Moldova were rescheduled and still haven’t turned up, the buggers, so we were left with…
Latvia
It was all a bit primary school assembly this one. Two sweet faced little imps looking all lost on the big stage, before they started whinging and griping about the sound. A bit later they strode to the front and started doing some fashion of sign language along to the music. Their mum’s must be very proud…
Monaco
A while back when I first heard this song I got a bit of the shivvers, so lovely it was. Immediately my peers in Eurovisioness mocked me and predicted it would be plumb last. Now, after this performance, everyone’s saying it’s a guaranteed qualifier, and I feel just a smudge vindicated. Lovely song by a lovely girl (even if she is a freckly ging) with sparkling strings and a real hairs on the back of the neck feel to it. And she can’t half sing. No winner, but well up there.
Right then, more pancakes and dumplings for me I fancy before the horror of Belarus.
