2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
Czech Republic – When favourites bomb in first rehearsals
Suffice it to say that the whoopsies in the press room (as Monty describes h*mose*ualists) got a bit hot under the collar when Mikolas...
Lunch
There's a plethora of lunching opportunities just waiting to be discovered in the Vasco de Gama Shopping Centre. I plumped for some noodles with...
Belgium dark but no dark horse!
SuRie’s bezzie mate Sennek up next for Belgium and the opening shot is probably not working as well as it did on paper. It’s...
Belgium – all alone and in the danger zone again
Belgium! Oh. I love this song but I’m not sure about this presentation. Sennek is out on the bridge, the first performer to leave...
Belgium – what on God’s green earth was that?
I appreciate that it's a first rehearsal, and I also appreciate that it's 12:26 in the afternoon, but Sennek puts Albania in a much...
Albanian vocal masterclass
Eugent, the g is hard, Bushpepa next from Albania and this boy for me has THE vocal of the contest, his voice soars effortlessly.
As...
Albania – If anything was ever nailed on …
... it is that Mr Bushpepa is going to qualify. Eugent has been the best thing on that stage so far today. He's effortless...
29 April – In a night of neon and the smell of thin beer
Cohorts of mine are in Lisbon. I might be, but then again I might be in Võromaa again. It's easy to confuse the two.
But...
Albania and Beardy Bushpepa
Albania is up now. Lovely furry Eugent Bushpepa. For a rocker, the first camera shots indicate he’s looking a bit brushed up in a...
Iceland’s sweet saccharin sugar rush
Ari - from your real land of icebergs - next up and he’s joined by five backing singers and no piano or instruments, despite...