Oh Farid, yessssss!!

I've just dashed over to the arena and back to catch Azerbaijan and that was a seriously wow moment for me! They've taken the...

Rehearsals Day 3, gosh this sofa’s comfy

So we have now seen just over 60% of this year’s songs in rehearsals, and today has continued to not disappoint. Once more I’m...

Tomorrow is always one day away

While the rest of Oneurope are drinking cheap grog at some dive in Malmö, I'm putting the hard work in at our friendly neighbourhood...

Finland – no tongues

...talking of kitchen sinks, this one has them too in a very different way.  Krista knows what this song is about and she clearly...

Another drive-by…

Switzerland the next to catch my beady gaze, and well... Sinplus are like little Duracell bunnies, aren't they? They've just been doing exactly the...

Day 561 in the Eurovision House

In my haste to tell you all about some of the fun and games going off here at the very edge of 'Europe', I...

My Work Is Refusing Me…

I love my job, but I love being on holiday even more, and I fancy I’m not long for the office today. Don’t you...

Franko, Poirot and Kryton – the story so far

Well since yesterday The Celestial Toymaker has had to withdraw from the panel due to doctor's advice. In fact two doctor's advice, the ones...

Rosé’s closing day one thoughts…

Well well well that must have been a long, sticky and steamy old day in Baku Baku.... I am looking forward to arriving even more...

So that’s Day 1 done then?

Let me catch up with the vids at eurovision.tv - I know other sources of video footage are available, but I kind of trust...