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 14/37 – Georgia
Imagine my disappointment when I realised this song was not this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDtlJU8e8v8
Sam may be the Hero next door but what have we got here? My...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 13/37 – France
I can’t lie dear reader, I was distinctly under-whelmed when I saw the review video of this song. It left me very cold in...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Serbia according to Mo
What starts out as delicate and atmospheric takes its time to get going and ends up giving me an overly familiar laboured end result.
Serbia...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 37/37 – United Kingdom
As tradition is, and because it;s the last one alphabetically, we move to the home country, United Kingdom. Olly Alexander has been pilloried by...
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...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Latvia according to Mo
It’s an absolute pleasure to hear something from Latvia that I don’t want to skip within twenty seconds of it starting.
LTV started strong back...
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...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 3/37 – Australia
Australia and I have a complicated relationship when it comes to Eurovision, as regular readers will know, and I can say that this effort...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Iceland according to Mo
RUV has ended its hokey-cokey mutterings and thrown everything in with Hera and what might be kindly described as an old-school banger.
An entry made...