2007 May
Monthly Archives: May 2007
The Swedes are ‘all right’
Nick: Sweden are being perfectly all right. Nothing wrong with it at all, and as such it could well merit the usual Norwegian result....
Greece – stuck in a Eurovision groove
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Phil: The more I listen to this - the more I have decided that Sarbel sounds better IF you play 'Yassou...
Marcus reports …
Hanna has just done the victory V in her press conference and she scarily has the biggest forearms and biceps of any performer here...
Woman on chair with a guitar doing not a lot of anything
Nick: An unusual staging here, no animations or backdrop at all, except for a set in near darkness with the musicians in silhouette behind...
It gets dark early in Finland
Phil: I understand now why this won the national final. It's archetypal Finnish ... dark and mysterious. We keep expecting it to build to...
Ireland – Ah go on, go on!
Phil: Mrs Doyle has changed her dress and any "artistic differences" with the crew have gone, and a daisy is now their background! Lovely,...
Standard issue Spanish Euro-fodder
Arrived in time for the final run through, fortified by Twix (two for Eur1.20 from the vending machines on Pasema Station. Bargain, especially if...
So this party …
It began with mild panic and ended with some drunken shuffling about, but the bits that came in-between were pretty dang fine.
The venue for...
Stop Party People
Well, we (Phil and Nick) hung out for a couple of hours at the Opening Party. Pleasant surroundings, decent food (last year was famed...
Flying the flag at Eurovision 2007
Nick: Ironically, this is the sanest thing I've seen for several hours. There are *cough* things to be ironed out from this performance. Nevertheless,...