The songs that sadly never made it to Vienna
31 March 2015 This year was a record year for viewing national finals for Mr Eurovision. Most years it’s one or two, while previewing the songs of one or two […]
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The sad decline of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen
13 March 2015 All songs of the 2015 final previewed For the first time ever, I considered waking at 5am to watch a Melodifestivalen live. Being awake at such an ungodly […]
Junior Eurovision 2014 Malta – Vincenzo Cantiello Wins for Italy – Review
17 November 2014 Junior Eurovision was almost a throwback to senior Eurovision of old. Sixteen countries, fairly standard or traditional songs of marginal appeal, and an annoying winner. Then it […]
Transformation of Eurovision is complete
12 May 2014 A review of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest… …including Mr Eurovision Awards! Forget that Austria won the contest part of the Eurovision Song Contest of 2014. Forget […]
Perfunctory Semi Final 2, Roll On The Final
09 May 2014 Even though several of my top 10 picks didn’t progress out of semi final 2, it’s difficult to fault the 10 choices of the televote and jury. […]
Semi Final 1 Shines Without Amazing
07 May 2013 When Eurovision executive producer Jon Ola Sand tweeted several weeks ago that there was a “high level of music quality” this year, I chuckled. The songs seemed mostly […]
Eurovision 2014 Full Preview and Predictions
03 May 2014 We’re almost there. The first semi final is just 3 days away, or 6 days away for those in Australia relying on their broadcaster. The build-up has […]
Mr Eurovision’s Fab Five for 2014
23 March 2014 Having listened to all songs at least twice, it’s time to present the current Fab Five. Of course, this could change slightly as the songs become more […]
Third time lucky for San Marino’s Valentina?
15 March 2014 Yes, she’s back, for a third time. Valentina Monetta is back to the Eurovision Song Contest for the third straight year. In 2012 she bombed as expected […]
Sweden redeems itself as Sanna wins ticket to Eurovision
09 March 2014 At her seventh try, Sanna Neilsen finally wins Melodifestivalen Sweden redeemed itself after last year’s debacle of Melodifestivalen that was both the quality of the songs in […]
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