2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
From icebergs to Iceland
Iceland next. There’s not a lot they can really do with this, so it’s relatively surprise free. Apart from Ari’s outfit. He’s wearing a...
Iceland – Hello, is that 1992 … they want their song back
Ari looks silly on the screens. He's got a silver suit on with some preposterous red trimming that I hoped would light up and...
Azeri Aisel in the snowy Alps!?
Morning all. Not so bleary eyed despite a busy day ‘off’ yesterday and here for the first semi final day one. Five hours sleep...
Azerbaijan – iceberg ahead!
And we’re off! Azerbaijan is the first song we see in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Aisel is in white, legging it around the...
Azerbaijan – X my underwhelmed heart
I are not happy. Smallest pressroom ever - no LAN only WiFi, and desks for community media located in places where we cant see...
Monty goes to Eurovision Bullets & Glitter
Just before the madness kicks off we enjoyed a rather different side to Eurovision last night. Having just landed in Lisbon 24 hours earlier,...
Here we are, all raring to go.
It's approaching port o'clock as I sit here in the living room of OnEurope Towers and, as a number of you have seen it's...
28 April – Become just a name on your lips
I couldn't let today pass without posting a birthday from a trur ground-breaker amongst ground-breakers. Sadly she's no longer with us.
The year was 1994....
The Lisbon Wing of OnEurope Towers
The OnEuropeans are a hardy bunch. We brave EasyJet and live off little more than cheese and cake for two whole weeks - and...
Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Scores on the doors
43 songs, reviewed and rated by the OnEurope panel. Sometimes slack-jawed with disbelief, but often with a smile upon their faces. It's a love...