Early start to Day 2
After I left you all yesterday, I had a very enjoyable evening. Sunday was a public holiday, so everything was doubly closed. ...
Apparently there’s a Eurovision Song Contest in town soon
Euroclubs sind gefährliche Orte. Sie ziehen Sie in, bombardieren Sie mit Musik unterschiedlicher degress der Glaubwürdigkeit, und machen Sie Urlaub denken, dass die mittelmäßigen...
Easy like a Sunday Morning
To not paraphrase Maroon 5 (some non-Eurovision entity), it's Sunday morning and rain isn't falling. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the...
They come for the cake, they stay for the cheese
Or so I gather, anyway. I wouldn't know myself of course, there are even rumours that some people like to hear what we've got...
Friends in high places
Is it me, or do the band give off the air of "too cool for this contest" when performing? - I mean it could...
Live Blog – Eurovision 2011 – First Semi Final dress rehearsal
After a little faffing around, the FIRST dress rehearsal of the FIRST semi-final has actually started. Our three hosts are on stage telling us...
Ye olde can of worms
It's been pointed out in comments below that it's easy to say "Ha ha, Georgia's not the worst Eurovision song ever" - and indeed...
Right, yeah, hello …
Apologies for my delayed arrival at the OE Press Centre this morning - got lost in our frankly cavernous and well-appointed surroundings. Always takes...
Euroclub news – Part 1.5
It's all been a tad quiet on the bad behaviour front down at party central. Either this year's bunch are a lot more well...