Monty looks at Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria
Goedemorgen Oneuropeans, and welcome to Day 7. A week already! It’s the final second rehearsals for the semi-finalists, and a short day today after...
Monty looks at Austria, Poland, Moldova, Iceland and Serbia
Here's the remaining five of today's second rehearsals.
Austria – first rehearsal report here
I didn’t see much of this I’m afraid, as I was in...
Moldova – Gangnam Style? Any Style?
Mrs Trellis from North Wales writes into us: Dear Madam, can you play one song to the tune of another? ... and it's taken...
Day 5 – Romania, Azerbaijan, and most of Ukraine
Romania – first rehearsal report here
Roxen’s put the work in and tightened up the parts of this that needed work. There are some much...
The Fanning Verdict Eurovision 2021: Romania
Roxen didn’t have a good day when first she came to the Ahoy stage, so the Romanian delegation was looking to see this change....
Romania – Have I missed the point here?
I came in half way through the first rehearsal and my first thought was "I don't know how this is going to get a...
Vasil Garvanliev: “It’s a thin line between confidence and arrogance”
Vasil Garvanliev has lived through quite the year. After the global pandemic meant he couldn’t travel to perform for North Macedonia in Rotterdam at...
Day 5 – Australia – Cyprus
Day 5 continues with the next 4 countries to rehearse.
Australia – no first rehearsal report
She’s not there, we know that, but I had left...
The Fanning Verdict: Eurovision 2021 North Macedonia
Of course Vasil is in fine voice - does he have any other? And yes, he looks great on screen. He serves as perfect...
North Macedonia – Are those hills still alive?
It has taken me this many seconds to work out that Vasil is actually mangling the opening notes from Edelweiss together with something from...