Albania – just as good as it’s always been…
After what can only be described adequately as an interminable 20 minutes from Georgia, Albania bursts onto the screen and wakes me up. Anxhela...
Albania – Semi Final Line up
Take a look at the line ups for both of the Semi Finals of Albania's Festival i kenges. Just a quick reminder, nine to...
13 September – The clock runs crazy, it has no hands
Do you prefer a song in a language you can't understand? If you can speak English you're always in luck with the songs taking...
Oh Phil Phil Phil…
You've got your curmudgeonly midweek slump on again, intcha!
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As I type I've had to do a runner into the corridor, cos...
Confused Europe watches in a stupour as Besa is chosen.
After a week's worth of "festival" which could well pass as entertainment, RTSH unleashed a final night of confustion upon Europe with the culmination...
12 July – I feel fire and cold
If you were watching the last contest from Stockholm, you'll remember a certain interval act. And Måns and Petra might have been onto something.
No,...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 1 – Albania
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Albania, always first out of the blocks alphabetically for my Countdown and usually first chronologically too, with the magnificent Festivali I...
Albania to kick off 2020 Eurovision national final season
Get ready for your Eurovision Christmas present. Albania picks its song just as much of Europe decks the halls with boughs of holly.
There's not...
16 October – You are my wave rippling over sea
Dramatic is always a high-risk strategy. It can do the business, as it can keep that valuable televoter completely enthralled, or it can bomb...
25 August – My plane is landing on the unlit runway...
Yesterday we had sublime Portuguese nonsense to entertain you. Today we have a song that you might want to keep away from spaniels and...