2017

Yearly Archives: 2017

Omar Naber

Omar had better not come back without all his notes.

Omar had some back-lighting issues in the first run-through and, thankfully the cameras realised where he was on the second go, but he's not...
Artsvik at Eurovision 2017

Armenia – I may have been doing something else.

The first time I heard this today I said "Who is this?" - Maybe I wasn't paying attention, maybe they didn't engage me, maybe...
Hovig

Gravity you say Hovig?? – Is that your chances floating away?

As with so much today, this promised a lot. From a songwriting factory in Sweden should have come a Eurostomper in the old mode,...
Martina Bárta

Definitely a blank Czech

They might be calling themselves Czechia nowadays but Czech Republic - as I insist on calling them - still can't find that elusive thing,...
Novus

Lunchtime in Kiev meant

A trip to the Local "Novus" Supermarket. For all of you that think that Ukraine has no food I can tell you that the...

1 May – I’m going to ask him to braid mine

Yeah, I know you're more interested in the happenings in Kyiv right now, but the stars of our favourite TV show still have birthdays....
Svala

Paper? – Foolscap or A1?

This has all of the ingredients of a good song. It has a decent enough tune, a singer that has a lot of experience...
Sunstroke Project

Sunstroke? – I don’t think they are lapping up the rays…

You might remember that I have said in a previous place that Moldova is only a one trick pony (Epic Sax you say?) and...
Kasia Mos

The Poles have made my words dry up!

Poland appears after a short hiatus for us to calm down after Demy.  Kasia and her very dodgy rhyming dictionary (Fire, desire, higher and...
Demy

I admit Tits and Teeth are a thing but Demy… NO

My first impression of this song is "Crikey there are more than 32 teeth in her mouth". Perhaps that's a little bit wrong of...