2018 April

Monthly Archives: April 2018

Mikolas

Updated: Injury Time – Mikolas Josef rushed to hospital

The first day of rehearsals haven't ended well for Czech singer Mikolas Josef. Following his first rehearsal this morning, he reported an injury. The...
Altice Arena

Eurovision 2018 – Day two at a glance

From the Macedonian closed rehearsal (um problema technicao) through to the Cypriot feugo, today brought us the second half of the first semi-final. Nobody...
Eleni

Fue go go go!!

Eleni is up last in the first semi and she is sizzling hot in flame gold and red catsuit joined by a troupe of...
Eleni

Cyprus: 17 down, one to Fuego

17 down, one to Fuego, and it is of course Cyprus. Eleni appears in a tunnel of laser cloud, clad in a golden catsuit,...
Eleni

Cyprus – Hi, is that Finland … can we borrow your kitchen sink?

I've just sat with most of Europe's fan and web press as they gave this a massive round of applause on its first run-through. 'Fuego'...
Ryan

My Irish dream shattered (possibly)

Ooh Ireland! What have you done? My favourite song of the year and you’ve tried to be too ambitious. Ryan starts well enough, looking...
Ryan's dancers

Irish dancing – but it’s no Riverdance

I was still having a beer when Ireland came on, but somehow that seems quite appropriate. Ryan standing with guitar, a female backing singer...
Ryan

Oh old Ireland …

I was scared with this one - scared that this would be "the one with the gay dancers", but thankfully it's not turned into...
Beer

This afternoon’s break has been sponsored by beer

Well it is the official Eurovision beer after all. Monty x Super Bock, one of Portugal’s most recognised consumer brands, is an Official Partner of the...
Zibbz

Don’t throw stones, just drumsticks

Swiss Zibbz up now, and pretty much as you would expect after seeing the Swiss national final. Coco has a burgundy colour theme running...