San Marino, maybe baby
Valentina is recreating Botticelli's Birth of Venus by singing in a pearly white dress in front of a fabric clam shell. Her flame hair...
Ireland & Belarus
Ireland is not quite as bad as I believe it was in the first rehearsal. They have a great stage projection, Celtic knots and...
Italy and Spain! And we are there…. at the rød carpet!
Sorry everyone! The wifi went down in the press centre and I couldn't post the last two today...
See below but, just to scene set,...
I’ve been spending too much time with Monty!
The exact same ten in our predictions! Blimey!
Malta
Israel
Norway
Poland
Austria
Greece
Finland
Romania
Macedonia
Switzerland
First six I'd say are safe and the last four are by no means certain and perhaps...
Norway, Georgia and the milkmaids!
Norway
Must remember keep eyes open, keep eyes open, engage with the camera a little. My my this is a strong opening three isn't it?...
About to head into the arena
We're waiting in the press seentre to be escorted over into the arena for the first time. We have to go en masse as...
Another day, another 10 hours watching singers practice…
Good morning On Europeans. It's safe to say we sampled the nightlife last night, and we sampled it well. I am struggling a little...
Slovenia – I think it’s a goner
Much as I like this song, and I really do - I just think its a goner. The song is not strong enough to...
Back for the Big 5
Good morning On Euopeans! We're back in the arena for the second rehearsals of the Big 5. I'm only going to dip in and...
As tradition is…. my thank yous!
Well it's 5pm on Eurovision day - we've done all the pontificating we can - and now onto some thank you's.
First of all -...