Raw Finland
Phil: Well ... I don't know how I let this one pass me by quite frankly ... It's not a Lordi clone, because...
It was the washing line and the brides what won it
The winner of the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. By MILES. Seriously, they're going to absolutely ace this now. Visually it's...
Some Czech Republic and some Belarus
We rushed in, just so we can say we were here for the Czech Republic but I suspect we did not miss a great...
Bulgaria – beware the vocoder
Bulgaria is the "Could Actually Survive In The Real World" entry this year. They're still not remotely bothered about the photosensitive, but it's got...
Semi 2 business
Now then, who were good and who were poor from yesterday's first run through?
Well you would expect that Ukraine are a given. The act...
Hungary by candlelight
Hungary was very strong indeed. Its not going to win any staging originality awards, lots of - eeerm - Candles on stage which is...
Live blog – Eurovision 2008 – First semi-final – public rehearsal
Oh my god where to begin with this lot!
I think I have to divide it up between Doomed, Qualifying and "s'ok"
Doomed
Montenegro: Nothing but a...
Good evening Europe
After a year of enforced exile tramping the very cold and miserable streets of Helsinki, I am back. At this point I 'm wondering...
Peas will calm
Now I know you're supposed to be kind to the infirm, but they also prefer it if you treat them like the normal human...
Serviette of Death 2
My Qualifiers are:
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine
Latvia
Croatia
Denmark
Hungary
Malta
Portugal
Bulgaria
Feel free to point and laugh
Roy's grudging napkin of infinite hell
I'm struggling to nip it down from 13 or 14 here, and...