My Irish dream shattered (possibly)
Ooh Ireland! What have you done? My favourite song of the year and you’ve tried to be too ambitious. Ryan starts well enough, looking...
Boy wonder Rybak is bak!
So the Rybak opens the second semi final and the Norwegian package is pretty much ready to go. We missed the first run-through, but...
First semi first dress musings
So there we just had the first semi final dress rehearsal and the sea references are laid on thick and fast from the outset,...
Georgian gorgeousness
So following on from our cheesy breakfast and the cheesy pop of Australia we have Georgian ethno-jazz band Iriao bringing something very classy. Now...
Everybody’s got a little Bet Lynch in ’em
Waylon has been inspired by American country rock for this musically. Visually he’s been inspired by British soap opera, as he’s wearing the kind...
Poland – Well this got better
This has got better. It had to really, because on Wednesday it fell a bit flat. There seems to have been a lot of...
San Malta-Marino … batshit
So, I walked through the door - sat down in my appointed spot, just in time for San Marino to come on stage and...
Malta – sailing through
As you all saw during the Wednesday rehearsal (and if you didn't, you should read it now) this came as a real surprise to...
Poland – It needs to get better … and there is...
In the Polish national final (and on MP3), this is one of my favourite songs and I had it down as easily qualifying. On...
Latvia … still as funny as …
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To me, and this is clearly only my opinion, Laura doesn't have the facial expressions or the kind of voice to...