Manizha: Eurovision lets people be themselves
Manizha is in Rotterdam to represent Russia at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Russian Woman’, a song she wrote alongside Ori Avni and...
The Russian grannies – as funny as anal warts
Will someone please explain to me why this isn't unmitigated awfulness?! I'm watching this and thinking logically "Who on earth is going to vote...
Mount Russiamore
After last year’s debacle with Julia Samoylova being forbidden to travel to Ukraine, you could say Russia has a mountain to climb, but in...
Russia – Why do I get the feeling …
... that this is a whole load of wrong?
It appears that Julia has been placed slightly lower in the chamber of magma and the...
The Fanning Verdict: Day One at Eurovision 2021
I'll be here throughout rehearsals to tell you what I thought of what was going on and gathering up the official clips in one...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 34 – Russia
Now, for the clever among you, I’ve not written these in order, but presented them in order – i’m clever like that!!
Now, listening to...
Show me your F
Hurrah! After two hours in the accreditation tent this morning, I now have a laminated piece of plastic. It's in a classy shade of...
Russian TV bosses make good on Samoylova pledge
Yulia (or Julia if you prefer) Samoylova can stop checking Trivago and worrying about the cost of Lisbon hotel rooms. Russian broadcaster Channel One...
27 June – You know that I’ll miss you in a...
We all remember the winners of our favourite TV show. But do we also remember those runners-up, those bridesmaid, those 'first losers'? Some of...
This is what they bloody want!!
I'm going to use my first Royism of the year...
"Shit my old boots"
She may look like Princess Fiona from the popular Shreck series, but...