My annual tradition for creating the national selections page for the coming song contest usually comes in November but with Belgium announcing their artist barely two weeks into the new…
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Eurovision 2021: semi-final 2 results reaction
Another great and enjoyable show and mercifully for those of watching on the BBC, fewer cut aways from the actual show items after the contrived “funny” Line of Duty skit…
The best of the rest: Eurovision 2021 national final favourites (part 2)
This is a second part to my list of ten favourites from national final shows. In the first part I picked 5 songs from 5 different countries; in this second…
The best of the rest: Eurovision 2021 national final favourites (part 1)
The cancellation of the 2020 contest has meant than many broadcasters re-selected their 2020 artists for 2021, including a number of those who had won their place via a national…
Eurovision 2021 national selections: Sweden preview
The last of the national finals of 2021 (as is usually the case), Sweden’s Melodifestivalen remains the biggest and best known of those national finals (if one excludes Italy’s Sanremo…
Eurovision 2021 national selections: Italy preview
The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo (usually just called Sanremo in the Eurovision fandom) is far more than another national final – the festival predates Eurovision itself and was…
Eurovision 2021 national selections: Portugal preview
It may not be a fashionable or commonly held few among the Eurovision fandom, but I have a real love and soft spot for the Portuguese national selection, the long-running…
Eurovision 2021 national selections: Denmark preview
Denmark’s long-running national final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (DMGP), has not been without scandal and gossip this year. Having already not allowed last year’s winners , Ben & Tan, to…
Eurovision 2021 national selections: Estonia preview
In common with most of the northern European countries who usually hold national finals, Estonia did not award their 2020 national final winner with a pass to the 2021 contest….
Eurovision 2021 national selections: Spain preview
Blas Cantó was the internal selection for Spain in 2020 and was swiftly confirmed as their 2021 artist following the contest’s cancellation. Whereas the song last year was internally selected, for…