27 September – I’m gonna make you shiver
It's worth remembering that for almost every winner of our favourite TV show, there was a eager yet slightly disappointed runner-up. In times past...
9 August – You are so wrong
Have there ever been songs that you really like, only for them to be completely overshadowed by that country's entry the following year? Let...
Live Blog – Eurovision 2018 second semi final
It's time for 'Fanning's Folly II - This time it's personal' - and another one of those fancy little live blogs that OnEuropean visitors...
Ukraine – more over the top than under the ladder
For reasons undisclosed, the feed from the hall cut out and we only got half of the song during the first two rehearsals.
On the...
All kinds of ridiculous but still love it
So, the crazy second semi final draws to a close with one of my favourite songs 'Under The Ladder' and Melovin. It’s all kind...
Ukraine – I’ve *literally* run out of words
Literally run.out.of.words. Melovin starts this performance in a piano - yes *in* the piano itself, surrounded by some sort of rib cage effect. He...
Ukraine – vampires are alive … again
Ukraine brings the semi finals to a close. And it’s a confusing close. Melovin is lying down, looking like he’s strapped into some contraption...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 42 – UKRAINE
Under The Ladder by Mélovin
“The project MELOVIN started in Odesa in 2012. The name comes from a combination of the holiday Halloween and the...
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...
Vidbir 2018 – Ukraine sends Melatonin? – no. Melovin
Well it wasn't like anyone could see this coming - the favourite all along has obliged in Ukraine with Mélovin winning the televote by...