Cyprus: 17 down, one to Fuego
17 down, one to Fuego, and it is of course Cyprus. Eleni appears in a tunnel of laser cloud, clad in a golden catsuit,...
Cyprus – Hi, is that Finland … can we borrow your...
I've just sat with most of Europe's fan and web press as they gave this a massive round of applause on its first run-through.
'Fuego'...
My Irish dream shattered (possibly)
Ooh Ireland! What have you done? My favourite song of the year and you’ve tried to be too ambitious. Ryan starts well enough, looking...
Irish dancing – but it’s no Riverdance
I was still having a beer when Ireland came on, but somehow that seems quite appropriate. Ryan standing with guitar, a female backing singer...
Oh old Ireland …
I was scared with this one - scared that this would be "the one with the gay dancers", but thankfully it's not turned into...
Don’t throw stones, just drumsticks
Swiss Zibbz up now, and pretty much as you would expect after seeing the Swiss national final. Coco has a burgundy colour theme running...
Switzerland – keeping it in the family
Switzerland completes out after lunch trio. We get a 20-minute break after this, and it can’t come quick enough. The brother and sister Zibbz...
Switzerland – Build them up and watch them fall
Just for context here, I said in my review of this song:
"And then the lyric reminds me of words randomly thrown together in a...
Smouldering Sevak
Lovely burly and beary Sevak now for Armenia, in a ring of black slabs not too dissimilar to a modern day version of Stonehenge....
Armenia – Thank God I have coffee!
This can be summed up quite succinctly: A hairy man, sings a boring song ... in his nightgown. He doesn't move from his starting...