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Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 27 – Netherlands

Look, you’re just going to have to get over Stien den Hollander’s stylising of her name as S10, it’s just not worth the annoyance....

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 31 – Portugal

While it’s delightful to be able to follow all the national finals nowadays (and I’ll be returning to those after the Contest for the...
Stefan Airapetjan

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 12 – Estonia

STEFAN - Hope Rarely have I heard a song start with such promise. A brooding spaghetti western backing track, a moody mumbled verse and then...
Monika Liu

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 23 – Lithuania

Monika Liu - Sentimentai Another song in this endless farrago that reminds me of something else.  This one is, seemingly, a downbeat rehashing of this: Crossed...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 32 – Romania

WRS is pronounced Urs, which should give me every opportunity to shoehorn in a quip about my love for bears. WRS himself is quite...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 6 – Belgium

Jérémie Makiese - Miss You This is the first song in this year’s countdown that is definitely going to benefit from the continued lack of...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 28 – North Macedonia

North Macedonia has a trend to reverse. It’s a trend for not getting to the final. In fact, since Karolina took them there in...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 2 – Armenia

After sitting out a year in 2021 Armenia returns with a song so devoid of any national flavour I had to Google whether the...
Sheldon Riley

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 3 – Australia

Sheldon Riley - Not the same Eurovision tends to bring us either a song or a performance. The sweet spot happens when the two coincide. For...
LUM!X feat. Pia Maria - Halo - Austria

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 4 – Austria

LUM!X feat. Pia Maria - Halo  Upon first listen to the Austrian song it seems that someone has been reading the “How to be Greece...