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The Fanning Verdict: Eurovision 2021 Ireland

Today we got Lesley with the Good Hair doing Lesley with the unique and awesome staging of one of the best songs in the...
Lesley Roy, Ireland, Second Rehearsal, Rotterdam Ahoy, 12 May 2021

Ireland – Having another go to get it right.

This is too busy and there are too many elements in this song to make it work properly.   There are lots of nice ideas...

Day 5 – Lithuania to Sweden

Goedemorgon Oneuropeans, and welcome to my updates from Day Five. Semi final one (most of), rehearsal two. We're only missing Malta, who'll be first...

The Fanning Verdict – Eurovision 2021 – Lithuania

It was a 10am sharp start at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam as the final closed rehearsals for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest got...

Lithuania – round the loop a 2nd time everyone?

Morning all - to day is going to be very hectic so expect things to be coming thick and fast with FIFTEEN rehearsal blogs...

Eurovision 2021 Week 1 Day 4 Afternoon 1 – Nick’s View

I've received a letter from a Mrs Trellis of North Wales, asking me if my reference to heading off to the virtual gym at...
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The Fanning Verdict – Eurovision 2021 – Day Four

I’m not going to lie, this is a Eurovision 2021 day I’ve not looked forward to. It’s the part of the show laden with...

11 May – Just run away to the stars

That thing when your country wins, meaning you have to host next year. If you're that winning broadcaster, it must be a year-long headache....

And Denmark closes the semi-finals

And so, our semi-finals close with Denmark. I have to say that after all the gloominess we’ve had today this is actually musically quite...

Denmark – This is going to do some business, isn’t it?

As you may or may not know, I hate this song with a passion rarely seen in me (spoiler: it isn’t), but I thought...