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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.

Germany – Very underwhelming

Well the abiding feeling of this song is one of being totally underwhelmed. Thankfully, they seem not to have brought the spinning platform, but...

Why Your Favourite Song Isn’t Going To Win Eurovision This Year

It’s about this time of year that we start to assess the relative chances of each of the songs competing at this year’s Eurovision...

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...

Denmark….. I believe that we’ve heard this…

….song 4 billion times before and in every Danish National Final evah! Lighthouse X, pronounced Ten, clearly, are “Doing a Kate Ryan” with their light...

From the sublime to Spain

I can't actually tell you how much of a clunky downshift this song is and, as per previous articles on this very website, the...
Tel Aviv

Today at the Games – Day 1 and 2’s Local news...

So, as Daz Sampson so elequently put it, what *did* we learn in school today ... well over the last two days? The answer...

UK is going for gold

Ooh UK is brilliant! Lucie does so well. She’s alone in a mustard/gold-coloured dress, and she’s standing on a complicated erection, which has a...

Denmark: Oddly lifeless

Starting with Syggi at her baby grand - and there might be a few misplaced reflection shots to lose here, soon the band join...

Sunstroke? – I don’t think they are lapping up the rays…

You might remember that I have said in a previous place that Moldova is only a one trick pony (Epic Sax you say?) and...

FYR Macedonia – I’ve seen the future

Imagine, if you will, Emmerdale in the near future. I’ve looked into my Crystal Ball and seen that Moira will move to Stockholm and...