2010

Yearly Archives: 2010

Filipa Azvedo

Portu-Gull – Back to making up numbers

I'm one of the people who perversely liked this before coming to Oslo. Mostly I think because I instinctively like things that other people...
Giorgos Alkaios

Opa-Lumpa

Miracles of all sorts have happened in the last couple of weeks.King's College went a whole week without a major system crash, Liberal Democrats...
Juliana Pasha

Don’t go building proper roads in Tirana just yet.

Hmm every so often we get complete classics like Montenegro 2008, Belgian 2006 and Albania 2010 and I'm then forced to tell Europe that...
Photo of Thea Garrett

Malta – One overdone bird

And now a bit of Maltese brilliance. A wonderful ballad delivered by a marvellous singer in a brilliant performance.... splut..kerplunk...phat...ah that's better the mind-bending...
Tom Dice

Belgium – This year they’ve cracked it!

Ah. Much more like it. A competent singer singing what is probably the best song we've seen so far. Some would say that less is...
Marcin

Women draped all over Marcin like a bad rash

When you're feeling tired and not quite in the mood there are some songs that will just lift you and send you off with...

Party Season is officially open!

Last evening saw the opening of both the Euroclub and the 2010 Eurovision party season. This year's host venue is, how shall we say,...

Day one in this year’s capital of Eurovisionia

As opening days go, it certainly was one. It was certainly pretty damp as well. There were times in today's proceedings that I feared...
Bosnia

A mild rumbling in Bosnia

No the war hasn't started again, it's the Bosnian entry called Thunder and Lightning. Hmmm what do I say. I'd like to be able...
milan stanković

Vocals so ropy that sailors couldn’t tie knots

I'm well aware that this is viewed as a leading contender by many, but I just can't settle to it. Milan Stanković - our...