43 pearls of wisdom from Eurovision 2018
It's all about the message behind the glitter and the lights. Or so they say. Let's take a minute to see what 43 acts...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 34 – ROMANIA
Goodbye by The Humans
It feels odd to say a song doesn’t have a competitive edge when it’s already the winner of one contest, but...
Albania – If anything was ever nailed on …
... it is that Mr Bushpepa is going to qualify. Eugent has been the best thing on that stage so far today. He's effortless...
Greece – Hello, this is the Mid 90’s. They want...
This song - to me - is a return to a time when Europe decided that sounding ethnic at Eurovision was a thing, and...
Latvia – Kicking off in the Baltics.
Just when you had had your fill of Baltics for one evening, they come at you thick and fast. Latvia, known latterly for failing...
No, baby no!
My my my, San Marino courtesy of Malta, Germany via Bratislava give the ‘what the actual fuck’ moment this year and certainly will have...
Iceland – First Rehearsal
Well sod me, the wireless internet works!!
Birgitta has had her sound check and is doing really well. The assorted press corps of the UK...
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...
Eurovision 2003 – Second Rehearsals Part One
Netherlands
Well she has been practicing!!. The more that I look at this, the more that I get the sense that this could well be...
Ireland missing the mark
Ireland’s second rehearsal is our third of the morning. This isn’t really working for me at all. It’s not the staging, which has frustrated...