy will do badly. A country on the Caspian Sea...
22 March – Don’t you be shy tonight
Our favourite TV show is a singing contest. Well, actually it's a songwriters' contest. But our performers don't just sing. Many of them have...
Eurovision favourite screams into the open
Ever since bookmakers offered odds on this year's Eurovision Song Contest, one country has been tipped to win. Long before it named its artist...
Tamara Todevska proudly presents …
For the first time, the country once known as FYROM (and variations thereof) will appear on the Eurovision scoreboard as North Macedonia. If that's...
ZENA ‘wins’ Belarusian Eurovision national final
BRTRC aired its Eurovision selection show yesterday evening with a jury picking the winner.
After the acts performed, each jury member was able to award...