After the marathon of the 39 videos and blog posts for my top 39 countdown, I suddenly found the first semi-final almost upon us and my customary preview/predictions post unwritten! … Continue reading Eurovision 2021 semi-final 1: predictions and hopes
Romania had for several years held a national final, but in 2020 went with an internal selection. Roxen was the artist chosen but a selection show was retained for the … Continue reading Eurovision 2021 top 39 countdown #17: ROMANIA – Roxen – Amnesia
Roxen will be representing Romania in 2021, having been internally selected in 2020. Her song will be revealed on Romanian TV.
We enter into my top 20 and have now moved from clustering rankings from 5 at a time, to 3 at a time for the next few sets of rankings. … Continue reading Eurovision 2020 top 41 countdown: #20 to #18
The third and final of my previews for this very busy national selection weekend sees us swing back to the south east of Europe with national selections of Romania and … Continue reading Eurovision 2020 national selections: Romania, Serbia and Israel previews
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 … Continue reading Eurovision 2019 semi-final 2: predictions and hopes
Romania celebrate their 20th appearance in the contest this year, and they will be looking to bounce back after losing their 100% qualification record last year, narrowly missing out on … Continue reading Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #29 ROMANIA – Ester Peony – “On a Sunday”
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 … Continue reading The nearly songs: national finals 2019 best of the rest part 2
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 … Continue reading That was the (national final) weekend that was: reflections on recent Eurovision national selections
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 … Continue reading A trip to EuroStarz in Concert 2018
Romania yodeled and rapped their way to the top 10 in the grand final last year and they’ve certainly given us some classic Eurovision moments over they years. This year, … Continue reading Eurovision 2018 previews countdown: #28 ROMANIA – The Humans – “Goodbye”
Here in the UK we might be braced for the “beast from the East” cold blast, but this weekend it’s a bumper set of national finals from no fewer than … Continue reading Eurovision 2018 national selections: Look East (Armenia, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia and Ukraine previews)