Day 5 – Norway to Israel
Norway – first rehearsal report here
Continuing with another delegation that is highly prepared and Norway’s Tix delivers three excellent runs through. Like Lithuania and...
Slovenia – praying for a qualification
Song-wise it could have been a stronger start to the morning for me. I’m afraid that on top of not especially liking The Roop,...
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...
Final Technical Rehearsal, view from the arena.
I've always said that I hate it when journalists just speculate on breaking news stories and amplify rumours when they have no actual information...
Israel – Garden of Eden?
Well, if everyone else this morning needed to get the high notes right after a warm up, Eden certainly didn't need one. This song,...
Eurovision 2021 Week 1 Day 4 Afternoon 1 – Nick’s View
I've received a letter from a Mrs Trellis of North Wales, asking me if my reference to heading off to the virtual gym at...
San Marino – Let me paint the scene for you
OK, so let me storyboard this for you ... Our hero comes on stage with a faux leather boa and a diamonte Stetson, sings...
United Kingdom – James and the giant, erm, trumpets!
United Kingdom. My home entry. After 14 months of waiting what can James Newman bring to the Eurovision stage?
Erm, enormous great trumpets apparently. I...
Poland – The man from the Pru?
Ochman looks like someone that would knock on your door to sell insurance rather than someone that is going to sing a song of...
Moldovan Press Conference – Back for good?
The ninth and final press conference report was for Moldova. We know that Zdob și Zdub has entered the contest on previous occasions so...