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Eurovision Countdown 24 – Czechia according to Mo

Aiko brings an eighties American punky girl band vibe to Eurovision. I sort of expect the vocals to be ropey live, but I’m not...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Israel according to Mo

I feel compelled to address the calls for boycotting the contest over Israel’s participation. The suffering inflicted on Palestinians by the Israeli government is a...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Poland according to Mo

This is my winner. I’m a sucker for three-songs-in-one-tune schtick. Luna wastes no time – she gets in, does the job, has a bit of...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 2/37 – Armenia

f you want ethnic, come to Armenia – or at least listen to this song.   To the untrained ear of the Eurovision viewer, this...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Finland according to Mo

This guy really can’t sing. He’s struggling on the way too many high notes already – and I suspect this will mean a rearrangement...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 21/37 – Latvia

It’s about damn time Latvia remembered what a good song sounded like – it’s been 84 years ( That’s all the memes for now...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 30/37 – San Marino

If at first you don’t succeed – fuck off to another national final, that’s what they say isn’t it? – Megara, the group because...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 4/37 – Austria

“I am a child, a child of the eighties” – no no, Marie Myriam did not sing that in 1977, but ever since I...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Estonia according to Mo

Most years, we get a song like this – an entry that a kinder (but equally clueless) hack might describe as  a ‘mixed age’...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Luxembourg according to Mo

They’ve been gone too long – perhaps too long, as this return is no tour de force. It’s like someone took a bunch of recent...