Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 39 – Sweden
I walked past John Lundvik at Media City in Salford and nearly kicked over his Diet Coke. That might be the high point of...
Albania – What was that?
Next Thursday, Albania follows Russia onto the stage. And if you thought Sergey went big on effects, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Unfortunately, the...
Party Like It’s 1999 – no, really …
In these days of homogenised Euroclub delegation parties and infinitely stage managed artist appearances, you may frequently hear us older stagers grumbling away in...
Russia – mmm, do you smell the saline?
The first thing to tell you is that there were a lot of mirrors and screens to get on stage. All in the 32...
Lithuania – He still has lovely hair
Jurij was all alone on stage and looked down the camera a lot. Phil, why are you telling us this? Because that was pretty...
Malta – Undoing the magic of Television
I'm going to let you into a secret here, OnEuropeans, the Maltese appeared to be using a classic trick to fool us into believing...
Croatia – just when you thought you’d seen everything
For the last twenty years (yes, seriously, we are that old) OnEuropeans have crawled from their Eurovision beds and thought: "Surely, surely Croatia would...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 38 – Spain
Much as it loathes me to say it, the Spaniards have finally come up with the goods.
For the first time in what seems like...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Bonus Part – Ukraine
What? Well, you didn’t think I was going to let something this juicy go unreviewed, did you?
As we embarked on this year’s national final...
Sweden – Too late for losing?
So, for reasons known only to the Eurovision firmament (and possibly Christer Bjorkman), the Swedes have once again secured almost the same staging used...