Hungarians get the Eurovision blues
Phil: I have just witnessed the first goose bump moment of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest from an unlikely source. The Hungarian lady, who's...
3 September – Mama, Mama, Mama
Those semi-finals are always bloodbaths. You can probably pick a semi-final winner, but ten get through so there are often surprises. Surprises in that...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Hungary
Origo by Joci Pápai
Look, I’ll be honest with you. I’ve been to Budapest and I liked it. It’s cheap as chips, they do really...
So much for the afternoon shift…
OK. Let's look back on today in Moscow, as that's really what we're all here for.
Israel - almost entirely pleasant. A few worrying fluffs...
1 July – Your lips are like chocolate
A home entry! Excellent. This one comes from a country warm enough for the home participant not to worry about wishing they'd gone somewhere...
Romania – what’s that smell?
As we have come to expect - things are running late. They don’t seem to shorten breaks to catch up though, must be a...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 18 – Hungary
Joci Papai hasn’t changed a lot over the last two years and neither has his song if we are honest here at OnEurope.
You know...
Estonia and Bulgaria to finish us off
Elina and that frock and that voice doing everything you would expect of them with this. Piercingly on point vocals and, for an opera...
Russia – I’m not sure if it’s a deliberate ploy
...but this is either trolling on the highest level, or a grave miscalculation from Russia.
First of all Yulia is sitting atop a MOUNTAIN on...
30 November – All alone, all alone
It's a truth that we miss our Magyar friends and we wanted them back. But it's also true that they've tried a variety of musical styles down the years. What's your preferred style?