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Turkey-lurkey

Franko: We've only had a sound check so far and it's already streets ahead of anything else that's been on today. It's not only...

The land of the invaded AKA Bel – gee-um

Franko: Yes it's bad Elvis impersonator time along with hideous song. The staging is the most striking so far in that they bothered to...

When you see the green man …

Someone needs to tell Albanian Telly to get rid of the green man in his romper suit and replace him and the two MC...

An afternoon’s moogling, an evening’s punking

Of course, it’s not all sitting in a dark hall and watching a middling to poor panopoly of European dance and song. Well, not...

Here we are again, happy as can be …

Good morning Europe! So here we all are again, same event, different city - and some Gypsy fella in his pyamas is bouncing about before...

Eurovision 2009 – First semi final predictions

Phil: Bosnia And Herzegovina Malta FYR Macedonia Turkey Armenia Switzerland Portugal Romania Israel Sweden Franko: Yes Armenia Turkey Israel Portugal Bosnia maybe Andorra Switzerland Iceland FYRom Malta Belarus no Montenegro Czech Republic Belgium Sweden Bulgaria Romania Finland Hacksaw's ready reckoner Hit Armenia Turkey Iceland Macedonia Bosnia Maybe Belgium Belarus Switzerland Israel Portugal Miss Montenegro Czech Rep Sweden Andorra Bulgaria Romania Finland Malta

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...

The streets of Moskva

Well we've just been for a wander around a neighbourhood we'll probably never see again where our apartment managers are. On route we came...

Eurovision Match Report – The first semi-final

There may be some of you out there that think it was an Eastern European stitch up and your minds are not going to...

Eurovision 2009: UK jurors announced

Someone was asking below, and it's now up on the BBC Eurovision pages. They are: Deborah Chapman (a "music expert and author", possibly the writer of...