San Marino: 2 Questions … Followed by some more
Where is Valentina?
Where Is Mr Flo Rida
At least one of those was answered within the first three minutes - although those three...
Portugal: Festival da Canção 2021 – First semi final results
The first semi-final of Festival da Canção 2021 took place on Staurday with ten acts hoping to make the Grand Final on 6 March.
The...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 35 of 39 – Spain
Spain at Eurovision often confuses me. Its fans are some of the loudest (and most annoying) in fandom, but they are more often than...
Latvia – The silence was a blessed relief
Like too many songs in the back end of the second semi final, Samanta's is "challenging". And by that I actually mean it's a...
Belarus – a nice pop song … or pure propaganda?
As many of you would expect, there was a certain "hype" around the Belarusian entry ... specifically whether or not Mr Lukashenko rubber-stamped the...
Nick’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – North Macedonia
NORTH MACEDONIA - Vasil - Here I Stand
There's nothing in all blogdom that gladdens my heart more than just talking about a song without...
Nick’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Spain
SPAIN - Blas Canto - Voy A Quedarme
I have two confessions to make, loyal consumer of my wordstuff products!
1) When I sat down to...
Same time, same place this weekend then?
The national final season is seemingly like a set of London Buses. You wait all year for them to start and then 2 exact...
Jendrik doesn’t feel hate – he’s gonna soon learn though
So, after teasing the song on Twitter and Instagram, and then a bit of it leaking out on social media, Jendrik's song, "I don't...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 2 – Australia
Technicolour by Montaigne
Montaigne is my Countdown’s first of many returning artists whose 2020 Eurovision dreams were brought to a juddering halt by Coronavirus. As...