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,...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Georgia according to Mo
One thing feels certain (to me). Georgia will return to the final after a few mumbling-beardy-man years away.
Nutsa has turned in a gloriously shouty...
EBU issues (another) statement following ongoing Eurovision artist abuse
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has today issued a statement following a surge in online abuse and harassment of artists taking part in the...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 35/37 – Switzerland
I get the overwhelming sense that Europe and fans of this contest are holding onto the fact that this is a good song and...
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 17/37 – Iceland
So this is the start of the problem corner of the Eurovision for 2024. Let’s start with Hera. There is an argument that she...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Azerbaijan according to Mo
After the all-time low of Cleopatra, there’s been a sense that Azerbaijan is determined to get by without buying in something from Sweden. Last...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – United Kingdom according to Mo
After one year of ‘getting it’, the BBC has returned to entering songs that offend nobody.
Songs that sound great and fit in just fine...
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 – Greece according to Mo
For some years, Greece has been the saviour of Eurovision, sending credible song after credible song. Performers who stand up way beyond the Contest...