2014
Yearly Archives: 2014
A late Rosé rally.. Ukraine through to San Marino
Ukraine
So there's a watermill on the outskirts of Donetsk that's missing it's wheel just at the moment. It can be found lolling around the...
Riigi goes to Kodaň – Friday afternoon
The fun continues unabated in the afternoon. I just can't contain myself it's so exciting. I understand Monty and the Rosé think...
San Marino, maybe baby
Valentina is recreating Botticelli's Birth of Venus by singing in a pearly white dress in front of a fabric clam shell. Her flame hair...
Rosé’s Russia and does Azerbaijan (my favourite) scrub up?
Russia
Well well well... Many songs are a disappointment when they transfer to the Eurovision stage but I was pleasantly surprised by this watching in...
Moldova is merciless
Cristina Scarlett is singing that she has no feelings of mercy. She's dressed half in chiffon and half in a bronze breastplate. Imagine Katerina...
Belgium, because I’m probably contractually obliged…
I hate this with a passion. I despise cod classical music and this is the worst example of its kind. There's little changed from...
Iceland and Albania
Iceland
Normally it goes the other way for me when a song is changed from original language to English but in the case of Iceland...
Aside from the songs
Belgium's up next and I hate it. I'm therefore going to take the opportunity to blog a little about the environs. We really are...
Riigi goes to Kodaň – Friday morning
I had a cunning little day off on Thursday. I saw some of the town and it's darn nice in the warm and...
Ukraine’s wheel of misfortune
You've all heard about the Ukrainian hamster wheel by now. I was very intrigued to see this. The start shows how vast the stage...