17 April – The day will still come when I see...
Would you want to be the home entrant if you were in a Eurovision Song Contest. You have no issues with the host country's...
Netherlands and Finland
See- you get 2 for the price of one with this blog - what more could you possibly ask for.
Firstly, apologies to Armenia -...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 13 – Finland
Not only do I not have my finger on the pulse of popular music, but it seems I don’t even have it on the...
9 May – They get a hit off atomic pollution, they...
Winners one day, tail-enders the next. It's all good fun. We love them all, as they've done something most of us will never do.
Today's...
Finland: A rebel-rousing start to Day 3 in the Eurovision bubble
So having gone through all of Semi Final One virtually unscathed – save for Norway – Semi Final 2’s press conferences kick off with...
Norma John wins UMK in Finland … Kiev bound with added...
Indie pop duo Norma John have won the Finnish national final - UMK 2017 - and will represent the country at the 2017 Eurovision...
22 August – When we reach the beach hand in hand...
Eurovision always loves a good sing-a-long song. Those mumbly arty Swedish types have their place, but nothing can beat a jovial singer with a...
Monty looks at Finland, Latvia, Switzerland and Denmark
Finland – first rehearsal report here
I’ve timed everything wrong today, and thought we had a lunch break after Bulgaria, but it’s after Finland. It’s...
17 August – The child of the earth is looking for...
Do you ever see a performer and think "they have class"? That performer who doesn't need to try. They have a stage presence, and...
So that’s Day 1 done then?
Let me catch up with the vids at eurovision.tv - I know other sources of video footage are available, but I kind of trust...