Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2024 Part 34 – Sweden
I’ve complained to anyone who’ll listen to me (and plenty who wished they hadn’t) about the sub-par quality of this year’s Melodifestivalen. Yes, yes,...
EBU puts blame on delegations for Eurovision ‘chaos’
As we've told you a fair few times - and as every third post on social media insists - the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest...
Playing catch-up with those Maltesers
mmmm Maltesers - I wonder if they melt in your mouth and not in your hand?
Anyhow those lovely people at TVM sent us the...
The Eurovision Fan Bubble: Inclusive, Toxic, or Both?
It's less than a month until the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest kicks off in Basel, Switzerland. Across platforms, fans dissect every note, critique every costume,...
Twenty of ‘the best’ from Eurovision
Obviously, I'm a tone-deaf idiot with little appreciation of a tune, but this won't stop me compiling and sharing my TOP 20 of all-time...
Why your favourite didn’t win Eurovision – 2025 Edition – The...
As Mister Roy of this parish writes why no bugger will win the contest every year, not one of you asks, but gets anyway,...
Vienna vs Innsbruck, Verdict Due 20 August
The countdown is on: on 20 August 2025, Austria will finally reveal whether Vienna or Innsbruck will host the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in...
France – Variations of an enigma
So, to the third of our Big Five anthology. This is the one that perplexes me the most. With Spain and Germany I knew what...
Slovenia – All change at the EMA … All Change please!
One of Europe's best kept secrets, EMA, is back on your television screens this February. The Slovenians are going back to what they know...
Romania sticks two fingers up at Eurovision
Every now and then, Eurovision throws up musical gems that chime with wider trends. It launches careers.
And then there are the songs and performances...