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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 – Norway according to Mo

Imagine, if you will, one of those dark and brooding scandi-noir detective dramas turned into a three-minute rock song. And you have ‘Ulveham’. It’s dramatic,...

Why Your Favourite Song Isn’t Going To Win Eurovision – 2024...

So, seeing as everybody has boycotted this year’s Eurovision this annual feature of ours is completely immaterial this time round. Wait! What? Oh heck,...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 26/37 – Netherlands, The

This is everything you think it is, and yet nothing like you think it is. At first look, this is the classic Marmite song, a...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Netherlands according to Mo

The return of a televoting-only rule for the semi-finals has inevitably meant the return of what we used to call ‘joke entries’. The sort...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 25/37 – Moldova

One of my colleagues and esteemed writing team member asked the question “ Have we all been sleeping on Moldova?” earlier this week and...

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...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 24/37 – Malta

Malta seem to have gone down a rabbit hole of entering poor song after poor song in recent years – albeit with the odd...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Malta according to Mo

I’ve not heard Sarah live, but based on the video, she has a huge voice, one that tends to be tossed to one side...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 23/37 – Luxembourg

So, we move to Israel’s second entry this year.  If you didn’t know the entire Luxembourg national final was styled and produced by Israelis...