Athena Manoukian. Courtesy: Eurovision. First, let me address that this has been an extremely, profoundly, historically bad week in the United States. As of this writing, there are protests, both violent and nonviolent, in at least 25 cities across the country, because 20 years into the 21st century an…

Daði og Gagnamagnið. Courtesy. It’s time for Part 2 of an epic American analysis of the would-be contestants in the canceled Eurovision 2020 competition! The good news is there’s nobody as profoundly bad as Russia in this set. And in fact, Iceland is in here, and it always brings…

Comrade Putin wishes Dear Leader a happy birthday. Also, Russia’s Little Big sings about numbers in Spanish for “Eurovision.” Almost exactly a year ago I rated the 10 “Eurovision” 2019 finalists. I did not like them. Eurovision fans, in turn, did not like me for criticizing them, and I…