Cyprus – That’s entertainment!
Tamta still whipped off her bodice to reveal her sparkly Spanx at about the two-minute mark and she looked even more like Madonna (who...
Cyprus – Is she *actually* Madonna?
Well as per tradition, there was 'une problem technique' in the press centre and this meant we could see but not hear Tamta ......
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 9 – CYPRUS
After notching up their best ever result at Eurovision last year, Cyprus has a hard act to follow. Whilst few thought 'Fuego' would set...
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...
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...
Time for the Cypriot Eurovision song
It's 'song reveal' week in Eurovision as the deadline to submit details of chosen entries draws near.
Today CyBC unveiled 'Fuego' 'Replay' by Tamta, the...
Eurovision Babylon – Love and hate
Time for another peep behind the Eurovision curtains into our semi-regular (=not at all regular) gossip column, Eurovision Babylon.
The kids are alt-right
If you can't...
5 February – I remember seeing you on the train
I'm feeling old today. I remember songs from the 1980s as if they were yesterday. And here we are in the cusp of the...
3 January – As high as the highest mountain, as low...
Did you ever wonder what makes a good selection process for your country's act? Should it be a series of shows lasting months where...
Cyprus says Tamta, I say tomato
The Cypriot broadcaster CYBC has been busy on the last working day before Christmas by release this piece of news to all and sundry...