2006

Yearly Archives: 2006

Aziz

Bulgaria – only the crumbliest …

Aziz is not doing this song any favours at all. Having a P6 next too me gives me objectivity. Though he is right, it is...

Armenia from the hall

Looks good on screen in the main, but he either seems to be holding back on some of the notes for tonight or he...

Phil reviews Eurovision 2006

Sylvia Night is a fuckwit of the highest order. She has a perfectly good song, she has a perfectly good act, she had a...

Invasion of the Bright Red Northerners

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. And it was all going so well too! The boat trip out to the islands was fantastic, the weather...

A little bit of yes, a little bit of no

I had the pleasure of sitting next to Phil Colclough, OnEurope during the UK rehearsal, which is his first sighting of it live. He...
Texas Lightning

Showing respect to my boys who made it through

Embed from Getty Images Actually, I've not been terribly respectful at all for the last hour. I gave Texas Lightning a couple of listenings, just...

Germany, Denmark and Mihai

Germany - are looking all over the winner. Yes I know I have put 10 of your earth pounds on Finland at 20/1, but...

They’re not making me happy today

I've just come into the press centre, where the Norwegians were playing a bit of folkloric music sounding very like the sort of thing...

Norvegia, Espania (oh dear lord!) and Maltia

Some would say I’ve been a bit negative. They would be right. But I can see the good in things, and I always try...
2006 Eurovision logo

Not so good. Not so good.

Embed from Getty Images Only saw a couple of run-throughs of Israel, and he seems to be trying a bit harder and it's not helping....