Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 26 of 39 – North Macedonia
Now, before I launch into this, a word of support for Vasil. No one should give up their right to compete in the biggest...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 31 of 39 – Russia
Russia has missed a trick - they led everyone to believe by their silence that Little Big were going to have a second bite...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 29 of 39 – Portugal
I’m quite used to being in a minority. I was in the minority of the press centre that heard Il Volo bugger up their...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 32 of 39 – San...
Fucking hell where did this come from?! Baby RAI have been sat in the corner with only Valentina Monetta and the comfort of their...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 36 of 39 – Sweden
The very essence of the Swedish selection, Melodifestivalen, is a local song contest for locals where the winner just happens to go to the...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 27 of 39 – Norway
There are going to be *alot* of fanboys (and girls) that are still going to be sore with the Norwegian public for choosing Tix...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 37 of 39 – Switzerland
There are times when you can describe the Eurovision Song Contest as car crash television but never has there been a song with an...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 9 of 39 – Czech Republic
As we don’t write these in one group setting, and we can’t anyway with Covid, we don’t know what each of us has written,...
Nick’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Sweden
SWEDEN - Tusse - Horses
SCENE: A brightly lit and spacious performance area. An engaging man and a charming woman enter the stage to fading applause. Jacques Deschenaux, for it...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 25 of 39 – Netherlands,...
There are two main schools of thought when it comes to the Eurovision contest of songs. The first one is that the host nation...