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Cyprus is the last on stage today – fashionably late

Several decades late, seemingly, Cyprus have taken to the press conference arena – fashionably late (or Italian as Mr Phil now likes to call...
Abba Voyage

What the internet thinks about Eurovision 2022 – Day Five

With under a week to go, online chat remains fixed on 'the sun'. So much so, that Reddit took an overdue decision to move...

Ireland – Keeping it simple … but effective

Brooke was up next today in Turin with the Irish song ‘That’s Rich’. After an extended chat with the stage manager about camera angles,...

Day two in Turin

It's been a day of throuples, bands named after dogs, life as a meme, talking family love, first meetings, Moon-grown bananas and an office...
THAT photo of Ronela in Turin

What the internet thinks about Eurovision 2022 – Day Three

Depending on who you follow/care about/ignore, the 'broken sun' remains a life and death catastrophe or just one of those things. With TikTok coverage...

Netherlands: Deep in the darkness

I suppose I wanted to love this more than I did. The power of expectation weighed heavy today and I came away feeling I...

Estonia – the good and the bad, but he ain’t ugly

As predicted by Stefen himself in his presser sometime earlier in the week, he has indeed changed his outfit to the beige one… I...

I sit here and a UK Entry did something special.

I’m Phil. I’m 44. I’m a long suffering fan of the biggest musical TV event in the world. I even write a moderately successful...
We Are Domi from Czech Republic at their first press conference

We are Domi: Making ourselves heard

We are Domi were delayed by many minutes, so I buggered off and got something to eat - that's the kind of web content...

Serbia. OK, I was wrong, AGAIN

When I first reviewed this for the site's Countdown I gave this song 1 point because I didn't understand it. As with The Netherlands...