Coffee is Free, Alcohol not so much

I wish to declare an interest here - Alcohol isn't free in Malmerrrr However, back to the song - as Wogan once said, it is...

Baku Eve… Bag still not packed!

Evening all.. So I'm still here attempting to pack the wheelie.. It will take about 15mins once I get going, it's just the getting...

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...

A midday catch up

Well, I lied about no more cheese. My cider-addled body was craving carbs this morning and I had to succumb to an emergency cheese...

Greece – it’s OK until …

Eleftheria really needs to be told to stop sounding like a whining schoolgirl when she is singing this. This has got no better from...

As I seem to be the least indisposed of the team...

...here's some quick drive-by bloggahj on the first three of the morning (videos from our chums at ESCKaz this time) So Montenegro... he apparently has...

blitzo schitzo

Well I'm back with Hercule Poirot and the Celestial Toymaker to look at today's rehearsals. It's first rehearsal of semi final one so it must...

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...

Rosé’s thoughts on Day One so far..

Thanks to the guys already in Baku sending back the rehearsal clips, excellent work. Not going to try to describe each one as there are...

Riigi gets to Bakoo Bakoo

So I made it here at last.  It’s a long story involving 60 qapik and a bike race, but I’ve arrived at the heart...