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Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 36 – Russia

Words can not do justice as to how HIDEOUS and CLAWING I find this song. It's horrific, trite nonsense that is a V's up...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 27 – Latvia

The keen-eyed among you will have worked out that this should have been part 26 but hey, that's life! Now if you are named after...
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 – Australia

Phil has started at the far end of the alphabet with the United Kingdom of Stuff. I'm heading down under for Australia. This is the...
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...
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...
Ireland at Eurovision

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 21 – IRELAND

Together by Ryan O'Shaughnessy Every year, as I come to my Countdown, I get to the point where I ponder 'is Ireland ever going to...
France

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 15 – FRANCE

Mercy by Madame Monsieur After two good results from internally selected entries it was a surprise to see a return to a national final in...

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...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 13 – Denmark

Ah, Denmark: the country whose Eurovision past is as rich as a full bodied Rioja ... punctured by the abomination that was Emilie De...