2013

And yes some of the team are in place! Yikes! In fact rehearsals have a started, lots of rough looking singers singing in their...

...happy as can be, all good friends and jolly good company! Yep, Malmo greets us like a welcoming aunt, and we're all crammed into a...

Whoever said that the Eurovision of 2013 is "a bit shit" is clearly a) right and b) right but in the wrong way. I would...

Austria -well Natalie does a good job of mincing round the stage in her silver jeans that are slightly too tight for her, but...

Germany, France and Spain voted in this semi-final. Draw Country Language Artist Song Place Points 01 Latvia English PeR "Here We Go" 17 13 02 San Marino Italian Valentina Monetta "Crisalide (Vola)" 11 47 03 Macedonia Macedonian, Romani Esma and Lozano "Pred da se razdeni" (Пред да се раздени) 16 28 04 Azerbaijan English Farid Mammadov "Hold...

I could, and probably will, get this horrendously wrong tomorrow night.  I've picked 10 songs, but 4 or 5 more of them have narrowly,...

So we now approach the business end of our month time in Malmö.  It's been all nice and friendly so far, but now the gloves...

The Walls ice cream song now comes on stage and Alonya needs a commissionaires uniform and go " Lickey Licky Ice Cream!!", but instead...

Spain is sweet and lovely and probably quite forgettable come Saturday which is a shame. Raquel is a vision in margarine, sorry no it's...

Just when you think you know this Contest it chucks you more curve-balls. I didn't see the Armenian qualification last night at all and...