Austria – In living colour (oh wait)
The question that ran through my mind was: has this been hiding in plain sight? Paenda has just completed her second run-through and she...
Denmark – Has she got the motion?
Click + above to see what is lacking in this performance: a Simon Snorkel lift to get Thumbelina Leonora into her chair. She actually...
Romania – Clearly never on a Saturday
The phrase "a nag set to music" was surely coined for this song. Ester seemed to make this feel like hard work and despite...
Moldova – Alyosha wants her staging back
So, after a hearty lunch (chicken in a pitta with hummus and salad, thanks for asking!), I came back and had to do some...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 37 – Slovenia
The songwriters clearly looked back at the last couple of years and said: 'Belgium do depressed and seem to do well. Let’s have a...
Switzerland – Hit me with your Cuba Libre!
First off, apologies about missing Lativa, It's not deliberate. I had a mountain of work to do, but did take advice from people at...
Latvia – Time gentlemen, please
Mr Phil, is busy elsewhere in Tel Aviv, so we've had a shout around and asked for opinions on the Latvian song - up...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 36 – Serbia
Whenever i hear strings at the start of a Balkan song, my heart sinks, because it means another heartfelt ballad about something depressing. For...
lreland – See Srbuk – Strip it back a bit
There were so many elements to the staging of Sarah McTernan's performance that it came across as overwhelming.
Thankfully, and perhaps surprisingly, the vocal wasn't...
Armenia – it’s all a bit … edgy
Srbuk was left alone on the stage in this performance, and the stripped-back look on screen suited the vocal to a point, but there...