Eurovision 2018 – Day seven – highlights and low points
Today was the last 'big day' of rehearsals - tomorrow it's a half day with the Big Five and Portugal. In a week's time,...
Macedonia – we get there in the end … Sorta …...
It’s Day 2 in the Big Brother House. Oh, no, different pressure chamber, it’s the Eurovision Press Centre. I’m recovering from a hike up...
Azerbaijan – Second time around
Now remember we've got FIFTEEN of these to get through today.
Aisel is now dancing on the cheeses from the first day, she tends to...
Romania: maybe not Goodbye quite yet
Gosh. Romania. I wasn’t expecting that. This is high-concept performance, sweetie. Yes, but is it art, darling?
Cristina is clad in a purple floor-length gown,...
Why Julia Samoylova should consider a fully flexible plane ticket
Remember back in March when the world and his wife had an opinion on Julia Samoylova? And how Russian telly bosses insisted she'd get her...
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...
Will you still show us Tel Aviv?
Netta brings her Toys (plural) to the stage - two tall cabinets chock full of golden Chinese waving cats to be precise, oh and...
Cesár Sampson pays tribute to the 80s with ‘Nobody but you’
In the 1980s, velour was hot and velvet was even hotter. For both men and women, the waistline was a little high.
New technology, synthesisers,...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 33 – PORTUGAL
O Jardim by Cláudia Pascoal
And now for the home entry from Portugal. Wow. Can you believe how many years we’ve been waiting to hear...
San Marino – If this is the best you can come...
Then you really need to go and have a word with yourselves and consider your participation.
I have just witnessed three of the most painful,...