Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 36 – SAN MARINO
Who We Are by Jessika feat. Jennifer Brening
The Sammarinese selection for 2018 felt overly complicated from the start. With little time on my hands...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 35 – RUSSIA
I Won’t Break by Julia Samoylova
Russia’s rather quietly returned to Eurovision after a withdrawal in 2017 clearly designed to gain maximum PR and embarrass...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 34 – ROMANIA
Goodbye by The Humans
It feels odd to say a song doesn’t have a competitive edge when it’s already the winner of one contest, but...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 34 – Poland
Poland usually picks something eclectic for this contest. In recent years, we've had milkmaids and a long haired man that hoovered up televotes, but...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Macedonia
Tired of being snubbed for entering the wrong song, Macedonian television appears to have opted for three different ones this time.
The jolt from the...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Portugal
Host nation, playing on home turf. A winsome little number - Cláudia Pascoal sings in that over-emotional style that makes it hard to call her...
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...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 33 – PORTUGAL
O Jardim by Cláudia Pascoal
And now for the home entry from Portugal. Wow. Can you believe how many years we’ve been waiting to hear...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 32 – POLAND
Light Me Up by Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer
I love a good banger at Eurovision, and this year Poland has one on their hands. I...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 31 – NORWAY
That’s How You Write A Song by Alexander Rybak
Gigliola Cinquetti, Anne Marie David, Elisabeth Andreassen, Carola, Niamh Kavanagh, Dana International, Charlotte Perrelli, and Lena...