2016 May
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Greek silence
Quite a delay for Greece as we have the sound turned off in the press centre. The band appeared on stage in white t-shorts,...
Greece – Currently silent night…..
Well for some reason known only to the Greeks, it seems that they are just choreographing… and what a choreography fest it is. They...
Hungary – Now then Freddie…. do your best
Still in the tan jacket, still in the good looking boy mode, Freddie has been and gone (it appears) in TWO rehearsals….  There has...
Starting with the Finnish
I’ve started with a Mister Naef moment as my computer failed to connect to the network in the press centre. Having spent some tense...
Finland – Potential Camel Toe alert!
She’s singing away alright…. away into non-qualifying hell. It was going so well as well before she started singing and that’s not a slight...
Rehearsals with added Oumph
Good morning, Oneuropeans! Day one of rehearsals kicks off in just under two hours. I’m bringing them to you today with added Oumph! No,...
All plasticised up and nowhere to go….
Evening Europe.
Currently out on the balcony of our fabulous apartment atop a slag heap in Nacka, we’re debating how the day has gone. And...
Day Minus One
It’s been a glorious day in Stockholm, the sun finally broke through and we’ve had the warmest temperatures this year. This city is...
ESC birthdays 1 May – Boats and planes
Mr Phil is out in Stockholm. So my contacts tell me anyway. It’s amazing what you can train terns to report back to you,...
About that quiet night…
Well, of course it didn’t happen. Around midnight I found myself in Torget, Stockholm’s main homosexualist watering hole, catching up with Andrew from Eurovision...