Hungary – Oh this is going through!!
Phil: In my opinion anyway. MTV may well have been very shrewd here in allowing their third choice song through to this bit of...
Eurovision 2009 – A view from afar
Now, to my Jaded eye (do you see what I did there?), none of these looked half bad - until the last 30 seconds...
So much for the afternoon shift…
OK. Let's look back on today in Moscow, as that's really what we're all here for.
Israel - almost entirely pleasant. A few worrying fluffs...
Bosnia worries me…
Phil: Now you'll know from previous years at this contest that I don't understand Balkan ballads and I particularly don't understand why they come...
Macedonia – Where on earth did THAT come from?!
Phil: This is going to be a complete contrast between the three songs that have come before. I didn't give Next Time a prayer...
My ears, my ears …
Franko: Accompanied by three ladies of dubious repute (one of whom looks like Cher after a rough night on the vodka), Krassimir Avramov takes...
Turkey-lurkey
Franko: We've only had a sound check so far and it's already streets ahead of anything else that's been on today. It's not only...
Welcome to do an Andorran day….
Franko: Some you assembled readers will know of my unfortunate experience with a drunk Andorran singer after the 2004 semi final and some of...
Bella – Rus
Franko: What I hear you cry. Where is Belgium? Alas they have suffered the same fate as us in the accreditation queue and are...
Macedonia might not qualify – shock!
Phil: Now we have been exposed to the macadamia nuts on local television for days and day but seeing it on stage has revealed...