Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 30 – San Marino
Like An Animal by Piqued Jacks.
I’m sure there’s a scientific formula that can plot the correlation between Eurovision’s smallest competing nation and the size...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 29 – Romania
D.G.T. (Off and On) by Theodor Andrei.
Oh dear. Where to start? There’s quite a lot to unpack.
Theodor is from the Romania Junior Voice show...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 28 – Portugal
Ai Coração by Mimicat.
If you don’t have anything good to say don’t say anything at all, advised every parent, ever. It’s a strategy I...
Käärijä ends a very long day – what does the sweaty...
Our fifteenth and final presser today is the bouncy Finn himself.
He's had some in-ear monitor problems and hasn't heard anything, but he is philosophical...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 27 – Poland
Solo by Blanka.
The internet is awash with all manner of lurid claims about how Blanka came to win the Polish national final. It won’t...
Czechia Please! – It’s time for Vesna
Yet more delay to the schedule. I should be used to it after 18 years, but it still frustrates me!
The usual questions are being...
It should have been Czechia but it’s Netherlands
In a change to the advertised schedule, we have The Netherlands.
They seem happy after their second rehearsals, and Mia and Dion are pretty happy,...
Azerbaijan – The game all the family can play!
The YTS lads from Azerbaijan are next.
Their rehearsal was "beautiful", and it's improving every day. The singing part is good now, but they need...
Loreen speaks – Apparently she’s gonna win you know
I wondered why I bothered turning up because "Mother" was about to speak to the masses.
There was another massive delay - I suspect someone,...
Pasha and his trophy stags speak to Timur
There is a long delay for Pasha to get to the media centre - presumably, they had issues getting their antlers through the door!
Pasha...