Montegro, oh no…
Sergej Ćetković is up now for Montenegro. It's a cracking number and he's a great singer but what have they done with the staging?...
Rosé’s Russia and does Azerbaijan (my favourite) scrub up?
Russia
Well well well... Many songs are a disappointment when they transfer to the Eurovision stage but I was pleasantly surprised by this watching in...
Belgium, because I’m probably contractually obliged…
I hate this with a passion. I despise cod classical music and this is the worst example of its kind. There's little changed from...
Iceland and Albania
Iceland
Normally it goes the other way for me when a song is changed from original language to English but in the case of Iceland...
Azerbaijan, striking a match
Azerbaijan is up now. I didn't rate this in first hearing but had to quickly reassess as I realised just how good the song...
Estonia, Sweden, loo news and other bits
Estonia
I've been quite indifferent to this all along forgetting about it but then quite liking it on listening. On watching the rehearsal now I'm...
Albanian angst
We popped into the hall to see Albania. There's a beautiful quality to Hersi Bar's voice live, and I have to admit to being...
And the 5 I missed… oops
Well the coverage from Copenhagen hasn't been even so I was bound to miss a few. Here's a piece of hard crusty Danish bread...
Icelandic bears
I like a man with a beard, and Iceland serves us up a whole stage full of them. Visually this is a riot of...
Armenia and Latvia
Armenia
I've not passed comment so far on this one. I really like it and the way it builds. I showed the video to non...