Off to all corners of the globe (except South America)
My table for the day keeps reminding myself that Armenia have a hot mess of a song, and they kind of do. Yes. What...
Calculated but overblown from Armenia
I’m trying to put my hatred for this song to one side and judge objectively. Some of the group are guilty of ‘over singing’...
Vote for us if you’ve got a bit of Armenian in...
Armenia is next and this will keep your attention in an entirely different way. I’m not a fan of the highly contrived nature of...
Cyprus……… weeeeeeeeeellllllllll
It’s…. a ballad.
No, seriously, That is the best thing I can say about this song. The Cypriot NF that took TEN weeks and had...
Cyprus are staging this ALL WRONG.
I’m really quite upset here. I expected John to break my heart in a good way this afternoon. Staged right, that could have had...
Iceland – Unfrozen
I’ve been sitting here thinking, great set, gorgeous set. Mountains. A rocky floor with glimpses of lava through the cracks below. Northern lights floating...
Iceland – It’s the Minipops (well one of them)
Dear RUV, can you get your styling och consulting people to stop making Maria look like a 10 year old Emillie De Forest on...
Azerbaijan….. Hungry like the Wolf
Elnur is channeling Ingmar Bergman with this performance and, as Ewan from ESC Insight has just explained to me, it’s very very symbolic staging...
Azerbaijan and expectations
I’m sitting here very surprised, and I know we’ve only had one runthrough, just how disappointed I am with the Azeri staging. The stage...
Latvia – Pasta Aminata sounds lovely but …
... the real thing is being dressed in a very long red dress and is totally static and doesn’t move sans some whirring arm...