2012

Yearly Archives: 2012

LIthuania – it’s all a bit literal

So as someone said about this song - Love may be blind, but Europe isn't deaf! Again, three songs have been shoehorned into one ... and each sounds oh...

Bosnia and Herzegovina … nice

I have to admit, I wasn't too taken with BiH and their entry to this contest. I am now I have seen it -...

Norway first rehearsal

Is it me or : 1... Has Tooji aged about 15 years in the last 2 months? 2....Have NRK Employed Coronation Street's Jim McDonald to be...

Just so you know

It was cake o clock in the OnEurope press centre - 2 slices of Co-operative Lemony Cheesecake and a pork pie later, and I...

Don’t Close Your Eyes? Don’t Open Your Ears…

Oh Slovakia, what are you doing still in this competition? I can’t see any discernible reason Slovakia decided to return after such a long hiatus...

Slovakia is……

What it is... A rock song sung by a rock singer..... Don't think it has a hope in hell of qualifying though.

Finally Ott gives me something to listen to!

I’ve not been a champion of the Estonian song at all. Throughout the preview season I’ve tried to get into this and failed miserably, each...

Shiver me timbers and Roger the Turkish cabinboy!

Ah, young Can Bonomo and his ship of hope. He’s off to an incongruent start, inviting you to hop onto his ship and he’ll make...

Estonia sailing through

Rule number one of Eurovision law states: "You can enter anything you like, as long as it's good." Well Ott and ERR have clearly read that...

Turkey – Can’s got wood

Like so many things that we have seen over the last 4 days - it has been rehearsed to within an inch of its...