Finland: Käärijä with Cha Cha Cha wins UMK 2023 – Review
26 February 2023 Cha, cha cha, cha cha cha, cha! The beautiful Finnish language returns to the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 2015 thanks to the enigmatic […]
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Finland: UMK 2023 – Preview & My Top 7
24 February 2023 After great editions of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu the past two years, guess what? We have another strong year, perhaps not quite as strong as those recent years, […]
Estonia: Alika Wins Eesti Laul 2023 with Bridges – Review
12 February 2023 As expected, the final of Eesti Laul 2023 was a showdown between Alika and her epic ballad, Bridges, and Ollie and his equally epic rock song, Venom. […]
Estonia: Eesti Laul 2023 Final – Preview & My Top 12
09 February 2023 Not the strongest Eesti Laul in 2023, and the final set for 11 February looks a race between two: Alika with her ballad, Bridges, and Ollie with […]
Turin 2022: My Top 40 & Fab Five
18 April 2022 All songs reviewed and ranked It’s a dud year! Sorry to say, the Eurovision Song Contest of 2022 looks to be one of the weakest ever when […]
Turin 2022: National Final Injustices
03 April 2022 It was a solid season of national finals in 2022, and not too many injustices if looking at the popular view. Of course, individual passions rise when […]
Sweden: Hold Me Closer as Cornelia Jakobs wins Melodifestivalen 2022
13 March 2022 In an exciting final, Cornelia Jakobs won Melodifestivalen 2022 and her ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin with an emotional and compelling performance of Hold […]
Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2022 Final Preview & My Fab Five
11 March 2022 Not since 2014 has Sweden sent a home-grown female artist to Eurovision, so will 2022 be finally the year for Sweden to undo this bad. The superlative […]
Finland: The Rasmus win UMK 2022 with Jezebel
27 February 2022 The Rasmus ran away with an impressive victory in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022 with the powerful rock song, Jezebel. Icons in the Finnish music industry and together […]
Australia Decides 2022: It’s Sheldon Riley with Not The Same – Review
27 February 2022 The winner of Eurovision – Australia Decides 2022 was always pegged at either Sheldon Riley, Jaguar Jonze and Voyager, and that was how it proved. The trio […]
Mr Eurovision Australia 