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Rehearsal Blog

Eurovision rehearsal time. Practice makes perfect, if ever there was a time to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear, this would be it. Our reports come live from the Eurovision Song Contest host city – and sometimes from the actual venue. Photo and video reports to keep you warm until the big night.

Ukraine – 1944 = fifteen-love

Ukraine is one of the rehearsals I’ve been most looking forward to. The song has really grown on me from an initial sniffiness about...

Norway – this is entertainment!

Now this is all sorts of genius. Possibly not in the way the Contest Gods intended 66 years ago, but genius none the less. Subwoolfer's...

Greece – Hmmmmm

Not really gelling together for me this.  It’s trying to be everything and nothing, which is a bad thing if we are honest.  You...

The Poles have made my words dry up!

Poland appears after a short hiatus for us to calm down after Demy.  Kasia and her very dodgy rhyming dictionary (Fire, desire, higher and...

Justs not getting Latvia

Latvia’s up first this morning. Justs is in a black leather biker jacket and a soft maroon t-shirt, and is alone on stage. The stage...

Love and Marriage, go together like a horse and …

... no, not another horse, more like the one-trick pony that this was always going to be - but one thing you can say...

Latvia – They have rectified Penisgate

In Penisgate news, the Latvians have clearly listened to us and they have coloured the penis in and it now LOOKS like what it's...

First up this morning – the HOME team

After the closed door 30-minute Moldovan extra rehearsal we had Israel. Kobi was still dressed like a waiter on stage, and I genuinely think that...

If gays made Eurovision songs …

Then this would probably be the best song in the world!  Sponsored by the gay version of Carlsberg. You will read on Twitter that this...
Jury show live blog for Eurovision 2022

LIVE BLOG: Second semi final – Jury Show

We were online, reporting from Turin's PalaOlimpico where it was time for the jury show for the second semi-final of the 2022 Eurovision Song...