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Azerbaijan – X my underwhelmed heart

I are not happy. Smallest pressroom ever - no LAN only WiFi, and desks for community media located in places where we cant see...

Azerbaijan – Second time around

Now remember we've got FIFTEEN of these to get through today. Aisel is now dancing on the cheeses from the first day, she tends to...

Poland: the music lights me up but I’d prefer not to...

Poland is up next. I do like this song, but it’s just not right on stage. They’ve done what they can to take some...
Ryan O'Shagnessy

20 times Eurovision has kept it in the family

I’ve heard it said – or rather I used to hear it being said – that the Irish have Eurovision ‘in their blood’ –...

Smouldering Sevak

Lovely burly and beary Sevak now for Armenia, in a ring of black slabs not too dissimilar to a modern day version of Stonehenge....

Greece – Hello, this is the Mid 90’s. They want...

This song - to me - is a return to a time when Europe decided that sounding ethnic at Eurovision was a thing, and...

Germany: too much swirl

It’s all go this morning, so I only saw half of Germany, again. It’s too busy for me. They’ve brought their own projection backdrop...

From icebergs to Iceland

Iceland next. There’s not a lot they can really do with this, so it’s relatively surprise free. Apart from Ari’s outfit. He’s wearing a...

Et Finalament – La Finlande

Saara has made an improvement on the overall performance. She still, though, looks the same as on Tuesday, and starts off strapped to the wheel...

Israel wins 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

A nail-biting vote took the result of the 2018 contest down to the wire, but Israel was named the winner. Netta claimed a fourth...