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...
Croatia – Damn that’s duuuurty
You know when you get a certain vibe from a song and you think "Cor blimey that looks good on stage"? Well I've just...
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...
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...
Israel have performed a miracle on that
The Israeli team has literally polished a turd. This really was substandard on Monday, and served to confirm all my conscious bias towards 'Toy'....
Germany (just) and Italy
I'm doing a double header, which I realise will cause that Phil a headache as it didn't fit the nice neat end of day...
Czech Republic – When favourites bomb in first rehearsals
Suffice it to say that the whoopsies in the press room (as Monty describes h*mose*ualists) got a bit hot under the collar when Mikolas...
Controversial piece number 318 – Saaaara Aalto
This song ... well ... it really does need some words to describe it, I guess.
The first set of words I'm going to use...
How much is Eurovision worth?
I'm now the proud owner of a €0 commemorative banknote! You can make your own jokes about cheap and worthless, I like it.
Monty x
I’m not gonna lie, this is flat
Laura de Carvalho Rizzotto singing for Latvia via Riga, NewYork and Rio - and she’s looking ravishing in a red flowing gown cut open...