Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Denmark
Blink, woman, blink.
If Leonora's Tel Aviv performance echoes the one she turned in at the Danish national final, she'll stand out for all the...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 10 – Czech Republic
If ever there was an band who you could imagine releasing a third album full of songs like this, it’s Lake Malawi. This is...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Czech Republic
I shouldn't like this, but I do. It's ever-so-slightly smug, the whole mockney vibe gets old fast and if they keep the spoken voice-over,...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 9 – Cyprus
Somewhere in a television studio in Nicosia, at the back end of 2018, arose a shadowy figure who fired up the projector, showed the...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 6 – Belarus
At 16, ZENA is the youngest competitor this year. Given she’s tried twice previously to enter Junior Eurovision for her country, we can probably...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 5 – Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan had an unblemished qualification record right up until last year, when Aisel fell short with the annoyingly titled X My Heart. To be...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Cyprus
Last year, CyBC entered a run-of-the-mill song that I'd heard a hundred times before. It nearly won the contest. And much of the credit...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 8 – Croatia
I hated Jacques Houdek’s ridiculous song in two-thousand-and-thankfully-forgotten. It was bizarre beyond belief that a broadcaster thought that this was a decent shout and...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 4 – Austria
Halfway through the voting in Lisbon it looked like we might be heading back to Vienna, as Cesar Sampson unexpectedly won the jury vote....
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 3 – Australia
Now in their fifth year of entry, Australia has an unblemished qualification record - although Jessica Mauboy fell far short of expectation last year...