Semi One dress rehearsal
Good evening Europe..... Rosé here trying not to screech! Which Petra Mede said she wasn't going to do, but she did a little in...
Monty: UK – Bonnie’s second rehearsal
We're in the arena again for Bonnie. The floor manager introduced her saying "make room for the legend"! Of course this is still polished...
Good draw for Bonnie!!
Hot footing from the arena back to the press centre to see the German conference before back to arena for Sweden! I'm jiggered and...
Ukraine – one giant leap…
There have been some changes to Ukraine's presentation: Zlata is now wearing a shiny metallic frock that blends from red to blue in the...
It’s Saturgay, I’m freezing my tats off…
Good morning Europe, god moron Malmo! And good morning hangover! Not an all singing, all dancing one with pyros but a gentle one that...
Host conference and Sweden first rehearsal
We just enjoyed a very nice press conference with the host Petra Mede. She's relaxed and laid back with a casual but not cocky...
FYRoM will appear here soon…. shite they have
When they remember to put the feed on the screen from the Malmerrr Arena to here for more than half the song - although...
Belarus is past her sell-by date
With enormous thanks to Mr David Elder over at The Eurovisionary blog, who noticed that the Alyona Lanskaya confectionary was best before last month....
Hacksaw’s half-dozen – plus four others
(no, hang about, I'm changing five of them...)
Man alive, this is hard. I can't ever remember a semi-final where not does every song have...
Feel the rhythm
So we now approach the business end of our month time in Malmö.  It's been all nice and friendly so far, but now the gloves...