The reason why the votes were wrong SHOCKA!

As quoted from an eminent Swedish Radio Journalist (hereby known as Deep P6 - as our source) "A press conference with Svante and the EBU...

Eurovision 2004 – Rehearsals – Day One

Lithuania Phil: Standing center front – they still persist in shouting the lyric at each other from a short distance, usually a Swedish trait, however...

Eurovision 2004 – Semi final one – first dress rehearsal

We were let in - much to our surprise - to the first dress rehearsal of the day!! As its nearly time for the 2nd...

Eurovision 2004 – Rehearsals – Day Two

Finland Phil: This is an odd one. It’s rather like Marmite – you either love it or hate it… At the moment – I love...

I’m in a very peculiar mood right now

I walked out of the Eurovision Song Contest tonight. I'll let you absorb that piece of information for a second. Then I'll say it again,...

Eurovision 2004 – The OnEurope Awards – Days one and two

OnEurope’s Eurovision 2004 awards for the first two days of coverage. Thursday The Tom McGrath Perpetual Fork (sponsored by the Retail Jewellers of Ireland) – awarded...

My thoughts on Last night – by an annoyed and yet...

After roughly five hours’ sleep, and with the immediate frustration beginning to subside, I can see last night’s Eurovision Song Contest a little more...

Eurovision 2004 – Rehearsals – Day Three

Lithuania Phil: Well this gets no better unfortunately - they still have the Swedish disease of shouting at each other for 30 minutes and scoring...

Andy’s report from Istanbul

What an exhilarating Eurovision Song Contest. Between the energy of Sakis, Ruslana’s castle performance and the calm and beauty of Serbia, you could hardly...

Eurovision 2004 – The OnEurope Awards – Day Three

Day Three has been difficult. “Difficult” is one word for it, anyway. The Fork awards have consequently been agony to hand out, but we...