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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...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 40 – Spain

Right - where do I start with this? Let's lay my cards on the table here ... I don't like this song ... at all....
Waylon

Phils Eurovision Countdown – Part 33 – Netherlands

I was on the radio the other day with the sainted Alisdair from OGAE UK, and the equally divine Lisa-Jayne Lewis from ESCInsight, both of...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 21 – Hungary

I've been dreading doing this review for a number of reasons, not least of which being, I detest this song. To me, it's shouty...
Cesar Sampson

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 5 – Austria

Cesar Sampson, Austrian through and through, has got this song, right, and he’s trying to meld two of Austria’s favourite styles of music ......
Alexander Rybak. Photo: Indrek Galetin (EBU)

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 32 – Norway

I can’t even get through this song without punching something – and that really is a problem when you have tickets to sit in...
Eleni

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Cyprus

I'm going to put aside the fact that Panick Records seem to film all their Eurovision videos in much the same big room, this...

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...
Prediction

Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Scores on the doors

43 songs, reviewed and rated by the OnEurope panel. Sometimes slack-jawed with disbelief, but often with a smile upon their faces. It's a love...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Germany

It's easy to do the Ed Sheeran comparisons, and indeed Master Ed's song could easily pass as a lesser cut from the latter-day housewife's...