Cyprus – Moving into Sunday again now
So the first half is over and Cyprus kick off the second half.
Ireland and this are complete contrasts. First off this is slick, Ireland...
The Fanning Verdict: Eurovision 2021 Ireland
Today we got Lesley with the Good Hair doing Lesley with the unique and awesome staging of one of the best songs in the...
The Fanning Verdict: Eurovision 2021 North Macedonia
Of course Vasil is in fine voice - does he have any other? And yes, he looks great on screen. He serves as perfect...
Ireland – Having another go to get it right.
This is too busy and there are too many elements in this song to make it work properly. There are lots of nice ideas...
North Macedonia – Are those hills still alive?
It has taken me this many seconds to work out that Vasil is actually mangling the opening notes from Edelweiss together with something from...
Day 5 – Lithuania to Sweden
Goedemorgon Oneuropeans, and welcome to my updates from Day Five. Semi final one (most of), rehearsal two. We're only missing Malta, who'll be first...
Sweden – This is how you put voices on stage Slovenia.
Before Tusse even hits the stage he's on the backfoot. In real life next Tuesday evening he'll have just followed Russia empowerment anthem with...
The Fanning Verdict – Eurovision 2021 – Sweden
Trusse is still wearing old-lady red silk pyjamas with silver brocade elbow length gloves, and he’s still a powerful singer. The song is still...
The Fanning Verdict – Eurovision 2021 – Russia
I’ve faltered on the Russian entry to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. On the one hand, I love Manizha and all she stands for....
Russia – now this is more like it.
The main change here is that the backing singers have changed out of their casual clothes and are now dressed in gold tracksuits or...