To veil or not to veil in Wien for Trijntje
Trijntje’s up next for The Netherlands and she’s been out a shopping in Vienna for a new black leather jacket to replace the ‘jagged...
Romania – and a need to start partying
Romania has kept the standard band set up. It suits the song perfectly. There are suitcases over the stage in a nod to the...
Riigi, give us some more baffling numbers
I know you’ll have digested those figures I posted on Monday, about how the first semi-finalists might score if everything runs to form. You...
Russian to put a bet on this…
If you can get good odds on this have a flutter.
I think it’s safe to say the biggest ballad of the year (although not...
Malta’s losing the fight
Warrior number two comes from Malta this year, and Amber’s got a fight on her hands. Not just to best Warrior number one, Nina...
Vote for us if you’ve got a bit of Armenian in...
Armenia is next and this will keep your attention in an entirely different way. I’m not a fan of the highly contrived nature of...
Golden joy (other word plays are available)
Nadav and his hydromatic, automatic… totally OTT golden shoes.
This is exactly what this semi needs at this precise moment after the darkness of the...
The United Kingdom might be about to blow us all away
It’s time for the UK… What will it be like…?
They’re more than 15 minutes late. It’s not clear whether this is because we’re running...
Israel… yeah and yet no
It’s all uptempo and bouncy and in your face in a club singer stylee, but he also has that boyish enthusiasm that is sadly...
A quick Slovenia, then off for culture
I’m heading over to the Schonbrunn Palace this evening to watch Zubin Mehta conduct the Vienna Philharmonic in the open air. Should be culturetastic,...