Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 29 – MONTENEGRO
Inje by Vanja Radovanović
There was a time a rousing Balkan ballad would commonly feature amid the top 5, but those days are long gone....
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 20 – ICELAND
Our Choice by Ari Ólafsson
We’re in, dear reader, what might be politely described as a lull in quality. Iceland’s entry is so mind-numbingly boring...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Part 1 – The United Kingdom
I usually start the countdown at the beginning, after all it is a very good place to start, but this year in a cynical...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 9 – Bulgaria
After having a weekend away with chums from Eurovision Ireland and other places, I appear to be a little bit short on the old...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 16 – GEORGIA
For You by Iriao
Quietly, unexpectedly, late on New Year’s Eve, Georgian ethno folk and jazz band Iriao were announced as this year’s entrants. It...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Czech Republic
'Lie to me' is derivative of Justin Timberlake - who wowed global audiences with his Eurovision interval act a few years back. And as...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Montengero
It takes mere seconds to believe this is a song you'll only hear once at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.
The video throws every cliche...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 6 – BELARUS
Forever by Alekseev
It’s not a national final season without some controversy, and so often that’s come from either Belarus or Ukraine. This year one...
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...
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....