Manizha: Eurovision lets people be themselves
Manizha is in Rotterdam to represent Russia at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Russian Woman’, a song she wrote alongside Ori Avni and...
Ukraine – six isn’t enough of a crowd
Well - where does one start with this?!?!
It sounds completely different from the CD - Gaitana has decided to put some additional wailing in...
San Marino First Rehearsal
You remember yesterday when I said Greece was the worst thing I had seen on a Eurovision Stage? - Clearly the San Marinese have...
Ukraine – one giant leap…
There have been some changes to Ukraine's presentation: Zlata is now wearing a shiny metallic frock that blends from red to blue in the...
Eurovision 2016 – Second semi final results
Semi-final 2
Eighteen countries participated in the second semi-final. Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. Romania were originally planned to perform twelfth...
Iceland – it *is* too late to save this
Poor young Ari. As we know by now, he's been lumbered with this pile of shite. He's better than this. He has to be...
Phil’s Eurovision countdown 2021 – Part 39 of 39 – United...
One is allowed to be a touch biased towards one’s home broadcaster, no? Well, yes, because for year upon year, we’ve suffered with the...
Bulgaria – afloat on a sea of emotion
Now to Bulgaria, also riding high with the bookies. I think Victoria would have done really well with her song last year, and whilst...
A warmed-up Hump
That, my children, is more fucking like it!! - Clearly the second rehearsals are where he "kicks it into gear" It looks and feels...
Monty looks at Austria, Poland, Moldova, Iceland and Serbia
Here's the remaining five of today's second rehearsals.
Austria – first rehearsal report here
I didn’t see much of this I’m afraid, as I was in...