Rehearsal

It's been a big day of forking action here in Istanbul, as you would expect with this many rehearsals. The editor of OnEurope has...

Spain Nick: I liked this. In spite of obvious problems with the earpiece, the stage and virtually everything, there's most of an excellent performance already...

Lithuania Phil: Well this gets no better unfortunately - they still have the Swedish disease of shouting at each other for 30 minutes and scoring...

Finland Phil: This is an odd one. It’s rather like Marmite – you either love it or hate it… At the moment – I love...

Lithuania Phil: Standing center front – they still persist in shouting the lyric at each other from a short distance, usually a Swedish trait, however...

Well, this is a pretty kettle of pickles and no mistake. We all made it, and are now reporting LIVE from the Abdi Ipekci...

This is NickD standing in from the press centre - Phil is in the hall watching Karmen Nanana just now. I'm not sure what was...

And what a rehearsal that was!! It had everything.. Brilliant hosts, brilliant staging and marvellous hosts. The following are notes that Nick has taken...

Netherlands Well she has been practicing!!. The more that I look at this, the more that I get the sense that this could well be...

Iceland Well a late start for Birgita but she did quite well. She looked well and performed the song really well. Others in the delegation...