Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #36 – Czech Republic

#36 – Czech Republic “Lights Off” We Are Domi Songwriters: Einar Eriksen Kvaløy, Abigail Frances Jones, Dominika Hasek, Casper Hatlestad, Benjamin Rekstad The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest!  From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the

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Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #37 – Ukraine

#37 – Ukraine “Stefania” Kalush Orchestra Songwriters: Ivan Klimenko, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk, Vitaii Duzhyk, Ihor Didenchuk The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest!  From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. 

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Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #38 – San Marino

#38 – San Marino “Stripper“ Achille Lauro Songwriters: Daniele Dezi, Daniele Mungai, Davide Petrella, Federico De Marinis, Francesco Viscovo, Gregorio Calculli, Lauro De Marinis, Marco Lanciotti, Matteo Ciceroni, Mattia Cutolo, Simon Pietro Manzari The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest!  From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the

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Countdown to Eurovision 2022: #40 – Portugal

#40 Portugal “Saudade, saudade” Maro Songwriters: Mariana Secca, John Blanda The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest!  From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such.  Again, these are MY opinions, and I

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Countdown to Eurovision 2022: The Basics!

GREETINGS PEOPLES!  It’s that time of year again! The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest Countdown starts NOW! Because I got a little bit later start than usual, I will be scattering some stuff around, doing one song most days but doing two or possibly three songs on other days, just so we get done in time for the semi-finals beginning May 10th! 40 songs to be ranked, 40 artists to spotlight, plus news and other ESC related specials – all coming between now and the official broadcasts beginning with the first semifinal on May 10, followed by the second semifinal on

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Eurovision 2021 SemiFinal #2 is History – here’s what happened!

Eurovision Song Contest 2021  streaming started on Peacock beginning at 3 PM ET/12 Noon PT. with a strong and fantastic signal – thank you! I had a couple of cutouts which made me nuts, but I got around it ok… With seventeen entries for ten spots, a few were destined to be disappointed, but there were a few shockers too  The ten songs advancing to the Grand Final on Saturday are: San Marino – “Adrenalina” by Senhit featuring Flo Rida Greece – “Last Dance” by Stefania Moldova – “Sugar” by Natalia Gordienko Iceland – “10 Years” by Dadi og Gagnamagnid

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Eurovision Semi-Final #2 is TODAY – Here’s my predictions

Eurovision Song Contest 2021 continues this afternoon – in the U.S. you can catch it live streaming on Peacock beginning at 3 PM ET/12 Noon PT. or on YouTube with an active VPN – it will be geoblocked on the U.S. service without it. The second semi-final will feature the last seventeen entries, with ten spots available to make it to Saturday’s Grand Final. The competitors today will compete in the following running order: San Marino – “Adrenalina” by Senhit featuring Flo Rida Estonia – “The Lucky One” by Uku Suviste Czech Republic – “Omaga” by Benny Cristo Greece –

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Eurovision 2021 SemiFinal #1 is History – here’s what happened!

Eurovision Song Contest 2021 got live streaming started on Peacock beginning at 3 PM ET/12 Noon PT. with a strong and fantastic signal – thank you! With sixteen entries for ten spots, a few were destined to be disappointed, but there were two huge surprises – Australia missed the finals for the first time since joining the contest in 2015, and fan favorite Romania also found themselves on the short end of the stick.  The ten songs advancing to the Grand Final on Saturday are: Lithuania – “Discoteque” by The Roop Russia – “Russian Woman” by Manizha Sweden – “Voices”

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Countdown to Eurovision ’21: #01 – ICELAND! AGAIN!

#1 – Iceland “10 Years“ Dadi Og Gagnamagnid Songwriters: Dadi Freyr Petursson The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest!  From April 3 to the end of May, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, through May 11, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such.  Again, these are MY opinions, and

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Countdown to Eurovision ’21: #02 – North Macedonia

#2 – North Macedonia “Here I Stand“ Vasil Songwriters: Vasil Garvanliev The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest!  From April 3 to the end of May, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, through May 11, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such.  Again, these are MY opinions, and I

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