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Belgium

Last time they let me into this thing, it was Oslo 2010, and Morning 1 looked roughly like this: Moldova shoots for YouTube viral...

Eurovision 2015 – Second semi final results

17 countries took part in this semi-final. Australia, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. Ten songs qualified for the final. Draw Country Language Artist Song Place Points 01  Lithuania English Monika Linkytė &...

UK…. It is what it is… but it’s not being helped…

The UK took 18 minutes to set up their back drop and visually they are making a decent enough fist of the camera angles....

I am Vinny Jo-o-ones, damn my aching bones…

…but before I’m done, I will show you Lewisham. My problem with the Israeli entry, and I just can’t get past it, is that Nadav...

I’m a warrior but a drinker foremost … so … Bye!

I’ve battled to keep time today and just about made it but That Monty and Juha the Finn are dragging me to a Montenegro...

Finland’s too quick, I’m behind now

So I was going to be lazy and put PKN but need to know how to write it so Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivat now for...

Terminal three flight on time

Good morning Europe! Battling through the London morning rush hour to meet That Monty at Heathrow terminal three (flight’s on time) though perhaps That Monty...

Russia and cognitive dissonance

So I set my ground rules years ago. You’ve got to ignore the country name, I said. You’ve got to just judge the song...

Eurovision 2015 – Another day of rehearsals

The morning after the night before at Eurovision is always a little bit sad, with dejected fans, disappointed delegations, and some oddments of promotional...

Slovenia – I love Slovenia… got it deep inside

PRE WARNING – I LOVE SLOVENIA It was a great rehearsal. I went into the hall for 20 minutes and went “nom nom nom” for...