Live blog of Semi Final One Evening show.

So here we are again - as happy as can be! - The Eurovision starts in earnest with the first Semi Final Evening rehearsal. ...

Day 5 – Lithuania to Sweden

Goedemorgon Oneuropeans, and welcome to my updates from Day Five. Semi final one (most of), rehearsal two. We're only missing Malta, who'll be first...

LIVE BLOG of Semi Final Two Tuesday Afternoon – Live from...

Live from Oneurope Towers it's the afternoon rehearsal of the second Semi Final! - A chance for the nine viewers of this blog to...

Austria – ORF need to think about what is going to...

We all suspected Pia Maria was, frankly, a liability live and I hoped the pre-parties were just an aberration and it would be all...

Australia first up on day 7

My problems with this are two-fold. First, the song is essentially Sheldon bleating for three minutes that he is different and that he hides behind...

Today in Parliament Day “gamillion” – are we nearly done yet?

So, Friday is a very short day in rehearsal land it would appear.  Here is what we think about the fag-end of Semi Final...
Elena Tsagrinou, Cyprus, First Rehearsal Eurovision, Rotterdam Ahoy, 9 May 2021

How do you like your Cyprus in the morning??

Morning all!! Of *course* Cyprus wasn't going to reveal everything on time this morning because, well, it's bound to be so damned complicated. If this...

Cyprus – I’m concerned

My first words to myself were ” it’s not supposed to sound like that is it?” – then I had to check with other...

Austria – This literally IS what we wanted

I saw both run throughs, thankfully because I was having a problem technique - basically my whole system crashed - thankfully I am an...

Switzerland: Movement and mime time

Marius Bear is alone on stage, picked out in silhouette and that's pretty much how he stays throughout, with bursts of video and lighting...