Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Netherlands
Much as the Irish love their male-voiced ballads, the Dutch have set themselves up as 'that flat bit of Europe that brings country music...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Poland
I loved how 'Light me up' started, and felt it was going in a very different direction to the one it chose. It has...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Portugal
Host nation, playing on home turf. A winsome little number - Cláudia Pascoal sings in that over-emotional style that makes it hard to call her...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Sweden
Many felt that this year was a bit of a miss for Melodifestivalen - the Swedish national selection. It came over as more of a...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Norway
When Rybak brought 'Fairytale' to Eurovision, it was clear he'd be leaving with the trophy. And he's quickly become Eurovision royalty. Like Johnny Logan...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Switzerland
This one starts dark and dramatic, but soon descends into what sounds like yet another Swiss non-qualifier.
I've heard this sort of thing so often...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Ukraine
Flat is my chosen word to describe Melovin's performance. Style-wise he looks to have tumbled through an 80s new romantic time warp and landed...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Slovenia
Starting out like New Order's magnificent Blue Monday, this 'song' soon heads in a very different direction.
Slovenia never really seemed to get Eurovision. It...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Serbia
It kicks off like one of those entho-wailers from the middle of the last decade. And then the first verse kicks in and it...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – San Marino
Following a national selection process that had very little to do with either San Marino or its national broadcaster and everything to do with...