The result of this year’s UMK.
After years in the wilderness, Finland are finally getting this whole national final/ Eurovision concept thing. UMK has become massive inside Finland and around...
Lithuanian participants and format confirmed for 2024 Eurovision
Lithuanian broadcaster LRT has announced another round of EUROVIZIJA.LT to pick a song for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest.
Traditionally, one of the biggest Eurovision...
Semifinal 2 Technical Rehearsal – view from the arena
So round we go again. I gather the stream was a bit 1996 but hey, these things happen.
An opening VT revisits Tattoo in a...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Moldova according to Mo
Returning performers are thin on the ground this year, so all power to Natalia for giving Eurovision another go.
This doesn’t feel like her finest...
It’s Wednesday, it must be France O’Clock
The French have clearly decided to "go big or go home" by getting one of their major stars to represent them in Malmö.
They sneaked...
The results of the Semi Final draw
A riotous cavalcade of quality song appears to be taking place in May. There, therefore, has to be a semi final allocation draw (and...
I almost forgot Iceland – how rude!
I have to admit, dear reader, that after reading about Iceland's stance towards the contest this year I tended to tune out from their...
Eleven hardy souls left for Moldova
Over the years the Moldovan selection for Eurovision has been not only a test of "talent" but a test of skill and endurance for...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 27/37 – Norway
I can’t lie – Super Rob and Erica-from-Norwich lost the quiz of the week and I was here for that, well that and the...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Sweden according to Mo
One thing is clear, SVT don’t plan on having to stage this two years in a row.
It’s back to the pretty-ish boy funk-pop that...