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Happy Eurovision day!!! H’loo! Here we are then on the ESC Grand Final day. It’s been a quick week, hasn’t it. I didn’t post after the second semi-final as I was, to be frank, a bit bored by the end of the shenanigans on Thursday night. Some surprises once again in terms of who got… Read more: Let’s douze this…

Here we go then with the rundown for the second semi-final. Ten more songs to make it through to the Grand Final on Saturday, with three more ‘Big 6’ performances. Interestingly this year, all ‘Big 6’ countries are singing in their native language. I’m sure this doesn’t happen very often? I’m a big fan of… Read more: Serving sass and class…

Our Swiss hosts wasted no time in making that point, announcing the Contest as a welcome home party. I hadn’t thought of it like that, but I guess it is. I know I mentioned yesterday that there wouldn’t be much faffing at the start of the show, but there was! The duo of presenters settled… Read more: Welcome to the birthplace of Eurovision…

Just a quick post before the first semi-final tonight at 8pm UK time. Watch out for a change in how the results are delivered at the end of the show, to see who has made it to the Grand Final. You will remember that in the past the ten countries were read out at random,… Read more: Bring on Basel…

Preview of the first semi-final HAPPY EUROVISION WEEK! It’s finally here! Long anticipated by many, we’re one day away from the first semi-final. Rehearsals began in Basel on what was our bank holiday weekend in the UK. In the first week there were technical rehearsals of the staging, lighting etc., with the use of stand-ins… Read more: Finns can only get better…

Bonjour, vilkomen, ciao and welcome to my Eurovision Song Contest blog for 2025! I can’t quite believe that it’s just over a year since I last blogged with you and shared my thoughts, feelings and memories on all things Eurovision. Longtime readers will know that I’ve been doing this blog for Edge Hill University since… Read more: Let’s start at the very beginning…

Phil Jackson’s Eurovision Song Contest blog will be relaunched on Friday 09 May 2025! Check back then and with daily updates during Eurovision week, starting Monday 12 May, through Sunday 18 May. Let’s get our Eurovision Party started! 😀 xx

What a brilliant show last night, as the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest reached its conclusion. We’re off to Switzerland next year, after their well-deserved win. As with last year, the winning song was the favourite with the national juries but not the public televote. I don’t have a problem with that (as I said on… Read more: Abba-solutley fabulous…

Happy Eurovision Grand Final Day! Yesterday, we thought we had our running order for the grand final. Well, we did – until today. There were news stories circulating yesterday about something going on with The Netherlands, as they did not participate in the dress rehearsal on Friday afternoon. For the Jury Final last night, a… Read more: Let’s douze this…

The fun times continued in Malmö arena last night, with Petra and Malin guiding us through the proceedings effortlessly. What did you think of the songs? I found it a bit of a slog! I think that was because the first semi-final had a number of songs that had everyone talking (UK, Ireland, Croatia). Last… Read more: Ding-a-dong a singalong…