So after the shocks, surprises and disappointments of semi-final 1, we’ve got the second semi-final coming up and once again, my friend and fellow Eurovision fan Clive and I have…
Tag: Eurovision 2019
Eurovision 2019 semi-final 1: predictions and hopes
I normally do a longer preview before each semi-final but as my good friend and “Eurovision husband” Clive did a full video on our predictions for semi-final one, I may…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #1 ITALY – Mahmood – “Soldi”
At last we reach my number 1 ranking in the Eurovision 2019 previews countdown. Now if you’ve been paying attention to my rankings, you may have well guessed who this…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #2 THE NETHERLANDS – Duncan Laurence – “Arcade”
It’s my runner up, my silver medal – and goodness me this was hard to call between this and my number 1. In fact, I would have placed this equal…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #3 PORTUGAL – Conan Osíris – “Telemóveis”
We reach the bronze medal position and it is last year’s host Portugal. This may come as a surprise to some of my friends how highly I have placed this…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #4 NORWAY – KEiiNO – “Spirit in the Sky”
Just outside the “medal placing” is a country I placed very low in my rankings last year, but has completely turned it around this year (for me anyway!) Three-times winners…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #5 SPAIN – Miki – “La venda”
La venda a cayo – the blindfold has fallen and the first of my top 5 are revealed and it’s the penultimate big 5 country in my countdown. It’s such…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #6 GREECE – Katerine Duska – “Better Love”
It’s Greece’s 40th appearance in the contest this year and they are one of my favourite Eurovision countries with their long history of ethno dance/party bangers stretching back to the…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #7 SAN MARINO – Serhat – “Say Na Na Na”
Time for the smallest country in the contest (by some distance). I have so much time and love for San Marino at the contest – they can be totally bonkers,…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #8 CZECH REPUBLIC – Lake Malawi – “Friend of a Friend”
The Czech Republic are relative newcomers to the contest, joining in 2007 and had three awful results; they then took a break and returned in 2015, with much stronger songs…