Vanilla Belarus
I’m really struggling for content on this one, to be honest. Umami and Izolda (checks match programme) Uzari and Maimuna are alone on stage...
Bosnian fashion
Yikes! I don’t know what Maya is wearing but it can only be described as ill-advised. Actually, that’s a lie: it could also be...
12 July – You’ve never lived alone in a spider’s web
We miss our friends in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There, we've said it. We want them back. They add something that's a heady mix of...
Bulgaria – beware the vocoder
Bulgaria is the "Could Actually Survive In The Real World" entry this year. They're still not remotely bothered about the photosensitive, but it's got...
31 October – Let me sway until the end of the...
It's always sad when a country decides to sit out Eurovision. For a year is understandable, but there are a few we've not seen...
Hungary – I get it NOW …
I failed to get Hungary in the previews - mind you - the 14 on stage didn't help matters. However NOX have slimmed down...
A Dal – From deep in the bowels of hell
As Roy D Hacksaw would say, death to juries, as they nearly didn't get the winner through to the superfinal, where the public voted...
28 November – Left me breathless with nothing more to lose
We miss Hungary. There, we've said it. Putting politics aside, they've put in some memorable stuff since that début in sunny Ljubljana in 1993....
Moldova … OH MY GOD!
It’s carry on Moldova!! Imagine a George Michael video (Let’s go outside..) with girls in outfits with fake beards (Oh dear god) – It’s...
LIVE BLOG – Semi Final 1 – First dress rehearsal
Join us live here from 16:00 local time (2pm, UK/Portugal - 3pm Western Europe) to hear what we make of the first dress rehearsal...