Samanta Tina: I love to experiment
Samanta Tīna competed in the Latvian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest no fewer than six times, finishing a frustrating second twice. Never one...
Denmark – it’s as catchy as cholera
Just at the moment this started playing on my other screen, a Highways Agency van turned up outside my window and is, as I...
Monty looks at Finland, Latvia, Switzerland and Denmark
Finland – first rehearsal report here
I’ve timed everything wrong today, and thought we had a lunch break after Bulgaria, but it’s after Finland. It’s...
Latvia – The silence was a blessed relief
Like too many songs in the back end of the second semi final, Samanta's is "challenging". And by that I actually mean it's a...
Finland – It’s good – but it’s not right
Sorry, I thought I'd done this so I stepped away for a Diet Coke and apple pie break, my apologies OnEuropeans....
This is going to...
Monty looks at Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria
Goedemorgen Oneuropeans, and welcome to Day 7. A week already! It’s the final second rehearsals for the semi-finalists, and a short day today after...
Albania – just as good as it’s always been…
After what can only be described adequately as an interminable 20 minutes from Georgia, Albania bursts onto the screen and wakes me up. Anxhela...
Georgia – is there a score lower than zero?
It's very hard to write the next phrase even when you've been at this game as long as I have.
I believe the Georgian song...
France – French and intense
Waiting for France, and I’ve just remembered it’s 5 o’clock somewhere, and it’s 5 o’clock here, so I’ve cracked open een biertje. Proost!
I’ve still...
France – Allez! – More please!
Well there is a massive delay here before anything gets shown on the screen - as at 17.19 she is quite late in starting...