2012

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Loreen

Phil explains Eurovision 2012 – 1st to 5th

The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final took place at Baku Crystal Hall on 26 May, with 26 countries competing. Here’s my take on...

Phil explains Eurovision 2012 – 6th-10th

Phil’s verdicts: 6th to 10th 10th: Spain. This was Spain’s best result in ages, and I hope they were satisfied with it. They deserved more...

The morning after the night before

Or should I say the late afternoon after the night before! We really are going to be struggling to pull ourselves back onto a...
Loreen

Euphoric – but also ill…

Hello all, just a very quick post to comment on last night’s result. I’m thrilled for Sweden and Loreen which was my favourite all...

Phil explains Eurovision 2012 – 15th-11th

Here’s my take on the Eurovision 2012 results from 15th down to 11th. 15th: Ukraine. I’m stumped here. I thought this would have done better;...

Phil explains Eurovision 2012 – 20-16th

Am tapping this out at Burger King in Marylebone station #Stickingittotheman. Iceland – 20th. Perhaps Europe didn't like big overblown ballads. Oh wait. Ireland – 19th....
Tooij

Phil explains Eurovision 2012

I'm gonna do the finalists in reverse order, I think. Norway. You can't hide the fact that you are having trouble with a bad song...

Eurovision 2012 – Final results

Draw Country Language Artist Song Place Points 01 United Kingdom English Engelbert Humperdinck "Love Will Set You Free" 25 12 02 Hungary English Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" 24 19 03 Albania Albanian Rona Nishliu "Suus" 5 146 04 Lithuania English Donny Montell "Love Is Blind" 14 70 05 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Maya Sar "Korake ti znam" 18 55 06 Russia Udmurt, English Buranovskiye Babushki "Party for Everybody" 2 259 07 Iceland English Gréta...

The whole year for this night…

So we are here... At the press centre less than two hours to go before the show! This is the most exciting time of the...
The stage of the 2012 ESC Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision minus 2 – Happy Christmas everyone!

Good evening On Europeans, just time for a quickie (steady!) before we go in to the hall. We have just arrived in the press...