So that’s Day 1 done then?
Let me catch up with the vids at eurovision.tv - I know other sources of video footage are available, but I kind of trust...
LIVE BLOG – Semi Final 1 – First dress rehearsal
Join us live here from 16:00 local time (2pm, UK/Portugal - 3pm Western Europe) to hear what we make of the first dress rehearsal...
22 August – I only want to be close to you
It's a fact that the Eurovision semi-final isn't a 21st Century phenomenon. Semi-finals of sorts happened in 1993 and 1996. But it's always been...
2 May – I ain’t gonna hold on to these monsters...
Our friends in Finland have had a very spotty time at Eurovision. Only one win in xxx years, and very little else in the...
The result of this year’s UMK.
After years in the wilderness, Finland are finally getting this whole national final/ Eurovision concept thing. UMK has become massive inside Finland and around...
Chicken balls, drag, tutus and twink rock! Phew!
Ooh a lovely chicken ball salad with That Monty's hot sauce for lunch and it's onwards and upwards now to...
Austria.
Ooh Conchy! That was classy,...
So the last two of the day, in no particular order…
I've said it before and I'll say it again, sitting under an apple tree waiting for an apple to fall is NOT SMART, at...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Finland
Blackbird by Norma John
The Finnish final once again didn’t fail to delight. There’s more than plenty to pick over for those, like me, compiling...
Tuesday’s child is full of grace – did you miss me...
Well since everyone else had Thursday off, I did too. Plus I spent all yesterday afternoon shut up with librarians and that's never good...
All these words we’ll never never never change
What's this I hear you cry? Another random video? Well it could either be because there's a dearth of birthdays. Or it could be...