We’ve finally reached the half way point in the countdown, and at just outside the top 20, remarkably this is our first Nordic country we’ve come across. Considering the only…
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Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #22 GREECE – Demy – “This Is Love”
Consistently one of the best performing countries in recent times (from 2004 to 2011, they finished inside the top 10 every year), Greece had a blip last year with their…
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #23 THE NETHERLANDS – O’G3NE – “Lights and Shadows”
Spookily, number 23 in the countdown is exactly the same position that four-times winners The Netherlands occupied in last year’s countdown. Dishy Douwe Bob overturned this mid-table placing and finished…
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #24 HUNGARY – Joci Pápai – “Origo”
A Eurovision first for our next preview – Joci is the first Hungarian contestant of Romani descent – and the struggles that minority face in Hungary and other countries is an…
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #25 ALBANIA – Lindita – “World”
There’s been a bit of gap since we’ve had a Balkan country in the countdown (#35 with Montenegro) but we finally return with Albania. Aside from that dreadful song that…
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #26 AUSTRIA – Nathan Trent – “Running On Air”
This year’s contest marks the 50th appearance of Austria at Eurovision and flying the Austrian flag is the adorable Nathan Trent. Last year’s entrant, Zoë, charmed the both the Eurofandom…
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #27 MOLDOVA – SunStroke Project – “Hey, Mamma!”
Bringing familiar faces and fun at #27, we have Moldova. SunStroke Project represented Moldova back in 2010 in Oslo, and achieved a grand final place – more famously, it introduced the…
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #28 BELARUS – NAVI – “Historyja majho žyccia”
Time for a first at this year’s Eurovision: NAVI (or Naviband) will be the first artists to ever sing in Belarusian at Eurovision. Belarus have a patchy qualification record but…
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #29 IRELAND – Brendan Murray – “Dying To Try”
Still Eurovision’s most successful country (though Sweden are close to catching them), Ireland’s non-qualification agonies continued last year with a very disappointing result for former-Westlife member, Nicky Byrne. They’ve switched…
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #30 ROMANIA – Ilinca feat. Alex Florea – “Yodel It!”
Absent last year due to a disqualification a few weeks before the contest (because the Romanian national broadcaster had racked up years of unpaid debts to the EBU), Romania are back…