Lithuanian Safari

March 20, 2019 goodeveningeurope 1 Comment

So, let’s see, this year Estonia takes us to Schlager land Sweden, Latvia invites us to swing by Nashville and Lithuania wants us to join them on a … safari?

Ok, we get it, not all lyrics are supposed to be taken literally, and we have enough ECTS credits in literature and communication studies to know our way around metaphors. We even think Lithuania’s message this year about being bold enough to run with the lions is kind of fresh compared to all the worn-out clichés we usually must put up with in this business.

Áfram Ísland!

March 18, 2019 goodeveningeurope 1 Comment

We really should hurry up reviewing this entry before the artists are banned from entering Tel Aviv:

Commentator’s corner: Jostein Pedersen about IKEA furniture, peeing time for commentators, who will win this year and who his heart beats for

March 16, 2019 goodeveningeurope 0 comment

One group of people walks among us without getting the attention they deserve. Without them, Eurovision would be a sad and lonely place. Without them, people outside of the press center gossip bubble would not know the meaning of half of the entries, not see half of the crazy details and not know who fights with who over what backstage. We are of course talking about the various countries’ commentators. This year, we decided to have a chat with a few of them.

We still love you, Sergey!

March 11, 2019 goodeveningeurope 3 Comments

It was bound to happen, really. Russia has been teasing the fans for months with stories of our hero Sergey Lazarev’s participation in Eurovision. Sergey is probably the only man in the world who can sing schlager while climbing around on brightly lit IKEA furniture and still look amazing. We all feel he was robbed the first time around with his catchy show, swirling around in space.:

One night only for Latvia?

March 10, 2019 goodeveningeurope 1 Comment

We continue our tour around the Baltics and pay Latvia a visit. Only somewhere along the way we think we made a wrong turn and ended up in a bar in Nashville.

On second thought we can imagine Riga being chuck full of trendy hipsters drinking whiskey in speakeasies while left wing country music gently floats from the loudspeakers in the background. And this year’s Supernova winner Carousel fits right into this equation.

Just another Danish tree

March 7, 2019 goodeveningeurope 1 Comment

Did you hear about that time when Denmark accidentally made a Fool’s Garden song?

Weather report from Estonia

March 3, 2019 goodeveningeurope 1 Comment

Was a Swede and a Melodifestivalen reject the best Estonia could come up with this year? We hate to break it to you guys, but it leaves us rather unimpressed.

Liveblog: MGP 2019

March 2, 2019 goodeveningeurope 0 comment

Yay! After watching several countries trying to come up with someone who could outrule us all in Eurovision. After trying to ignore boring episode number 115 of Sweden’s ridiculously long selection process. After surviving through Ukraine’s death by politics. Finally, we are ready for our own national final, the one and only Melodi Grand Prix.

We are watching, of course, and we will give you our comments as we go along. Read our live blog below.

MGP 2019 – our reviews

February 27, 2019 goodeveningeurope 0 comment

Ah, finally. Our Norwegian selection MGP is coming up! And even though we weren’t there to assist this year, our national broadcaster NRK did a fine job on their own picking out artists and songs that together will make a great show. But how will they do on their own in Tel Aviv? Read our reviews and verdicts below!

In support of MARUV

February 25, 2019 goodeveningeurope 0 comment

So the last couple of days have been crazy in Ukraine’s little corner of Eurovision. In case you were stuck in a different galaxy and didn’t hear the story already, here’s a quick recap for you – just hold your horses real tight:

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