2009
Yearly Archives: 2009
Plumbing the nether regions
Phil: This, again, is everything you thought it would be and then considerably more so. The Toppers have the suits with lights on that flash...
Eeestima!
Phil: Well after my last outpouring of ex-soviet bloc love, I dare not even speak about this one. This is staged exactly how you...
NEWSFLASH – The one-horse race is over
Phil: Well as we like to say round here - Shit my old boots! Ukraine's first rehearsal changed everything. There's lots of metal, a...
Albania – something missing
Phil: No matter how much I like this song - I suspect it's missing that certain something. Some would call it experience, some would...
A hor-a lotta din in Moldova
Phil: Do you see what I attempted there! Nelly Ciobanu is another one that is sailing through to the Final - despite the protestations of...
We aren’t the champions
There are those that say that the opening of the Lithuanian song is a tad too uncomfortably close to the old Queen hit. Indeed...
Azeri it happens
Ah much better. Our first qualifier of the day. An effective opening with a dancer wrestling with a red sheet leads into effective sequence...
Grease on the stage Sakis?
Phil: Well his first run through was a complete dogs breakfast. There was lots of choreography attempted in this one - they have some...
Now this is more like it – again – Azerbaijan
Julie Wright - she of Euronet/DotEurovision/ESCNation fame - told me weeks ago that this was going to do well, and I dismissed her shenanigans...
Let the parties commence
Now the opening of Euroclub is often a slightly underwhelming experience - a few bit of pineapple on sticks, and a hapless Israeli DJ...
