Germany – Jendrik and his silver banjolele
Well, Germany is busy! There was no way Jendrik was not going to bring a madness to the stage, and here we have him,...
Germany – from the sublime … to the ridiculous
By any standards what I have just seen causes astonishment alright. Mostly to my brain. That people actually think this is anything other than...
13 May – Moonbeams are sowing silver, silver starry-eyed skies
Have you ever thought of the journeys some performers have to make to get to a Eurovision venue? Things might be slightly different this...
Daði & Gagnamagnið – Quick fire questions
Daði & Gagnamagnið came to the Eurovision 2021 Press Centre in Rotterdam after their second triumphant rehearsal for a quick-fire Q&A with the assembled...
Italy’s noisy, chaotic glory
Finally! It’s our first look at the six automatic finalists. The order this afternoon is Italy, Germany, Netherlands, France, UK then Spain. Any press...
Italy – Well now that, my children, is more like it.
There comes a time when you have to stand and applaud an entry for being authentic and just plain brilliant.
Step forward Måneskin who, despite...
Lesley Roy: Finding her way in the world
With ‘Maps’ Lesley Roy promised to bring something unique to the Eurovision stage. She sat down to talk about her Eurovision experience and talk...
Monty looks at Austria, Poland, Moldova, Iceland and Serbia
Here's the remaining five of today's second rehearsals.
Austria – first rehearsal report here
I didn’t see much of this I’m afraid, as I was in...
Iceland – Is it’s intended audience too small?
In the same way that Denmark feels as though it's just one big in-joke. Iceland feels exactly the same to me. However, whereas the...
Austria – This literally IS what we wanted
I saw both run throughs, thankfully because I was having a problem technique - basically my whole system crashed - thankfully I am an...