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...
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...
Lithuania … It could be Maltese
The two of them both look very good on stage and Monica and Vaidas have the *potential* to do very well. My problem with...
Sweden – really more a technical rehearsal than anything else
I suspect there’s not going to be too much useful to say here. Måns and his tiny chums are more or less replicating what...
Azerbaijan….. Hungry like the Wolf
Elnur is channeling Ingmar Bergman with this performance and, as Ewan from ESC Insight has just explained to me, it’s very very symbolic staging...
Israel – THIS is how we do it!
Israel has become one of my faves this year. I don’t dare shout about it too much as it was last year too and...
Norwegian Monsters
Norway is probably my favourite this year. I adore the dark ambiguity of it. This is well staged, with a single steadicam shot for...
Iceland & Sweden, a Nordic duo
Iceland is very cute. It’s Maria centre stage with 5 backing vocalists, including Hera Björk, to the rear right side. There’s a kind of...
Sixth win for Sverige? It’s on!
Ooh here’s the boy, our boy from Sverige!! As expected a very similar graphic with subtle changes and slightly out of line in the...
Calculated but overblown from Armenia
I’m trying to put my hatred for this song to one side and judge objectively. Some of the group are guilty of ‘over singing’...