Swiftly moving on from our first Balkan country, our second one comes up immediately - the picturesque nation of Montenegro. Relative newcomers (as an independent country) to Eurovision, they have struggled both in the contest and also in the rankings in these pre-contest previews. Sorry …
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The nearly songs: national finals 2019 best of the rest part 2
Concluding my two part of best of the rest on the eve of the last Eurofest before Eurovision (always one of my favourites as we watch and score all 41 of this year's entries), I've got another nine songs from x national finals that didn't …
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That was the (national final) weekend that was: reflections on recent Eurovision national selections
It may have not escaped anyone's notice but this weekend just gone (16-17 February) had its fair share of shocks, drama and scandal in the various national finals that took place. I thought I would do a quick summary of the results and my own …
Eurovision 2019 national selections: Montevizija and Sanremo 2019 (Montenegro and Italy previews)
After the UK and Australian national finals, the rest of the weekend sees two more national finals (as well as a plethora of semi-finals) with Montenegro and Italy selecting their Eurovision entrants. For Montenegro, it's a straightforward choice of 5 songs in a single show; …
Eurovision 2018 previews countdown: #42 MONTENEGRO – Vanja Radovanović – “Inje”
Last year, based on YouTubers' rankings, Montenegro was placed 35th in the previews countdown. I would have placed sexy Slavko much higher in my own personal rankings. This year, these are my personal rankings, and I'm sorry to say, they have finished lower than last …
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Eurovision 2018 national selections: Belarus Decides and Montevizija 2018 (Belarus and Montenegro previews)
Two more finals approach in east and south east of Europe. Belarus is never without a little bit of intrigue, drama or even state interference; for Montenegro, it's their first time in almost a decade they haven't selected internally. By end of Saturday (17 Feb) …
My top 5 songs from…Montenegro
One of the lesser known Eurovision nations, Montenegro are still fairly new (in terms of competing as an independent country) and also have only appeared twice in grand finals. Nevertheless, they've entered some "unique" entries in that short time, and certainly mix it up and …
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #35 MONTENEGRO – Slavko Kalezić – “Space”
Bringing sexy back to (and from) the Balkans, it's super hot Slavko up next. This song is firmly in MY personal top 10 so it's a shame that it hasn't seemed to find as much favour with more prudish YouTube viewers! Still, it's finished higher than …
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London Eurovision Preview Party 2016 video clips part 2: Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Barei, Minus One and Highway
Here we go with another set of videos! Eleftheria Eleftheriou did a medley of Greek entries, and threw in a Cypriot and Turkish one for good measure. I just have clips of the three Greek ones though. Also in this set of videos are two …
Eurovision 2016 previews countdown: #42 MONTENEGRO – Highway – “The Real Thing”
We move on to our very first Balkan country in the countdown and this year the Balkan wooden spoon goes to Montenegro. They've only qualified twice in six appearances and those both coming in the last 2 contests. How did they manage to qualify? Well, …
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