NEWSFLASH – The one-horse race is over
Phil: Well as we like to say round here - Shit my old boots! Ukraine's first rehearsal changed everything. There's lots of metal, a...
Slow….Venia?
Phil: Slovenia - Well we managed to get into the hall to see a couple of rehearsals of this and, unfortunately, I am still...
Eurovision 2009 – A view from afar
Now, to my Jaded eye (do you see what I did there?), none of these looked half bad - until the last 30 seconds...
Fiddle-dee dee fiddle de dee
Phil: I know that everyone is saying that Alexander Rybak is nailed on to win this contest - and I know that for some...
Krak-ed-kow
Phil: If we are following Franko's grading system from Earlier then this too is an E. Lidia Kopania has, at time of writing, had...
The devil wears Hush Puppies?
Phil: Well it seems so here ... It's a song about shoes that is very very silly indeed. A complete waste of three minutes...
So much for the afternoon shift…
OK. Let's look back on today in Moscow, as that's really what we're all here for.
Israel - almost entirely pleasant. A few worrying fluffs...
Creme Portuguese
Phil: They managed to delay their rehearsals for us so we could at least say we only missed TWO rehearsals today - which was...
Agents of moo moo – La Swiss
Franko: This does everything it says on the tin. Well known rock band performing a safe song as though they were in a gig...
Will you be per-sweded ? Hmmm
Franko: After the first four there was a lunch break which gave me time to try one of the Belorussian ice creams and nip...