I’ve abandoned a warbling Sandra Oxenryd …
...but I'll rejoin her shortly.
When I was writing my previous blog, sitting comfortably in the press centre, I was joined in short order by...
Trust me – one Portugal is more than enough
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear
It's still going wrong for them. I could only do one rehearsal for the Portugal but that was to...
It’s been a long old day in Eurovision Land
Then we get Carola. About 700 press packed into seeing her rehearse - and the first 3 times I saw it - I thought...
I come bearing news from the OAKA Arena
Treble are going nowhere. The performance is pretty much what you saw in the Dutch national final and the preview video, but they sound...
Two out of three ain’t bad
Netherlands – Treble, “Amambanda”
Netherlands is awful and NOS should consider doing us a favour and withdrawing like they promised in 2005. This song has...
Show me your F
Hurrah! After two hours in the accreditation tent this morning, I now have a laminated piece of plastic. It's in a classy shade of...
The best of the rest …
OK, so there are other songs, and they've all been pretty good today, actually.
Russia looks like a real contender. He's confident without being too...
Ukraine – Is she going to show me your mum?
She does sound like she is singing that in the first couple of rehearsals but man, we like that lots. There is lots of...
That was a long long long day
It's over - until Saturday. The worst ever day in Eurovision History is now at an end with ...
F.Y.R (or not) Macedonia - She's...
Slovenia – well – eerm …
... yes ...
Isn't it a lovely set!! (On Europe speak for "don't offend anyone").
Nah, what the hell ...
As Mr J Logan said in 1980,...