24 November – I saw a blue bird heading south
We often mention false flags here, and it can be a little misleading at times. Many people don't participate for their country of birth...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 12 – Finland
Ich Komme by Erika Vikman
I’ve seldom been as thankful for being one of the organisers and presenters of Second Cherry – a second...
YLE offers hints of UMK 2023 Eurovision songs
The Official Instagram account for UMK has published incredibly short excerpts of the songs that will compete on Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2023 to...
Finland – Potential Camel Toe alert!
She’s singing away alright…. away into non-qualifying hell. It was going so well as well before she started singing and that’s not a slight...
17 July – I didn’t see this wind coming
Can you spot a winner from a first listen? Yes? Well, could you spot a candidate for last place at first listen too? It...
Finns pick ‘Look Away’ as Eurovision song
The UMK contest broadcast this evening by YLE saw Finnish viewers vote for 'Look Away' as the song that Darude and Sebastian Rejman will...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Finland is coming
FinlandErika Vikman – Ich Komme
Leave it to Finland to enter the contest with something so aggressively camp it makes Hard Rock Hallelujah seem subtle....
The Finns are loud, brash and …
... fantastic and excellent and every other word that adds to my personal general consensus that this is the winner.
It's pissed all over everything...
16 August – Times of lust, times of trust
It's opening song time again. And not just any old opening song. Oh no. This was has a special place in Eurovision history. It...
6 October – Long live the dark sky and the belt...
I like writing this column, as it sometimes allows me to pick my favourite songs from time to time. Today's one of those days....