2012

Yearly Archives: 2012

We’ve made it to the press centre…

...and we were just in time to see Tooji pull his hood back. Well, actually we just caught the end of Slovakia but who...

Ott is onto a winner

What a way to start the morning with Ott ripping his heart out all over the tube of you!! This gives me the same feelings...

Opening party taking its toll?

Morning !! Having got up late I thought I would check to see if any rehearsals have happened through YouTube. Not a single one is up!!! Talk...
Crystal Hall/Crystal Ball (get it?)

Miles away…

Good morning On Europeans! It’s a muggy morning in Baku, Baku. We’re nowhere near the press centre I’m afraid, so coverage “this” end will...

Engelbert brings good and bad

Typical of my country at anything, let alone the Eurovision - there was lots of good things, and lots of bad things too. Good news...

Coming on strong

I've clearly been doing this thing for too many years because I am about to write a phrase I never thought I would do... Spain...

Host country blues?

This is a case of host country blues if ever I heard one. Azerbaijan are clearly bankrupt by hosting the contest and to me...

Mirakel pit stop…

Okay so we're back at the Mirakel hotel and railway goods yard complex!  Saying it with the Swedish accent is NOT helping the Azeri...

Nina keeps things simple

Now, it has been said by me, on this very blog in fact, that Italy could "fuck off and die"... However, this song and...

Italy and an acoustic lube

There's a line I'll probably never again write. We are ducking out early as they are running late and they say some roads are blocked...