2009
Yearly Archives: 2009
Latvia – Traffic Jam or Strawberry
Phil: It seems they may have become unstuck with the contest down old Riga way with this. Apparently its a song called 'Traffic Jam'...
The Irish are firing on one cylinder
Phil: Whilst I am mindful that this is a rehearsal, I have heard this sung better. Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy seem not to...
The forks – Day Two
So, Day 2's OnEurope fork of the day, for outstanding vocal prowess and also the "Most likely to do something out of Semi Final...
So much for the afternoon shift…
OK. Let's look back on today in Moscow, as that's really what we're all here for.
Israel - almost entirely pleasant. A few worrying fluffs...
Bosnia worries me…
Phil: Now you'll know from previous years at this contest that I don't understand Balkan ballads and I particularly don't understand why they come...
She’s back
Franko: Well what can I say? Chiara comes on and is Chiara. She does all the usual hand gestures and the Chiara wink. I...
Creme Portuguese
Phil: They managed to delay their rehearsals for us so we could at least say we only missed TWO rehearsals today - which was...
The streets of Moskva
Well we've just been for a wander around a neighbourhood we'll probably never see again where our apartment managers are. On route we came...
Macedonia – Where on earth did THAT come from?!
Phil: This is going to be a complete contrast between the three songs that have come before. I didn't give Next Time a prayer...
An afternoon’s moogling, an evening’s punking
Of course, it’s not all sitting in a dark hall and watching a middling to poor panopoly of European dance and song. Well, not...
