2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
Bulgaria – It might be warm outside but …
... it's cold on the screen.
As a song, it is a really good one, performed flawlessly, just like on Tuesday. The harmonies are spot...
Eestima … there is something amiss here
... and I don't know what it is. The Estonian entry has all of the ingredients of a great song. They also have a dress...
Belarus – what a mess!
So ... despite the roars of laughter in the press room on Monday when we all saw the concept for this song - if...
Israel have performed a miracle on that
The Israeli team has literally polished a turd. This really was substandard on Monday, and served to confirm all my conscious bias towards 'Toy'....
Lithuania – It’s more beautiful
Ieva and her delegation need to be applauded. They seem to have either read what most people have written, or have noticed that the...
Czech Republic – The man’s a trouper
Say what you like about Mikolas and the song, he's got balls and guts to even be on the stage at the moment. He's...
Belgium – That’s a lot better thanks
Sennek has upped her game since her first rehearsal but, quite frankly, that wouldn't take much. I'm still not convinced that the opening shot...
Iceland – it *is* too late to save this
Poor young Ari. As we know by now, he's been lumbered with this pile of shite. He's better than this. He has to be...
Taking the Hacksaw to Eurovision Semi 2
Now that we've seen all of the songs in the Eurovision semi-final shows here in Lisbon, we asked our occasional contributor-at-large Roy D Hacksaw to give...
Albania and NOT Iceland next
Iceland have been delayed by a car crash they have not been involved in (Ironic, given on stage they will be involved in one...