2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
Portugal: Home and dry
With just a few rehearsals to get through today, it's a shorter stint for Monty and Rose, who will be your guides. They're en...
UK – am I making you proud, or could I do better?
I did miss Portugal, but at least I’m here for the UK. The first go has tightened up many of the camera angles and...
Top tips for doing Eurovision in Lisbon
So you're all ready to pack up and go to Lisbon, but you've realised that you've forgotten to do any research and you're not...
Party for everybody! Except us …
Bom dia, Oneuropeans! Tudo bem? I had hoped to be able to bring you some insider gossip from Eurovision’s party scene by now but...
Eurovision 2018 – Day seven – highlights and low points
Today was the last 'big day' of rehearsals - tomorrow it's a half day with the Big Five and Portugal. In a week's time,...
Ukraine – more over the top than under the ladder
For reasons undisclosed, the feed from the hall cut out and we only got half of the song during the first two rehearsals.
On the...
Again, Novenia
They still include an eighteen-second break - attributed to a supposed 'technical difficulty' - in this rehearsal, and it looks as hideous as it...
Monteneg-no
Just like on Wednesday, this catches me in my rehearsal lull, where energy levels are low and I'm start to wonder why I'm still...
Sweden – safe and sound
I had to go and do something, so I only saw a little bit of Sweden.
It's the same as it was back on Wednesday....
Latvia … still as funny as …
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To me, and this is clearly only my opinion, Laura doesn't have the facial expressions or the kind of voice to...