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Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Switzerland

This one starts dark and dramatic, but soon descends into what sounds like yet another Swiss non-qualifier. I've heard this sort of thing so often...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Hungary

I've put off this review until late in my Countdown run, mostly on account, I find it unlistenable. Not their fault. Just not my...
Eugent Bushpepa

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Part 2 – Albania

So, after sorting out the UK and nailing some colours to the mast, it’s time to get through the other fourty-two in alphabetical order… **deep...
Sevak

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 3 – Armenia

Armenia’s song – Qami (presumably pronounced differently than it is spelled) doesn’t start off that promisingly. It has a lilting lullaby rhythm for the...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Belarus

Most years, the Belarusian entrants stab at singing in English provides an unitended giggle, last year they stayed native, and it paid off. This...
Melovin

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Ukraine

Flat is my chosen word to describe Melovin's performance. Style-wise he looks to have tumbled through an 80s new romantic time warp and landed...
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...
Estonia

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Estonia

I'm gunning for one of the big favourites today. Might as well just come out and say it, I really don't get the hype....
Georgia

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...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Moldova

DoReDos seem to have been sent to the contest under strict orders to do what Sunstroke Project (inexplicably) did last year. Spoiler alert: they...