Eurovision 2014 (P)review – Part 4 – Finland, France &FYR Macedonia

All of this year’s songs have been selected, which means it’s time to start the countdown (cue Final Countdown) for the 2014 edition of our beloved Contest. I’ve only heard a couple of songs before writing this (p)review as I wanted to simulate the sensation of the regular viewer. Curious to see how thàt willContinue reading “Eurovision 2014 (P)review – Part 4 – Finland, France &FYR Macedonia”

Eurovision 2014 (P)review – Part 3 – Belgium, Denmark & Estonia

All of this year’s songs have been selected, which means it’s time to start the countdown (cue Final Countdown) for the 2014 edition of our beloved Contest. I’ve only heard a couple of songs before writing this (p)review as I wanted to simulate the sensation of the regular viewer. Curious to see how thàt willContinue reading “Eurovision 2014 (P)review – Part 3 – Belgium, Denmark & Estonia”

Eurovision 2014 (P)review – Part 2 – Austria, Azerbaijan & Belarus

All of this year’s songs have been selected, which means it’s time to start the countdown (cue Final Countdown) for the 2014 edition of our beloved Contest. I’ve only heard a couple of songs before writing this (p)review as I wanted to simulate the sensation of the regular viewer. Curious to see how thàt willContinue reading “Eurovision 2014 (P)review – Part 2 – Austria, Azerbaijan & Belarus”

Eurovision 2014 (P)Review – Part 1 – Albania & Armenia

All of this year’s songs have been selected, which means it’s time to start the countdown (cue Final Countdown) for the 2014 edition of our beloved Contest. I’ve only heard a couple of songs before writing this (p)review as I wanted to simulate the sensation of the regular viewer. Curious to see how thàt willContinue reading “Eurovision 2014 (P)Review – Part 1 – Albania & Armenia”

Who will win Melodifestivalen 2014? And who shóuld?

I’ve been a bad, bad fanboy all MF season: due to social engagements I’ve only watched semi 1 live, the others I’ve had to catch up with afterwards. So I haven’t had time to review every single entry in every single show. Hm, does that sound like I didn’t really feel like it? I wonderContinue reading “Who will win Melodifestivalen 2014? And who shóuld?”

Eurovision 2014 (P)Review – First impressions of Ukraine, Albania & Belarus

Happy New Year to all, glitter and sparkle and such! Are you ready already for another run of on-season madness extravaganza? Until this evening I wasn’t exactly in the right mood yet, but in a moment of ‘should I already or shouldn’t I yet’ I decided I should and so I did… watch the firstContinue reading “Eurovision 2014 (P)Review – First impressions of Ukraine, Albania & Belarus”

Eurovision Review – 2013: From Caterpillar To Butterfly

I must admit: I wasn’t all too keen on this year’s edition beforehand. It seemed very difficult to compose a top ten, with only a couple of (semi) interesting songs in a sea of grey ballads. But as always it’s the live version that needs to convince, and thanks to a truckload of decent/good/great singersContinue reading “Eurovision Review – 2013: From Caterpillar To Butterfly”

Eurovision 2013 – Semi 1 – Some afterthoughts

All of a sudden semi 1 of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest was upon us yesterday – how exciting! Having followed a couple of bloggers who are friendly enough to share their impressions from the press centre up there in Malmö I was really curious to find out how things would turn out to beContinue reading “Eurovision 2013 – Semi 1 – Some afterthoughts”

Eurovision 2013 (P)Review – Part 20 – UK & Sweden + Total Wrap-up

And now the end is near, here’s part 20 of the run through of this year’s contestants! Will they be beautiful butterflies, or rather moths that have to hide away in the dark? First of all, a bit of framework for the judging – I’ll be looking at the song, the vocal performance and theContinue reading “Eurovision 2013 (P)Review – Part 20 – UK & Sweden + Total Wrap-up”