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Sanremo you say? – And you thought FiK was a hard...

Amadeus, in this his final year of being in charge of the Sanremo festival, has announced the thirty (count them) songs that are going...

Merry FiKing Christmas everyone!

December 21st was supposed to be the longest night of the year, but believe you me, you've not sat through anything yet. Tonight, RTSH will...

Red Lights, flashes, rising out of the ashes

Cyprus is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, having internally selected Andrew Lambrou to represent the country with the...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 21 – Latvia

Bur Man Laimi by Tautumeitas Eurovision’s rules permit though don’t mandate a maximum 6 people on stage. Tautumeitas are squeezing in all of their allowance....

I thought we’d be together ’till we died …

It was the great Goddess of camp, Cher who once sang about what she'd do were she ever granted the powers to turn back...

Ronela goes to Turin for Albania.

o, after a final that took three days which included a pointless "getting rid of three newcomers because we can" on night one and...
Turin

Day seven in Turin

The second rehearsals rumbled on in Turin. We had the lights on, una questione tecnica, water, water everywhere, classic shirt ripping off moments, a...

The Rise and Fall of Ireland’s Eurovision Dominance

Once the undisputed king of the Eurovision Song Contest, Ireland struggles to reclaim its crown. What lies behind this dramatic change in fortunes? Ireland was...

Iceland are never afraid of a bit of a shock –...

Following in the footsteps of Sylvia Knight and Paul Oskar, RUV are not afraid of controversial acts in their Eurovision Selections. Tonight saw arguably the...
Zero Gravity

Why YOUR favourite song isn’t going to win Eurovision 2019 –...

As usual, I’ve been taking a close look at all the runners and riders for this year’s The Eurovision and I’ve come to the...