Azerbaijan – My lovely horse
Dihaj is first up after a short break - and if you've been following the bookies, this song was fancied to turn in a...
20 September – You smell like lipstick again
Do you ever wish for more ethnic songs in Eurovision? By ethnic I mean songs reflecting the traditional music of the country it represents....
Oh Farid, yessssss!!
I've just dashed over to the arena and back to catch Azerbaijan and that was a seriously wow moment for me! They've taken the...
20 September – Tell me where have you been
Do you ever wish for more ethnic songs in Eurovision? By ethnic I mean songs reflecting the traditional music of the country it represents....
Azerbaijan, striking a match
Azerbaijan is up now. I didn't rate this in first hearing but had to quickly reassess as I realised just how good the song...
Azerbaijan – iceberg ahead!
And we’re off! Azerbaijan is the first song we see in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Aisel is in white, legging it around the...
Estonia & Azerbaijan
The break’s over, and we’ve just had some nice creamy buns and taken receipt of a Gabriela Gucikova promotional travel mug and shopping bag.
Estonia:...
Rehearsals Day 3, gosh this sofa’s comfy
So we have now seen just over 60% of this year’s songs in rehearsals, and today has continued to not disappoint. Once more I’m...
Nick’s Countdown – Austria and Azerbaijan
AUSTRIA
I feel like I’m getting to that time of life where every so often a question gets asked that punches me repeatedly in the...
Azerbaijan – Sorry I missed Latvia
Sorry I was trying to do everything and failing miserably.
Elnur, however, got my attention. When you get past Latvia and put something good in,...