2009

Phil Flushed with success from Tuesday Evening's 8/10 - I now try and win the goddam Serviette of Death Prize by entering the following as...

The second semi final took place in Moscow on 14 May. France and Russia voted in this semi-final. Spain was also scheduled to televote...

I've always said I hated the German entry and ranked it in my bottom two and I've seen nothing in rehearsals to change my...

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

The finalists were: The "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom). The host country, Russia. The top nine countries from the first...

OK. Let's look back on today in Moscow, as that's really what we're all here for. Israel - almost entirely pleasant. A few worrying fluffs...

Franko: This does everything it says on the tin. Well known rock band performing a safe song as though they were in a gig...

Ah much better. Our first qualifier of the day. An effective opening with a dancer wrestling with a red sheet leads into effective sequence...

Julie Wright - she of Euronet/DotEurovision/ESCNation fame - told me weeks ago that this was going to do well, and I dismissed her shenanigans...

This should be a lively stomping opener but in typical Siegel-esque fashion they've managed to botch the production. Our "star" singer takes to the...