Songs of the Summer – F3M’s In the Sauna

We’re doing a roundup of the Songs of the Summer that are being released by Eurovision artists. And one that … More

A List of Reasons I Should Hate Armenia’s Entry (because I inexplicably LOVE it)

When I watched the playback of entries from Depi Evratesil on Saturday night, I was not impressed by Athena Manoukian’s … More

Sweden – Left and Right

One of the joys of this year’s Melodifestivalen was the emergence of the pop princess Malou Prytz, who went Direkt … More

Sweden – OMG

So many people thought that Wiktoria, who subjected herself to multiple fake rainstorms as part of Melfest, was unjustly robbed … More

Estonia – Suvemees

Remember Öed, the lady pop-rap group that unjustifiably crashed out of Eesti Laul in the semifinals with their silly social … More

Ukraine/Switzerland – Mon Amour

Okay, so instead of completely slaying the crowd in Tel Aviv, as would have been right and proper, Maruv has … More

Austria – Hit Me (or Hey, has anyone checked in to make sure Conchita’s okay?)

Peeps, I’m a little worried about Conchita. They’ve released two absolute bangers in the past few weeks – Hit Me … More

Cyprus – Replay

OH THANK GOD. In the year of the Eurovision Male Ballad, I needed this horn-heavy, female-led dance banger. Do I … More

Why Hatrið mun sigra is the song we need, not just the song we deserve

So this weekend, Hatari did what we all hoped they would do and managed to win Songvakeppnin, earning them a … More

Sweden – Melodifestivalen’s Andra Chansen and the only song that matters

So the one constant of 2019 Melodifestivalen is that all of my favorite songs have been bounced out of the … More