Krak-ed-kow
Phil: If we are following Franko's grading system from Earlier then this too is an E. Lidia Kopania has, at time of writing, had...
Eurovision 2009 – Nick’s big prediction
25 songs, 25 different numbered final placings, and no questions - except one. You haven't actually watched Deal Or No Deal since 2007, have...
Now this is more like it – again – Azerbaijan
Julie Wright - she of Euronet/DotEurovision/ESCNation fame - told me weeks ago that this was going to do well, and I dismissed her shenanigans...
Latvia – Traffic Jam or Strawberry
Phil: It seems they may have become unstuck with the contest down old Riga way with this. Apparently its a song called 'Traffic Jam'...
NEWSFLASH – The one-horse race is over
Phil: Well as we like to say round here - Shit my old boots! Ukraine's first rehearsal changed everything. There's lots of metal, a...
Well there is supposed to be lunch but…
...We suspect there is an Azerbaijan on stage - we have seen a snatch of them in the press centre screens but that's about...
Vive la France
This is good ... Fans of the good old days of Eurovision, finally have something to hold onto. It just worries me that if...
Plumbing the nether regions
Phil: This, again, is everything you thought it would be and then considerably more so. The Toppers have the suits with lights on that flash...
The devil wears Hush Puppies?
Phil: Well it seems so here ... It's a song about shoes that is very very silly indeed. A complete waste of three minutes...
A note about the stage
Some viewers may have noted the big expanses of scaffolding at each wing of the stage. Rumours abound as to what these may be,...