Latvia: In your face
One thing is clear, the Latvians have worked out how to deal with the fact much of the backdrop is out of play, replacing...
Mr Nick’s view from the side of the stage….
So under the "No vids, no pics, sit down and write" rule the EBU have put in place this year there is no live...
A first look at France
First look at La France. Surprisingly, Amir is alone on stage. I thought they might throw something superfluous at it, but they’ve been restrained....
Poland can’t cool me down
It’s not Margaret. Do I have to write anything more? Ok then. Almost all of the viewers won’t even now that Margaret ever existed,...
Starting with the Finnish
I’ve started with a Mister Naef moment as my computer failed to connect to the network in the press centre. Having spent some tense...
Montenegro – From the sublime to the gloriously gay
Rarely has there been such an abrupt mood change at the contest, and this may well play to Slavko Kalezić's chances.
It's like he took...
Monty’s Semi 2 Summary
Despite my knowing better I’m still given to folly, so once more, dear reader, I shall attempt a review of the semi from my...
Romania gives us guns, Ukraine gives us head
“I can’t hear my ears!” yells Ilinca from Romania as she starts to yodel at the start of Romania’s rehearsal. There will be those...
Ukraine – too pretty to be gnarly?
Ukraine started on time - which is always good.
They have only had a couple of runs, but not a lot has changed. The lead...
Reaching out … Touching me … Touching YOU!
Hello, OnEuropeans, Phil here.
Now I know that people have been viewing - our page views are through the Eurovision roof (and I've not been...