5 May – You’ll find everything you’re looking for
A host broadcaster never wants to win. They may tell you otherwise, but deep down they know that our favourite TV show is something...
Netherlands: Deep in the darkness
I suppose I wanted to love this more than I did. The power of expectation weighed heavy today and I came away feeling I...
The Netherlands, *now* I understand it
Perhaps I needed to see S10 sing this live because at the start of this whole thing I really, REALLY didn't understand the hype...
Netherlands Press Conference – Delayed but worth it?
Yes yes, I know, it's clearly a conspiracy against The Netherlands after OnEurope's frank review but RAI really did change the times on us!
It...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 27 – Netherlands
Look, you’re just going to have to get over Stien den Hollander’s stylising of her name as S10, it’s just not worth the annoyance....
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 27 – Netherlands
S10 – De Diepte
I'll hold up my hands. When I heard Netherlands (The) planned on sending a 19-year-old rapper with minimal live experience to...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 27 – Netherlands, The
S10 – De Diepte
Well its certainly lovely to have a song in a native language in this contest – sadly though that happens to...
11 April – I carried it, carried it, carried it home
Anyone can win our favourite TV show. A number of countries had had dismal results before they won. You know who they are. And...
2 April – Thinking about the old days
You want to make an impression on a stage? Make your outfit memorable. Even more so if your song isn't. It's a golden rule.
I'm...
1 April – It’s there when I get up in the...
It's no April Fool that some countries have probably done a lot worse than they've deserved to over the years. I'm thinking of those...