Hungary have had a mixed run at Eurovision, with some results hitting the Top 10, and others falling behind. Today we’ll be discussing the 2011 entry performed by Kati Wolf, titled What About My Dreams, which at the time was being labelled one of the contenders for the win. Although there were high hopes for…
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Today we’re throwing back to the 2013 edition of Eurovision, and the band in question is the Double Denim Dorians – well, just the Dorians – but we’ll get to their fashion choices later on! The song that we’ll be discussing today is called Lonely Planet, and it was somewhat a step away from what…
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Upon request, this week’s Eurovision Throwback takes us back to 2004 – back to an era which could confidently be labelled the dark ages. I think this song personifies what I mean by the dark ages. Reaching 7th place in the final is a great achievement, and this along with the positive comments on the…
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Finland has, in my opinion, one of the most entertaining national finals, and I always enjoy at least a couple of the songs enough to want to put them on my playlist. I personally thought 2014 was a relatively strong year, with Softengine, Mikko Pohjola, Hukka Ja Mama and Clarissa and Josh Standing. What wasn’t…
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Anita: Taking it back to the 90’s, we’re having a look at Sebnem Paker’s ethnic pop song ‘Dinle.’ Picking this song was always going to be interesting, because I know for a fact that Seth absolutely adores the song, and I can almost guarantee he will give it a 10/10. For me, I do enjoy…
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Anita: National finals can hold true musical gems, or on the other side of the scale, they can produce songs many of us would rather forget. So this week, we decided to look at one of the three contenders for France in 2014. Joanna is the singer, and the song is Ma Liberte, a strong…
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Anita: Ah yes, let’s go back to 2008, my first year of watching Eurovision in its entirety, so I have to say that it’s quite a special year for me. As such, it seemed right to pick a song from 2008 for this week’s review. So let’s kick off this throwback series with Maria Haukaas…
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