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9 December – Now it has snowed in your temples

Do you remember the 1970s? An interesting decade when the whole of Europe eventually went colour, replete with the garish outfits. Thankfully, some countries...
Carlos Higes by Corinne Cumming - EBU

What ever happened to Baby Spain…?

The Spanish press here in Yerevan are very enthusiastic and vocal in their support for Carlos. So nothing new there then, I hear you...

A Dutch girl, singing in Italian, in Armenia… welcome to Junior...

Surrounded by her dancers/friends preparing for the eponymous festa, Luna beams down the camera, instantly connecting with the audience at home. As the dancers...

The Netherlands, A good show opener

The Netherlands open things up on this rather cold December morning.  On Sunday they will be the first song up and that is going...

How do you say “rock out” in Portuguese?

Last up today, we have Portugal, who are being represented by Nicolas. It's all quite dark and indie on stage, and such a gravelly...

Portugal – Kids in America? No, Kids in Lisbon

Nicolas came on stage after an hour's delay for "lunch", and he didn't disappoint - He did far, far worse than that. This is a...

Poland – One from the top and any other five...

Poland doing Poland things in this contest is probably the TLDR version of this three minutes. It's slicker than a pool of oil on the...

Serbia. Is it an unfinished Symphony?

It seems that Serbia will be coming at you out of the Rat from Joe 90 - which is always a worthwhile prop in...

How can you tell, Serbia’s under a spell…

"What do you see? You people gazing at me?" - I always said this song had a bit of a music box feel to...

Ukraine’s second winner?

Ukraine has form in Eurovision full stop and after a landslide victory in Turin at the adult's contest this May, many of us here...