The Internationalist Eurovision Blog

We're back and we're raring to go! I will admit, it can sometimes take a bit of time to feel entirely re-adjusted to the new Eurovision season and to be raring to go but yesterday's allocation draw really tipped the scales on my levels of excitement towards full mania. Eurovision is back and this year it is in the very capable hands of the Dutch broadcasters who have already begun demonstrating their capability to host an event of this size and magnitude with the right balance of accessible humour and intelligence. I love our two hosts, I love what the team are doing with the styling of the logo and how it looks through the screen, I loved the little pieces on winners' running order positions and Jon Ola Sand which were beyond the needs of a Semi-Final allocation draw but were nonetheless really appreciated. As somebody who has pretty much already wiped Israel from the memory, I am really looking forward to a new Eurovision Song Contest to get excited about and let'...

Hello everybody and welcome to the '20s, a new decade which represents a new era for Eurovision complete with a new executive supervisor of the EBU from next year onwards. As somebody doing the rounds on the various Facebook groups that I was a part of, I was proud of the Eurovision community's ability to ring in the New Year with a true sense of style and reflective fun! The image however that best caught my mind was one which tallied the total points from the 2010-2019 contests Whilst the results might not be a particular surprise, I was curious to look at the countries who placed highly whilst failing to clinch a victory at the contest during the last ten years. As we wait in the early stages of this current Eurovision season to see how things progress and who gets selected where, I'm eager to take a look at the five best-placed nations in the table above and explore why the 2020s potentially will and won't be the decade when they take victory. Italy Why ...