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Russian to put a bet on this…

If you can get good odds on this have a flutter. I think it’s safe to say the biggest ballad of the year (although not...

Belarus and Wiener Sausage

In reverse order Sausage from the works canteen – great – you get two MASSIVE ones with ketchup and mustard for €5,50 – YUM Belarus, however,...

A smoulder and a fiddle for Belarus

Uzari and Maimuna now for Belarus. Now this boy can sing (and smoulder) and this girl can pretend to play the violin like the...

Time is like, it’s like… thing

You know that bit in Malta Song for Europe when last year’s representative performs their new single in the interval and nobody cares? That’s the...

Bogg standard ballad

Before coming to Vienna I found the Hungarian song as dull as ditchwater. It still is, it plods along slowly and doesn’t really do...

Hungary… I Heart this

Boggie will calm everyone down with her quiet little understated song about being a fighter. It’s not all about being a warrior, it’s about...

Serbian party, you go girl!!

Bojana for Serbia with a loud and proud stomper. The ‘frizz ease’ is working ever so slightly as the hair is better with a...

Give a little war back to the world

It’s the 60th contest of course, a time to reflect on 25 years ago when I was young and thought that earnest exhortation to...

The stage! And Hungary! And Belarus! Oh my…

We’ve been into the arena for the first time. It’s actually quite compact on the floor with only a short space between the stage...

Macedonia’s lack of Diggity

The Macedonian (FYR of) entry is the perfect example of how to fupp up an excellent song with an incongruent performance. Daniel is a...