We've lost a few Eurovision people in the last year or so (Joy Fleming, Katie Boyle, and France Gall) but some very sad news today to hear of the death of Valters Fridenbergs at the age of just 30. Valters was one half of the …
My top 5 songs from…Belgium
An updated top 5 for one of Eurovision's original countries - and with 60 entries, few have as extensive a list to pick my favourites from. Yet Belgium has been something of an underperformer at Eurovision, and many of their entries have been average at …
My top 5 songs from…Belarus
There's a new song in this updated top 5 but no great changes in most other ways. Belarus remain overshadowed in Eurovision by their giant neighbour, Russia. Two contests on from when I first said were a minnow in Eurovision terms, that is still the …
My top 5 songs from…Austria
One of my earliest top 5s that I did back in December 2016, I've had two further entries to consider. Recent winners of Eurovision, Austria has a long history in the contest having notched up 51 appearances. Austria are twice winners (a long time apart …
My top 5 songs from…Azerbaijan
Having updated the top 5 of their neighbour and rival, it's now Azerbaijan's turn to have their Top 5 updated. A relative newcomer to Eurovision, they have taken it very seriously and had a string of Top 5 finishes (and a win) between 2009 and …
My top 5 songs from…Cyprus
When I wrote the first Top 5 of Cyprus after Portugal's win in 2017, I noted that Cyprus now carried the dubious record of having entered Eurovision the most times without a win. Unlike pre-win Portugal, they had at least reached the top 5 on …
My top 5 songs from…Armenia
This is an updated top 5 of one the most easterly of Eurovision's countries and still relative newcomers, having entered for the first time in 2006. They have done well, almost as well as their bitter rivals Azerbaijan, so although I only had 12 songs …
My top 5 songs from…Albania
The advantage of being first in the (Eurovision) alphabet is that Albania was both my first top 5 written, and it is also the first of my top 5s to get an update. A beautiful but relatively unknown (as yet) to tourists, their Eurovision history is …
Autumn 2018 – upcoming updates to Matt loves Eurovision
Summer hasn't quite gone away for us here in London just yet, with some very pleasant weather at the moment, but my mind is turning to bringing the site of its summer hibernation. The new Eurovision year/season began on 1 September and with Tel Aviv …
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A trip to EuroStarz in Concert 2018
It was a last minute decision to attend this concert, but I am very glad I did. A small set of past Eurovision performers, including a former winner, graced the stage of a compact, intimate venue near Kings Cross (The Water Rats pub) and took …