The Internationalist Eurovision Blog

I don't know about everybody else but suddenly Monday came along and it really felt like the Eurovision 2019 train had gathered full force. With so much to report on, I should save this nice introductory anecdote paragraph for a different post and crack straight into what's been happening! I have always been a sucker for draws! I am not being ironic when I say that there's a certain thrill to watching and waiting to see which countries get pulled first from the bowl and in which semi final half they are placed in. I have been weirdly lucky enough to have watched all of the last four of these despite the variety of times they have been at. Whilst we will have to wait until all the songs are released to be sure, what I will say is that both semi-finals look fairly evenly matched with perhaps a slight leaning to Semi Final Two. Semi Final One There are some nice geographical anecdotes to mention here. Spain is voting in the semi final that Portugal is competing in. Gre...

Whilst some have spent the last month dreaming of a white Christmas. I have been "daring to dream" of an Israeli Eurovision Song Contest in May and so it approaches. They say that the festive period is the most wonderful time of the year but I beg to differ because Eurovision Season has begun and it is already beginning to kindle my fires of expectation and excitement.   I will start this year's preview by stating the obvious that Bulgaria will be very much missed at next year's contest. In their three years since returning, they not only placed highly but also pushed the boundaries of what people should come to expect from a Eurovision entry. I hope the finances get sorted out soon so they can come back just as big, bold and bad and I speak for many when I say that we would love to see the contest in Sofia someday. Now onwards and upwards to the 42 participating countries and we will start with all the current national final updates. We have a Festival I Kenges ...