A first look at France
First look at La France. Surprisingly, Amir is alone on stage. I thought they might throw something superfluous at it, but they’ve been restrained....
Wrapping up the first semi
Montengro: Now I quite like this as a song. It brings variety to the line up even if it’s not what I’d usually listen...
Monteneg-NO!
Whist it is commendable for Montenegro to be experimental yet again, I don’t think there will be too many people in Europe that will...
Fika time!
Fika (Swedish pronunciation: ) is a concept in Swedish culture with the basic meaning "to have coffee", often accompanied with pastries or sandwiches. A more...
Estonia & Azerbaijan
The break’s over, and we’ve just had some nice creamy buns and taken receipt of a Gabriela Gucikova promotional travel mug and shopping bag.
Estonia:...
Azerbaijan – oh dear oh dear… this is not good
Samra is as flat as a badger that’s been run over by a Volvo in Gothenburg. She’s really a very bad live singer and...
Cyprus – They’ve clearly killed the wolf for food
As on the first run through they were cutting the shots of the wolf in but back in the 2nd and 3rd rehearsals they...
Czech Republic – Too good for Eurovision?
THIS.IS.CLASS!
This has just about everything you could want out of a ballad in the Eurovision mold. It’s got that classy edge about it that...
Russia…. Still thinking there is too much
Too much money and too many technical things being chucked at this. Left, right and centre.
This is still the one to beat though but I...