Portugal & Azerbaijan – two points of the compass
Portugal just provided us with one of the great press conferences of all time. For each question the slick backed lead chap provided us...
Azerbaijan doesn’t sound like a winner to me…
It sounds weak, and limp, and lifeless and has been choreographed to within an inch of its life. Safura looks like she is trying...
Singing in the rain
What does one say about an Azeri entry at Eurovision? They're never quite content to just sing but instead like presenting their songs.
So it...
Well there is supposed to be lunch but…
...We suspect there is an Azerbaijan on stage - we have seen a snatch of them in the press centre screens but that's about...
Faraway in an English country garden
With our arena correspondents having wandered off to see other bits of Moscow, I'm left playing catch-up once again.
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I'm not struck...
Azeri it happens
Ah much better. Our first qualifier of the day. An effective opening with a dancer wrestling with a red sheet leads into effective sequence...
Now this is more like it – again – Azerbaijan
Julie Wright - she of Euronet/DotEurovision/ESCNation fame - told me weeks ago that this was going to do well, and I dismissed her shenanigans...
Azeri Rumour
This is OnEupean public service broadcasting at its best. Listening to idle gossip, so you don't need to.
Anyway, that party that Mr. Roy told...
The Azeris don’t quite understand this contest, yet
Phil: Oh dear God no - This one doesn't look silly at all, does it? Yes, yes, a million times yes! Vocally this is...
The last couple …
Just had a quick peekey at the Azeri press conf. Both lads themselves had identical tea cosy hats and cool shades on, looking every...