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Countdown Countdown 2018

Countdown 2018

OnEurope gives its opinion on the 42 songs competing in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.

Ieva Zasimauskaitė

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 26 – Lithuania

When you have a gazillion week semifinal procedure and then pick a song about growing old, you risk reducing your voting demographic. However, it’s the...
Slovenia

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Slovenia

Starting out like New Order's magnificent Blue Monday, this 'song' soon heads in a very different direction. Slovenia never really seemed to get Eurovision. It...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 38 – SLOVENIA

Hvala, Ne! by Lea Sirk Some performers talk of how, should they feel a bit of stage fright, they create a persona that allows them...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Norway

When Rybak brought 'Fairytale' to Eurovision, it was clear he'd be leaving with the trophy. And he's quickly become Eurovision royalty. Like Johnny Logan...
Equinox

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Bulgaria

I adored the Bulgarian song last year, and knowing the same team is behind 'Bones' set expectations high. I'm disappointed. Were this to be the Bulgarian...
Ingrosso

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Sweden

Many felt that this year was a bit of a miss for Melodifestivalen - the Swedish national selection. It came over as more of a...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Romania

The Romanian Eurovision song this year sounds like the sort of thing someone at the BBC might have offered to Bonnie Tyler back in...
Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 23 – Ireland

If this song is going to be remembered for anything it's going to be "oh it's the one with the gays dancing that Russia...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 39 – SPAIN

Tu canción by Alfred and Amaia Aw, who doesn’t love a good old Eurovision romance? Chanée and N'evergreen. Julia and Ludwig. Dima Bilan and himself....
Lithuania

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Poland

I loved how 'Light me up' started, and felt it was going in a very different direction to the one it chose. It has...