12 June – The necklace around your neck is wet
Hooray! A legend's birthday! Well, we think he is anyway. It's from the time when a certain Baltic nation started to show us what...
As other NFs are avaliable this week – Eesti Laul gets...
It seems that despite there being no audience in the Saku Suurhalle for this semi final, the Plague didn't die in the cold of...
11 May – Did somebody say it’s gonna be easy
That thing when your country wins, meaning you have to host next year. If you're that winning broadcaster, it must be a year-long headache....
Eesti Laul second Semi Final results
Well the country whose national final I shall attend on leap year day has produced, it is said, its most vanilla selection of songs...
31 January – We were made to laugh and sing
A win. It's a remarkable thing. Only one of them comes along each year, so it's precious. Especially if it's your first one. And...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 11 – Estonia
Espresso Macchiato by Tommy Cash
As Eurovision fans pore over 2025’s offerings one genre keeps rising to the fore: the ‘joke’ or ‘novelty’ entry....
19 June – I’d break the curse of time to be...
While we love our contest for its singing, many of them incorporate the element of dance into their stage show too. This extra thing...
Slovenia & Estonia
We're in the press centre, and it's quite lovely. It's huge with golden trees of light in the middle and an enormous working area....
24 September – I know that things can get better
I couldn't let the month pass without an Estonian birthday. You must know how I love to celebrate this music.
Today's birthday girl sometimes passes...
Are you feeling the inspiration yet?
There can't be many people in Estonia called Malcolm. He's dressed very dapper much like his Vicks Sinex namesake or Michael Caine's Alfie on...