Australia first up on day 7
My problems with this are two-fold.
First, the song is essentially Sheldon bleating for three minutes that he is different and that he hides behind...
Netherlands: Deep in the darkness
I suppose I wanted to love this more than I did. The power of expectation weighed heavy today and I came away feeling I...
Sweden – no longer looking like the winner
Frans barely needs to rehearse this anymore from the performance perspective at least, and even from a technical perspective this already seems completely polished.
It...
Return of the Macedonian prodigal daughter
Kaliopi – the return! The good news is this is brilliant. The bad news is really for the Irish, as this now leaves Nicky...
Czech Republic – standing strong
Czech Republic up first. Too late in the day to change to the new name Czechia. Gabriela is alone on stage in a long...
Live blog – Eurovision 2008 – First semi-final – second rehearsal
... Or 'The Best Worst Two Hours Of My Life'.
Having been surprised in Helsinki a year ago, we got to the arena in good...
Hungary’s hairy man hasn’t had his man bun cut and it...
So then Hungary, what is this you have brought to the table? Why it's ethnicity, that's what this smells of. Roy D Hacksaw (of...
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...
Norway – This could be in trouble… maybe?
Mr Hacksaw has just said "ooh it looks better in the hall than it does on the television" - which is another unfortunate thing...
Cyprus – Is she *actually* Madonna?
Well as per tradition, there was 'une problem technique' in the press centre and this meant we could see but not hear Tamta ......