2014
Yearly Archives: 2014
Azerbaijan, striking a match
Azerbaijan is up now. I didn't rate this in first hearing but had to quickly reassess as I realised just how good the song...
Estonia, Sweden, loo news and other bits
Estonia
I've been quite indifferent to this all along forgetting about it but then quite liking it on listening. On watching the rehearsal now I'm...
Russia’s not actually that bad…
We stayed in the hall for this. I'd read the early reports from the first rehearsal and I wasn't expecting very much but it's...
Albanian angst
We popped into the hall to see Albania. There's a beautiful quality to Hersi Bar's voice live, and I have to admit to being...
And the 5 I missed… oops
Well the coverage from Copenhagen hasn't been even so I was bound to miss a few. Here's a piece of hard crusty Danish bread...
Icelandic bears
I like a man with a beard, and Iceland serves us up a whole stage full of them. Visually this is a riot of...
Armenia and Latvia
Armenia
I've not passed comment so far on this one. I really like it and the way it builds. I showed the video to non...
Sweden, definitely not undone
Sanna from Sweden (or Sanne, as she's misspelled in the official programme) is ready to go on Tuesday night. The's little here that needs...
Rosé is here… I’m just gathering my thoughts!
Good morning Europe...
Or should I say good afternoon! I am here in the press centre on Eurovision Island honestly though you wouldn't know it...
Estonia, kind of amazing
Tanja's up now from Estonia. Her first run through started quite wobbly vocally in the lower register but she soon hit her stride. She...