20 January – You tell me about trains that keep leaving
All countries can have their day. And as others have said, anyone can win our favourite TV show. Austria or Portugal are two cases...
Riigi gets to Bakoo Bakoo
So I made it here at last. It’s a long story involving 60 qapik and a bike race, but I’ve arrived at the heart...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 17 – Greece
Somewhere in a television studio in Athens, at the back end of 2018, arose a shadowy figure who put fired up the projector, showed...
Greece – Still Chromakey issues here.
The Greeks are sticking with the chromakey effects as they did on Tuesday but in the recorded run through they have stopped Stefania looking...
1 December – Softly, softly I saw the night melting
Do you like tunes that reflect the country they come from? Or do you like a good dance tune that could come from anywhere?...
Greece First Rehearsal
This is not the best of songs, however, Mando is carrying it off well. She does seem to be pulling back from some lines...
14 March – It is burnt by napalm
Midweek. That time when last weekend is now a memory, and you may have made plans for the coming weekend. Drinking, dancing, or singing...
Greek team show their Eurovision hand
After a Eurovision super Saturday, the Greeks let fandom have a lie-in before announcing the song carrying the hopes of ERT to the 2020...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 17 – Greece
Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - Die Together
My what a happy lot the South Eastern Balkans are! – Pleasingly this song isn’t about a suicide pact...
12 May – Oh oh oh… oh, oh oh oh… oh
For every act that makes it to the big Eurovision stage, there are many who try and fall by the wayside. Persistence can pay...