Eurovision 2018 – Day two at a glance
From the Macedonian closed rehearsal (um problema technicao) through to the Cypriot feugo, today brought us the second half of the first semi-final. Nobody...
I’m not gonna lie, this is flat
Laura de Carvalho Rizzotto singing for Latvia via Riga, NewYork and Rio - and she’s looking ravishing in a red flowing gown cut open...
And what’s going on in the Czech republic?
Sometimes, you wish broadcasters would stick to what we know. Either organise a national final or take the record company money and send someone...
Phils Eurovision Countdown – Part 33 – Netherlands
I was on the radio the other day with the sainted Alisdair from OGAE UK, and the equally divine Lisa-Jayne Lewis from ESCInsight, both of...
I thought we’d be together ’till we died …
It was the great Goddess of camp, Cher who once sang about what she'd do were she ever granted the powers to turn back...
Belgium – all alone and in the danger zone again
Belgium! Oh. I love this song but I’m not sure about this presentation. Sennek is out on the bridge, the first performer to leave...
Ukraine tries a semi approach – Miklos is the highlight? –...
As has become tradition Ukraine gets to present the earliest national final in terms of time known to man! - a 1700 GMT start...
Rice rice baby … Has Latvia sent a tasty dish …...
She seriously can't be called Laura Rizzotto, can she? Apparently that is her real name and she's from that often under-utilised demographic of "Latvian-Brazilian"...
Fue go go go!!
Eleni is up last in the first semi and she is sizzling hot in flame gold and red catsuit joined by a troupe of...
Albania and Beardy Bushpepa
Albania is up now. Lovely furry Eugent Bushpepa. For a rocker, the first camera shots indicate he’s looking a bit brushed up in a...