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Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Ireland

Last year, the Irish team floundered by entering a former boy band singer with a terribly high voice and a dreary song. This time...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – France

It has become a tradition that fans love the French Eurovision entry. No matter what - even when last year they entered a lovely...
Albania at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 1 – ALBANIA

Mall by Eugent Bushpepa My fellow OnEuropeans may be well ahead of me in Counting Down this year, but here I am - the original...
Ari Ólafsson

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 22 – Iceland

There are very few songs at a Eurovision that ellicit the following response from me, but this is one of them and I don't...
Spain

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Spain

Male/female duos don't tend to win Eurovision - although I give you Ell and Nikki - whose victory still has many stumped. It's hard to...
Austria

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 4 – AUSTRIA

Nobody But You by Cesár Sampson Such is the recent success of Bulgaria at Eurovision that the team behind this has been drafted into other...
Italy

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 25 – Italy

La bella Italia. Known chiefly these days for being a bit sulky with the contest for a gazillion years in the 90's-2000's, and then...

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...
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...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Greece

The requirements set down by broadcaster ERT were simple. This year, their Eurovision song had to be performed in and sound Greek. On both...