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Zagreb it while you can

And finally I've caught up with Croatia one of the three rehearsals I haven't seen. I think this very effective as an opener to...

Ireland – Oh how you make me pang…..

.... I am now still worried.... I was worried after listening to the line up. I was extremely concerned after watching the first line up However now...

A big handful of rehearsals from Nick

Interesting set of rehearsals so far, I think. Apart from Poland, virtually everyone seems to have been in fairly good voice and terrible clothes,...

And so to Semi Final 2 – Croatia….

... Another entry singing in a force 10 gale!! - Unlike the Slovaks that come later in this semi they actually have some sort...

YNIOKLU

Now, seeing that video still of the Irish rehearsal immediately made me think of Scrabble. I recognise those letters, I've had their ilk on...

Chiara has changed her backdrop

And instead of fishes it now shows stars and things... This is good - However, her wardrobe faux pas for today will be seen...

Faraway in an English country garden

With our arena correspondents having wandered off to see other bits of Moscow, I'm left playing catch-up once again. Embed from Getty Images I'm not struck...

Eeestima!

Phil: Well after my last outpouring of ex-soviet bloc love, I dare not even speak about this one. This is staged exactly how you...

Albania – something missing

Phil: No matter how much I like this song - I suspect it's missing that certain something. Some would call it experience, some would...

We aren’t the champions

There are those that say that the opening of the Lithuanian song is a tad too uncomfortably close to the old Queen hit. Indeed...