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Konstrakta – For hands that do dishes……?

The band entered in costume/character - clearly rehearsed beforehand because they started the feed early! – Allora! Just as with every other song not performed...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Netherlands according to Mo

The return of a televoting-only rule for the semi-finals has inevitably meant the return of what we used to call ‘joke entries’. The sort...

Ukraine: Is this the winner hiding in plain sight?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Kalush Orchestra are the winners hiding in plain sight. It is not the best song...

Blanca Paloma wins Benidorm Fest

The winner of the second Benidorm Fest, Blanca Paloma, will represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Her flamenco song 'Eaea' beat off seven...

Well that’s it , you might as well not turn up!

If a song entitled Serving Kant doesn't win the MESC then there is something wrong with the gays of Malta! Yes it's a clever play...

Dutch Eurovision performer may face criminal charge

Swedish police have released a statement regarding the Dutch entrant at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Joost Klein will likely be charged with making...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 16/37 – Greece

People of a certain age will remember this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UCQoooRWoc Where the lovely Judith Chalmers and Chris Kelly swan off across parts of the world that you...
Sam Ryder heading for Turin, man

The Big Five take to the Eurovision 2022 stage

The Big Five Eurovision nations are in Turin for a first technical rehearsal on stage at the PalaOlimpico stadium. This evening, performers from France,...

Mauboy, Mauboy, you can call her Mauboy…..

Those of you who are traditionalists, like me, may want to look away  or recoil in horror, but that famous European country, Australia, has...

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...